Micro Men (2009)

In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's belief that he can successfully market a micro-chip for a home computer. A parting of the ways sees Curry, in partnership with the Austrian Hermann Hauser and using whizz kid Cambridge students, set up his own, rival firm to Sinclair Radionics, Acorn. Acorn beat Sinclair to a lucrative contract supplying the BBC with machines for a computer series. From here on it is a battle for supremacy to gain the upper hand in the domestic market.

Directing:
  • Saul Metzstein

Writing:
  • Tony Saint

Stars:
Release Date: 2009-10-08
themoviedb icon 7.3/10
  • Country: GB
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 84

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Chris Curry
Peter Davison
Peter Davison
Bank manager
Alexander Armstrong
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Clive Sinclair
Edward Baker-Duly
Edward Baker-...
Hermann Hauser
Sam Phillips
Sam Phillips
Steve Furber
Derek Riddell
Derek Riddell
Nigel Searle
James Fleet
James Fleet
Kenneth Baker
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Theo Barklem-...
Sinclair journalist
Tim Downie
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