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Micro Men (2009)

ALL 10/08/2009 (en) Drama 84 Min
  • Release
    10/08/2009
  • Production
    DSP, BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    73.2%
  • Original title
    Micro Men
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Saul Metzstein

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Alexander Armstrong

    Clive Sinclair

  2. Martin Freeman

    Chris Curry

  3. Edward Baker-Duly

    Hermann Hauser

  4. Sam Phillips

    Steve Furber

  5. Peter Davison

    Bank manager

  6. Derek Riddell

    Nigel Searle

  7. James Fleet

    Kenneth Baker

  8. Theo Barklem-Biggs

    Sinclair journalist

  9. Tim Downie

    Tony Wood Rogers

  10. Stefan Butler

    Roger Wilson

  11. Colin Michael Carmichael

    Jim Westwood

  12. Rhona Croker

    Valerie

  13. Amy Beth Hayes

    Cynthia

  14. Nicola Harrison

    Ann Sinclair

  15. Anthony Smee

    Norman Hewett

  16. Michael Keating

    Derek Holley

  17. Jon Glover

    John Radcliffe

  18. Renny Krupinski

    Foreman

  19. James Garnon

    Acorn Journalist

  20. Rasmus Hardiker

    Shop Assistant Luke

  21. Alison Dowling

    Shopper

  22. Perdita Avery

    Susan

  23. Elizabeth Bower

    Mindy

  24. Sir Clive Sinclair

    Self (archive footage)

  25. Lord Alan Sugar

    Self

  26. James Corker

    Cambridge Graduate (uncredited)

  27. Jason Fitzpatrick

    David Johnson-Davies (uncredited)

  28. David Mahoney

    Clapper Loader - Sinclair QL Commercial (Nicht genannt)

  29. Mark Mansfield

    Rick Dickinson (uncredited)

  30. Rob Mcloughlin

    Nick Toop (uncredited)

  31. Cal O'Connell

    Reporter (uncredited)

  32. Sophie Wilson

    Pub Landlady (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 32 , Crews : 4

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Micro Men (2009) 84 Min

ALL 10/08/2009 (en)
Drama
  • Release 10/08/2009
  • Production
    DSP, BBC
  • Original title Micro Men
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Saul Metzstein

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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