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Rating: 7.32/10 by 25 users

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.

Release Date: Thu, Oct 08, 2009

Rating: 7.32/10 by 25 users

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Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 24 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: computer, video game, biography, 1980s

Edward Baker-Duly
Hermann Hauser
Sam Phillips
Steve Furber
Peter Davison
Bank manager
Derek Riddell
Nigel Searle
James Fleet
Kenneth Baker
Theo Barklem-Biggs
Sinclair journalist
Tim Downie
Tony Wood Rogers
Stefan Butler
Roger Wilson
Nicola Harrison
Ann Sinclair
Anthony Smee
Norman Hewett
Michael Keating
Derek Holley
Jon Glover
John Radcliffe
James Garnon
Acorn Journalist
Rasmus Hardiker
Shop Assistant Luke
Sir Clive Sinclair
Self (archive footage)
James Corker
Cambridge Graduate (uncredited)
Jason Fitzpatrick
David Johnson-Davies (uncredited)
David Mahoney
Clapper Loader - Sinclair QL Commercial (Nicht genannt)
Mark Mansfield
Rick Dickinson (uncredited)
Rob Mcloughlin
Nick Toop (uncredited)
Cal O'Connell
Reporter (uncredited)
Sophie Wilson
Pub Landlady (uncredited)

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