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Micro Men

Micro Men

(2009)

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Saul Metzstein
  2. Writer : Tony Saint
  3. Cast : Alexander Armstrong,Martin Freeman,Edward Baker-Duly,Sam Phillips,Peter Davison,Derek Riddell,James Fleet,Theo Barklem-Biggs,Tim Downie

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Original TitleMicro Men

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2009-10-08

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 24m

Production CompaniesDSP,BBC

Genres

  • Drama

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