Micro Men

Micro Men

2009
1h 24m
7.1

7.1/10

29 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
DSP BBC
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

computer video game biography 1980s

Quick Facts

Release Date October 8, 2009
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt1459467

Cast

Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Armstrong

Clive Sinclair

Martin Freeman
Martin Freeman

Chris Curry

Edward Baker-Duly
Edward Baker-Duly

Hermann Hauser

Sam Phillips
Sam Phillips

Steve Furber

Peter Davison
Peter Davison

Bank manager

Derek Riddell
Derek Riddell

Nigel Searle

James Fleet
James Fleet

Kenneth Baker

Theo Barklem-Biggs
Theo Barklem-Biggs

Sinclair journalist

Tim Downie
Tim Downie

Tony Wood Rogers

Stefan Butler
Stefan Butler

Roger Wilson

Colin Michael Carmichael
Colin Michael Carmichael

Jim Westwood

Rhona Croker
Rhona Croker

Valerie

Key Crew

Tony Saint
Writer
Saul Metzstein
Director