
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.
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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 0.892 |
Directed By
Saul Metzstein
Crew
Saul Metzstein
Tony Saint
Ilan Eshkeri
Hubert Taczanowski
TOP CAST

Alexander Armstrong
Clive Sinclair

Martin Freeman
Chris Curry

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

Colin Michael Carmichael
Jim Westwood

Rhona Croker
Valerie

Amy Beth Hayes
Cynthia
Nicola Harrison
Ann Sinclair
Anthony Smee
Norman Hewett

Michael Keating
Derek Holley

Jon Glover
John Radcliffe

Renny Krupinski
Foreman

James Garnon
Acorn Journalist

Rasmus Hardiker
Shop Assistant Luke
Alison Dowling
Shopper
Perdita Avery
Susan
Elizabeth Bower
Mindy

Sir Clive Sinclair
Self (archive footage)

Lord Alan Sugar
Self
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)