Micro Men (2009)

  • NR
  • 10/08/2009 (GB)
  • Drama
  • 1h 24m

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.

Saul Metzstein

Director

Tony Saint

Writer

Cast

Alexander Armstrong's headshot

Alexander Armstrong

Clive Sinclair
Martin Freeman's headshot

Martin Freeman

Chris Curry
Edward Baker-Duly's headshot

Edward Baker-Duly

Hermann Hauser
Sam Phillips's headshot

Sam Phillips

Steve Furber
Peter Davison's headshot

Peter Davison

Bank manager
Derek Riddell's headshot

Derek Riddell

Nigel Searle
James Fleet's headshot

James Fleet

Kenneth Baker
Theo Barklem-Biggs's headshot

Theo Barklem-Biggs

Sinclair journalist

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