Micro Men 2009
Micro Men
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.
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.
Videos & Photos
All 1 Videos & 4 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Clive Sinclair
... Chris Curry
... Hermann Hauser
... Steve Furber
... Bank manager
... Nigel Searle
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Release Date:
Oct 08, 2009 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 24`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Micro Men
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Clive Sinclair
... Chris Curry
... Hermann Hauser
... Steve Furber
... Bank manager
... Nigel Searle
... Kenneth Baker
... Sinclair journalist
... Tony Wood Rogers
... Roger Wilson
... Jim Westwood
... Valerie
... Cynthia
... Ann Sinclair
AS
Anthony Smee... Norman Hewett
... Derek Holley
... John Radcliffe
... Foreman
... Acorn Journalist
... Shop Assistant Luke