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.
Directed by Saul Metzstein · Written by Tony Saint
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
Make it a double feature
1h 30m together
Micro Men
Doctor Who: Pond Life
Both from Saul Metzstein.
More from Saul MetzsteinSee all →
Pond Life · 2012
Brassic · 2019
Doctor Who: Pond Life · 2012
Slow Horses · 2022
Doctor Who: Good as Gold · 2012
Our Zoo · 2014
Trainspotting · 1996
Doctor Who: The Snowmen · 2012
Doctor Who · 2005
Living the Dream · 2017
Ripper Street · 2012
Upstairs Downstairs · 2010
Suffragette · 2015
I Shouldn't Be Alive · 2005
The Musketeers · 2014
Shallow Grave · 1994More Like This
'Round Midnight · 1986
Music Within · 2007
Flash of Genius · 2008
One Night with the King · 2006
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile · 2019
Bandit Queen · 1994
Gotti · 1996
Bianca · 1984
Deep Water · 2006
Miss Potter · 2006
The Great Debaters · 2007
The Edge of Love · 2008
Auto Focus · 2002
Jodhaa Akbar · 2008