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Feature film — 2009

Micro Men (2009)

7.11h 24mDrama

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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Director: Saul Metzstein

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Cast & crew

Alexander Armstrong as Clive Sinclair

Alexander Armstrong

Clive Sinclair

Martin Freeman as Chris Curry

Martin Freeman

Chris Curry

Edward Baker-Duly as Hermann Hauser

Edward Baker-Duly

Hermann Hauser

Sam Phillips as Steve Furber

Sam Phillips

Steve Furber

Peter Davison as Bank manager

Peter Davison

Bank manager

Derek Riddell as Nigel Searle

Derek Riddell

Nigel Searle

James Fleet as Kenneth Baker

James Fleet

Kenneth Baker

Theo Barklem-Biggs as Sinclair journalist

Theo Barklem-Biggs

Sinclair journalist

Tim Downie as Tony Wood Rogers

Tim Downie

Tony Wood Rogers

Stefan Butler as Roger Wilson

Stefan Butler

Roger Wilson

Colin Michael Carmichael as Jim Westwood

Colin Michael Carmichael

Jim Westwood

Rhona Croker as Valerie

Rhona Croker

Valerie

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