Micro Men (2009)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Saul Metzstein

Writer:

Tony Saint

Stars:

Alexander Armstrong, Martin Freeman, Edward Baker-Duly

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alexander Armstrong	...	Clive Sinclair
Martin Freeman	...	Chris Curry
Edward Baker-Duly	...	Hermann Hauser
Sam Phillips	...	Steve Furber
Stefan Butler	...	Roger Wilson
Colin Michael Carmichael	...	Jim Westwood
Derek Riddell	...	Nigel Searle
Rhona Croker	...	Valerie
Amy Beth Hayes	...	Cynthia
Nicola Harrison	...	Ann Sinclair
Anthony Smee	...	Norman Hewett
Michael Keating	...	Derek Holley
Peter Davison	...	Bank Manager
Jon Glover	...	John Radcliffe
Theo Barklem-Biggs	...	Sinclair Journalist

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

computer | electric car | bbc | business rivalry | business life | 

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 October 2009 (UK)

Also Known As:

Syntax Era

Company Credits

Production Co:

Darlow Smithson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Clive Sinclair receives a cheque for 10,000 pounds dated 1st October 1979. Later on, a news-board pronounces Margaret Thatcher as having won the election; which happened in May of the same year.

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Quotes

Clive Sinclair: Games! Games! Everywhere I go games! This is what my lifetime of achievement has been reduced to! Clive Sinclair the man who brought you Jet Set fucking Willy!

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Connections

References Micro Live (1983)

User Reviews

Hilarious and great entertainment

Thanks for such a great piece of entertainment.

There were lots of funny bits in this film, largely due to the acting of Sinclair.

It was also light-hearted with a feel good factor at the end with people making up to each other and with Sinclairs quotes about life - "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?".

Some great 80's music as well.

Even if you were'nt into home computers at the time, then this is still a good drama.