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 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.

84min
2009
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Avaliacões do Trakio0.0/10
Avaliacões do IMDB7.4/10

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Foto de perfil de Alexander ArmstrongAlexander ArmstrongClive Sinclair
Foto de perfil de Martin FreemanMartin FreemanChris Curry
Foto de perfil de Sam PhillipsSam PhillipsSteve Furber
Foto de perfil de Peter DavisonPeter DavisonBank manager
Foto de perfil de Derek RiddellDerek RiddellNigel Searle
Foto de perfil de James FleetJames FleetKenneth Baker
Foto de perfil de Theo Barklem-BiggsTheo Barklem-BiggsSinclair journalist

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Sinopse de 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.

Duração: 84min

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Título Original: Micro Men
Idioma Original: Inglês
Dirigido Por: Saul Metzstein
Produtoras
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