Micro Men (Formerly Syntax Era) Trailer
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Description
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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Release Date2009
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Runtime1 hr 24 min
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Languageen
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Rating7.1 (29)
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Genres
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DirectorSaul Metzstein
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CastAlexander ArmstrongMartin FreemanEdward Baker-DulySam PhillipsPeter DavisonDerek RiddellJames FleetTheo Barklem-BiggsTim DownieStefan ButlerColin Michael CarmichaelRhona CrokerAmy Beth HayesNicola HarrisonAnthony SmeeMichael KeatingJon GloverRenny KrupinskiJames GarnonRasmus HardikerAlison DowlingPerdita AveryElizabeth BowerSir Clive SinclairLord Alan SugarJames CorkerJason FitzpatrickDavid MahoneyMark MansfieldRob McloughlinCal O'ConnellSophie Wilson
