Micro Men (2009)

December 29, 2024 8:06 AM

A story of Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry and their entry into the early British home computer market. (And electric vehicles)
posted by RobotHero (5 comments total)

"Walking in traffic...Dangerous. Keep to the side, if I were you. That's the place for pedestrians."
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 9:41 AM on December 29 [1 favorite]

The whole time I watched this in 2009, I kept wondering whether Sophie Wilson was upset by it...and then she closes out the entire film!

So can we get a Sophie Wilson tag on this one?
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 9:42 AM on December 29 [2 favorites]

I must watch it again. Apparently the in-jokes are very dense
posted by scruss at 2:42 PM on December 29

I loved this. I met the director at an event a few years later and showered him with praise, I got the impression it's not one his more widely appreciated projects!
posted by simonw at 3:13 PM on December 29 [1 favorite]

There was an anniversary event where Chris Curry, Steve Furber and Hermann Hauser watched the film and then had a chat about it after.

Steve Furber's reactions matched my own, namely that I think he was the only one who spotted Sophie at the end (Chris got very confused about what he was trying to say there, and it's for the best that they changed the subject), and that I thought he looked more like Peter Davison (who played the banker) than the actor who portrayed him.
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 3:17 PM on December 29