Rent The Rubber-Keyed Wonder (2024)
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2h 21min
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- Synopsis:
"The Rubber-Keyed Wonder" tells the story of Clive Sinclair's now legendary ZX Spectrum home computer. First released in 1982, the ZX Spectrum sold millions of units worldwide and because of its low cost and accessibility it quickly became one of the most important technological innovations of its time, opening the door to a whole new world of possibilities for millions of people. The ZX Spectrum enabled many users to learn how to program and create their own games, which helped kickstart the British video games industry of the 1980's. This film charts the development and creation of the ZX Spectrum from concept through to its first release, and the financial and reputational success it brought Clive Sinclair. It also examines the impact of subsequent versions of the computer and features a huge array of games that were developed on the Spectrum including: Jet Set Willy, Knightlore, Chuckie Egg, Ant Attack, Saboteur and many more. This highly nostalgic film features rare archive material combined with new interviews with the Spectrum's original designers, Clive Sinclair's son and nephew, and some of the Spectrum's greatest game developers, all sharing their memories of the spectacular rise of the ZX Spectrum and its extraordinary inventor, Sir Clive Sinclair. Whether you are a fan of the ZX Spectrum, grew up in the 80's or 90's or just love video game history this film is for you! - Actors:
- Clive Sinclair, Jo Twist, Grant Sinclair, Nigel Searle, Crispin Sinclair, Christopher Curry, Jason Fitzpatrick, João Diogo Ramos, Sandy White, Jason Bradbury, Richard Altwasser, Federico Faggin, Kim Justice, Steve Vickers, Alison Paine, Peter Harrap, Shahid Ahmad, David Perry, Nick Pelling, Mark Eyles
- Directors:
- Anthony Caulfield, Nicola Caulfield
- Producers:
- Anthony Caulfield, Nicola Caulfield
- Writers:
- Anthony Caulfield, Nicola Caulfield
- Aka:
- The Rubber-keyed Wonder: 40 Years of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
- Studio:
- Spirit Entertainment Ltd
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
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- Release Date:
- 21/04/2025
- Run Time:
- 141 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Atmos, English DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo
- Subtitles:
- Castillian, English Hard of Hearing, Italian, Polish, Portuguese
- Formats:
- NTSC
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
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- Bonus:
- Chris Curry on Calculators and the MK-14
- Games that Missed the mark
- Gargoyle Games
- The LOAD Museum
- Mark Howlett on creating Maps
- From Gremlin to Sumo
- The Development of the ZX80 and ZX81
- From Jet Set Willy to Mega-Tree: The Game that Never Was!
- Steve Turner: Making Quazatron
- Sandy White: Making Ant Attack
- From Equinox to Stormlord: The ZX Games of Raff Cecco
- Julian Gollop The Early Days: Board Games to Video Games
- The Last Ninja 2: Making of with Mev Dinc
- The Great Escape - Making of with Denton Designs
- Steve Turner: Avalon to Dragontorc
- The Real Micro Men: The Fight for the BBC Contract
- Clive Townsend: Making Saboteur
- Batman to Head Over
- Heels: The Games of Jon Ritman
- Chuckie Egg: Making of with Nigel Alderton
- Finders Keepers to Stormbringer: Dave Jones on the Magic Knight
- US Gold and the ZX Spectrum
- Match Day 1 and 2: Jon Ritman on a Footballing Classic - Extended
- World Cup Carnival - the worst game ever made?
- Peter Harrap: Creating the Monty Mole Series
- Archer MacLean talks Sinclair computers
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