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THE RUBBER KEYED WONDER is not a music doc, but the story of the ZX SPECTRUM – the revolutionary British home computer console designed and released in 1982 by British inventor and technologist SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR. Of the global sales estimate of @ 60M, the UK accounted for 5-7M of them (10% of British households at the time!) The ZX Spectrum gave a whole generation their first experience of home-computing/gaming, and perhaps even more importantly, coding and it is now recognised as having played a massively significant part in the growth of the modern gaming industry as a result.

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THURSDAY 3RD OCTOBER will see the World Premiere of The Rubber Keyed Wonder on the UK's largest cinema screen at London's BFI IMAX.  This World Premiere will be followed by a Q&A with the film's directors Anthony & Nicola Caulfield, broadcaster James O’Brien, inventor and Sir Clive Sinclair’s nephew, Grant Sinclair, and the creators of the legendary games Ant Attack (Sandy White) and Saboteur (Clive Townsend). The Q&A will be compered by Jason Bradbury, best-known as host of The Gadget Show.

And if that wasn’t enough, ticket buyers will have a rare opportunity to see and play on every version of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum ever released – from the original rubber-keyed model (1982) to the Spectrum+ (1984), and the Spectrum 128k (1985) to the recently released ZX Spectrum Next (2023) – which will all be set up in the cinema foyer. In addition, Clive Townsend, creator of legendary Spectrum game Saboteur (1986) will be presenting a specially updated version of the game exclusively for the Spectrum Next. He will be present in the foyer showing the game to anyone wishing to give it a try. Ticket buyers can play highly nostalgic Spectrum games from 40 years ago such as Jet Set Willy, Manic Miner, Ant Attack, Knight Lore, Quazatron, Atic Atacand Chuckie Egg, with the added bonus that many of the creators of these classic games will be present for the premiere!

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