Absolute Beginners (1986)
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...
Writing:
- Christopher Wicking
- Don MacPherson
- Colin MacInnes
Directing:
- Julien Temple
5.5/10
- Views: 3
- Release Date: 1986-04-04
- Language: English
- Country: GB
- Runtime: 108
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Eric Sykes
Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
Patsy Kensit
Suzette
Robbie Coltrane
Mario
James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer / Narrator
David Bowie
Vendice Partners
Ray Davies
Arthur, Colin's Dad
Mandy Rice-Davies
Flora, Colin's Mum
Eve Ferret
Big Jill
Tony Hippolyte
Mr. Cool
Joseph McKenna
Fabulous Hoplite
Steven Berkoff
The Fanatic
Sade
Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
Edward Tudor-Pole
Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
Bruce Payne
Flikker
Alan Freeman
Call-Me-Cobber
Anita Morris
Dido Lament
Paul Rhys
Dean Swift
Julian Firth
The Misery Kid
Lionel Blair
Harry Charms
Gary Beadle
Johnny Wonder
Jess Conrad
Cappuccino Man
Ronald Fraser
Amberley Drove
Irene Handl
Mrs Larkin
Peter-Hugo Daly
Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
Sylvia Syms
Cynthia Eve
Carmen Ejogo
Carmen
Colin Jeavons
Pamphleteer
Zoot Money
Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
Sandie Shaw
Baby Boom's Mother
Bruno Tonioli
Maltese Lodger
