Absolute Beginners
63 reviews
Drama/Music
1h 48m
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...
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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...
- DirectorJulien Temple
- Release4 April 1986
- Genre
- Duration1h 48m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate63 reviews
- Productions
Goldcrest, Palace Pictures, Virgin Vision
Cast

Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer / Narrator

Patsy Kensit
Suzette

James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

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

Robbie Coltrane
Mario

Jess Conrad
Cappuccino Man

Ronald Fraser
Amberley Drove

Irene Handl
Mrs Larkin

Peter-Hugo Daly
Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)

Johnny Shannon
Saltzman

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

Chua Kah Joo
Dancer

Eric Sykes
Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
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