Absolute Beginners (1986)
Welcome to the world of your dreams!
108 min
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...
- Release date
- April 18, 1986
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom, Australia
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Cast
- Eddie O'Connell as Colin
- Patsy Kensit as Suzette
- James Fox as Henley of Mayfair
- David Bowie as Vendice Partners
- Ray Davies as Arthur
- Mandy Rice-Davies as Mum
- Eve Ferret as Big Jill
- Tony Hippolyte as Mr Cool
- Graham Fletcher-Cook as Wizard
- Joseph McKenna as Fabulous Hoplite
- Steven Berkoff as The Fanatic
- Edward Tudor-Pole as Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
- Bruce Payne as Flikker
- Alan Freeman as Call-Me-Cobber
- Anita Morris as Dido Lament
- Paul Rhys as Dean Swift
- Julian Firth as The Misery Kid
- Chris Pitt as Baby Boom
- Lionel Blair as Harry Charms
- Gary Beadle as Johnny Wonder
- Robbie Coltrane as Mario
- Jess Conrad as Cappuccino Man
- Ronald Fraser as Amberley Drove
- Slim Gaillard as Party Singer
- Irene Handl as Mrs Larkin
- Peter-Hugo Daly as Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
- Johnny Shannon as Saltzman
- Joseph McKenna as Fabulous Hoplite
Crew
- Julien Temple · Director
- Colin MacInnes · Writer
- Michael Hamlyn · Writer
- Richard Burridge · Writer
- Christopher Wicking · Writer
- Chris Brown · Producer
- Stephen Woolley · Producer
- Gil Evans · Composer
- Oliver Stapleton · Cinematographer
- Richard Bedford · Editor
- Michael Bradsell · Editor
- Gerry Hambling · Editor
- Russell Lloyd · Editor
- Leonara Davis · Casting director
- Susie Figgis · Casting director
- Mary Selway · Casting director
- John Beard · Production designer