Absolute Beginners (1986)
Drama • Music • Romance • 1ч 48м
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...
TMDB rating:
5.5
(70)
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
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Wizard
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
No photo
Chris Pitt
Baby Boom
Lionel Blair
Harry Charms
Gary Beadle
Johnny Wonder
Robbie Coltrane
Mario
Jess Conrad
Cappuccino Man
No photo
Smiley Culture
D.J. Entertainer
Crew
Christopher Wicking
Screenplay
Richard Burridge
Screenplay
Don MacPherson
Screenplay
Colin MacInnes
Novel
Julien Temple
Director
David Perry
Costume Assistant
Russell Lloyd
Editor
John Beard
Production Design
Gil Evans
Music Arranger
Alan Winstanley
Music Producer
David Toguri
Choreographer
Gil Evans
Conductor
Nik Powell
Executive Producer
Sue Blane
Costume Designer
Richard Bedford
Editor
Gerry Hambling
Editor
Clive Langer
Music Producer
Al Clark
Executive Producer
David Wimbury
Associate Producer
Michael Bradsell
Editor
Robert Devereux
Executive Producer
David John
Sound Mixer
Terry Johnson
Additional Dialogue
Susie Figgis
Casting
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