Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners (1986)

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Drama Music Romance

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...

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  • Release Date: 1986-04-04
  • Runtime: 1h 48min
  • Director: Julien Temple

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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

  • Chris Pitt

    Baby Boom

  • Lionel Blair

    Harry Charms

  • Gary Beadle

    Johnny Wonder

  • Robbie Coltrane

    Mario

  • Jess Conrad

    Cappuccino Man

  • Smiley Culture

    D.J. Entertainer

  • Ronald Fraser

    Amberley Drove

  • Slim Gaillard

    Party Singer

  • Irene Handl

    Mrs Larkin

  • Peter-Hugo Daly

    Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)

  • Amanda Jane Powell

    Dorita

  • Johnny Shannon

    Saltzman

  • Sylvia Syms

    Cynthia Eve

  • Ekow Abban

    Santa Lucia Club Owner

  • Robert Austin

    Slim Brother

  • Gerry Alexander

    Ton-Up Vicar

  • Jim Dunk

    Slim Brother

  • Johnny Edge

    Trader Horn

  • Carmen Ejogo

    Carmen

  • Paul Fairminer

    Eddie Sex

  • Hugo First

    Maltese Lodger

  • Pat Hartley

    Ms Cool Snr

  • Astley Harvey

    Mr Cool Snr

  • Colin Jeavons

    Pamphleteer

  • Alfred Maron

    Bert the Tailor

  • Zoot Money

    Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)

  • Sandie Shaw

    Baby Boom's Mother

  • Bruno Tonioli

    Maltese Lodger

  • Eric Sykes

    Arcade Attendant (uncredited)

  • Barrie Holland

    Fashion Editor (uncredited)

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