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...
Stars:
Writing:
- Don MacPherson
- Christopher Wicking
- Richard Burridge
Directing:
- Julien Temple
5.7/10
- Views: 1
- Release Date: 1986-04-04
- Language: English
- Country: GB
- Runtime: 108
James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Patsy Kensit
Suzette
David Bowie
Vendice Partners
Mandy Rice-Davies
Flora, Colin's Mum
Ray Davies
Arthur, Colin's Dad
Eve Ferret
Big Jill
Tony Hippolyte
Mr. Cool
Steven Berkoff
The Fanatic
Sade
Athene Duncannon
Edward Tudor-Pole
Ed the Ted
Bruce Payne
Flikker
Paul Rhys
Dean Swift
Anita Morris
Dido Lament
Alan Freeman
Call-Me-Cobber
Lionel Blair
Harry Charms
Julian Firth
The Misery Kid
Peter-Hugo Daly
Vern
Gary Beadle
Johnny Wonder
Sylvia Syms
Cynthia Eve
Ronald Fraser
Amberley Drove
Robbie Coltrane
Mario
Jess Conrad
Cappuccino Man
Irene Handl
Mrs Larkin
Eric Sykes
Arcade Attendant
Sandie Shaw
Baby Boom's Mother
Carmen Ejogo
Carmen
Colin Jeavons
Pamphleteer
Bruno Tonioli
Maltese Lodger
