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...
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Julien Temple
Writing:
- Christopher Wicking
- Don MacPherson
- Richard Burridge
Stars:
Release Date: 1986-04-04
5.5/10
5.5/10
- Country: GB
- Language: English
- Runtime: 108
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Mario
The Misery Kid
Vendice Partners
Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Suzette
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Flora, Colin's Mum
Big Jill
Mr. Cool
Fabulous Hoplite
The Fanatic
Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
Flikker
Call-Me-Cobber
Dido Lament
Dean Swift
Harry Charms
Johnny Wonder
Cappuccino Man
Carmen
Amberley Drove
Mrs Larkin
Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
Cynthia Eve
Pamphleteer
Baby Boom's Mother
Maltese Lodger
Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
Arthur, Colin's Dad
Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
