Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners (1986)

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  • Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
  • Release Date: 1986-04-04
  • User Rating: 5.5/10 from 60 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 48min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Goldcrest
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Julien Temple
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Summary

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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  • Eddie O'Connell

    as Colin, Photographer / Narrator

  • Patsy Kensit

    as Suzette

  • James Fox

    as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

  • David Bowie

    as Vendice Partners

  • Ray Davies

    as Arthur, Colin's Dad

  • Mandy Rice-Davies

    as Flora, Colin's 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

  • Sade

    as Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

  • 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

  • Smiley Culture

    as D.J. Entertainer

  • Ronald Fraser

    as Amberley Drove

  • Slim Gaillard

    as Party Singer

  • Irene Handl

    as Mrs Larkin

  • Peter-Hugo Daly

    as Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)

  • Amanda Jane Powell

    as Dorita

  • Johnny Shannon

    as Saltzman

  • Sylvia Syms

    as Cynthia Eve

  • Ekow Abban

    as Santa Lucia Club Owner

  • Robert Austin

    as Slim Brother

  • Gerry Alexander

    as Ton-Up Vicar

  • Jim Dunk

    as Slim Brother

  • Johnny Edge

    as Trader Horn

  • Carmen Ejogo

    as Carmen

  • Paul Fairminer

    as Eddie Sex

  • Hugo First

    as Maltese Lodger

  • Pat Hartley

    as Ms Cool Snr

  • Astley Harvey

    as Mr Cool Snr

  • Colin Jeavons

    as Pamphleteer

  • Alfred Maron

    as Bert the Tailor

  • Zoot Money

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

  • Sandie Shaw

    as Baby Boom's Mother

  • Bruno Tonioli

    as Maltese Lodger

  • Eric Sykes

    as Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
Writing Colin MacInnes Novel
Writing Don MacPherson Screenplay
Directing Julien Temple Director
Writing Richard Burridge Screenplay
Writing Christopher Wicking Screenplay
Production Stephen Woolley Producer
Production Chris Brown Producer
Camera Oliver Stapleton Director of Photography
Art John Beard Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Sue Blane Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up David Perry Costume Assistant
Editing Michael Bradsell Editor
Editing Gerry Hambling Editor
Editing Richard Bedford Editor
Editing Russell Lloyd Editor
Sound Gil Evans Music Arranger
Sound Gil Evans Conductor
Sound Clive Langer Music Producer
Sound Alan Winstanley Music Producer
Crew David Toguri Choreographer
Production David Wimbury Associate Producer
Production Nik Powell Executive Producer
Production Al Clark Executive Producer
Production Robert Devereux Executive Producer
Art Joanne Woollard Set Dresser
Camera Mike Proudfoot Camera Operator
Sound David John Sound Mixer
Art Stuart Rose Art Direction
Art Ken Wheatley Art Direction
Production Peter Kohn Production Manager
Directing Ray Corbett Assistant Director
Crew Terry Johnson Additional Dialogue
Production Susie Figgis Casting
Production Leonara Davis Casting
Production Mary Selway Casting
Production Kathy Sykes Production Coordinator
Production Valerie Craig Production Coordinator

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