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Absolute Beginners

55 %|Apr 4, 1986|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...

Featured Crew

Colin MacInnes
Novel
Don MacPherson
Screenplay
Julien Temple
Director
Richard Burridge
Screenplay
Christopher Wicking
Screenplay
Stephen Woolley
Producer
Chris Brown
Producer
Oliver Stapleton
Director of Photography

Cast

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Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer / Narrator
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James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
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David Bowie
Vendice Partners
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Ray Davies
Arthur, Colin's Dad
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Mandy Rice-Davies
Flora, Colin's Mum
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Eve Ferret
Big Jill
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Joseph McKenna
Fabulous Hoplite
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Steven Berkoff
The Fanatic
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Sade
Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
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Edward Tudor-Pole
Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
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Alan Freeman
Call-Me-Cobber
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Anita Morris
Dido Lament
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Paul Rhys
Dean Swift
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Julian Firth
The Misery Kid
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Chris Pitt
Baby Boom
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Lionel Blair
Harry Charms
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Gary Beadle
Johnny Wonder
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Jess Conrad
Cappuccino Man
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Smiley Culture
D.J. Entertainer
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Ronald Fraser
Amberley Drove
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Slim Gaillard
Party Singer
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Irene Handl
Mrs Larkin
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Peter-Hugo Daly
Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
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Sylvia Syms
Cynthia Eve
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Ekow Abban
Santa Lucia Club Owner
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Robert Austin
Slim Brother
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Gerry Alexander
Ton-Up Vicar
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Jim Dunk
Slim Brother
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Johnny Edge
Trader Horn
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Hugo First
Maltese Lodger
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Pat Hartley
Ms Cool Snr
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Astley Harvey
Mr Cool Snr
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Colin Jeavons
Pamphleteer
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Alfred Maron
Bert the Tailor
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Zoot Money
Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
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Sandie Shaw
Baby Boom's Mother
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Bruno Tonioli
Maltese Lodger
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Eric Sykes
Arcade Attendant (uncredited)