Absolute Beginners

Apr 4, 1986

1h 48m

★ 5.4

Welcome to the world of your dreams!

Overview

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...

Genres

Drama

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Goldcrest

Palace Pictures

Virgin Vision

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Cast

Colin, Photographer / Narrator

Eddie O'Connell

Suzette

Patsy Kensit

Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

James Fox

Vendice Partners

David Bowie

Arthur, Colin's Dad

Ray Davies

Flora, Colin's Mum

Mandy Rice-Davies

Big Jill

Eve Ferret

Mr. Cool

Tony Hippolyte

Wizard

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Fabulous Hoplite

Joseph McKenna

The Fanatic

Steven Berkoff

Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

Sade

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