Absolute Beginners
Drama | Music
Release Date
April 4, 1986
Duration
108 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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...
Casts
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
Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
Edward Tudor-Pole
Flikker
Bruce Payne
Call-Me-Cobber
Alan Freeman
Dido Lament
Anita Morris
Dean Swift
Paul Rhys
The Misery Kid
Julian Firth
Baby Boom
Chris Pitt
Harry Charms
Lionel Blair
Johnny Wonder
Gary Beadle
Mario
Robbie Coltrane
Cappuccino Man
Jess Conrad
D.J. Entertainer
Smiley Culture
Amberley Drove
Ronald Fraser
Party Singer
Slim Gaillard
Mrs Larkin
Irene Handl
Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
Peter-Hugo Daly
Dorita
Amanda Jane Powell
Saltzman
Johnny Shannon
Cynthia Eve
Sylvia Syms
Santa Lucia Club Owner
Ekow Abban
Slim Brother
Robert Austin
Ton-Up Vicar
Gerry Alexander
Slim Brother
Jim Dunk
Trader Horn
Johnny Edge
Carmen
Carmen Ejogo
Eddie Sex
Paul Fairminer
Maltese Lodger
Hugo First
Ms Cool Snr
Pat Hartley
Mr Cool Snr
Astley Harvey
Pamphleteer
Colin Jeavons
Bert the Tailor
Alfred Maron
Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
Zoot Money
Baby Boom's Mother
Sandie Shaw
Maltese Lodger
Bruno Tonioli
Dancer
Chua Kah Joo
Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
Eric Sykes
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