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    Absolute Beginners

    108'

    1986-04-04

    5.5

    Welcome to the world of your dreams!

    Drama,Music,Romance

    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...

    WritingChristopher WickingDirectingJulien Temple

    Cast

    1

    Colin, Photographer / Narrator

    Eddie O'Connell

    4

    Suzette

    Patsy Kensit

    3

    Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

    James Fox

    4

    Vendice Partners

    David Bowie

    1

    Arthur, Colin's Dad

    Ray Davies

    1

    Flora, Colin's Mum

    Mandy Rice-Davies

    2

    Big Jill

    Eve Ferret

    1

    Mr. Cool

    Tony Hippolyte

    1

    Wizard

    Graham Fletcher-Cook

    1

    Fabulous Hoplite

    Joseph McKenna

    3

    The Fanatic

    Steven Berkoff

    2

    Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

    Sade

    1

    Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)

    Edward Tudor-Pole

    2

    Flikker

    Bruce Payne

    1

    Call-Me-Cobber

    Alan Freeman

    1

    Dido Lament

    Anita Morris

    3

    Dean Swift

    Paul Rhys

    2

    The Misery Kid

    Julian Firth

    1

    Baby Boom

    Chris Pitt

    1

    Harry Charms

    Lionel Blair

    1

    Johnny Wonder

    Gary Beadle

    3

    Mario

    Robbie Coltrane

    1

    Cappuccino Man

    Jess Conrad

    1

    D.J. Entertainer

    Smiley Culture

    1

    Amberley Drove

    Ronald Fraser

    1

    Party Singer

    Slim Gaillard

    1

    Mrs Larkin

    Irene Handl

    1

    Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)

    Peter-Hugo Daly

    1

    Dorita

    Amanda Jane Powell

    1

    Saltzman

    Johnny Shannon

    1

    Cynthia Eve

    Sylvia Syms

    1

    Santa Lucia Club Owner

    Ekow Abban

    1

    Slim Brother

    Robert Austin

    1

    Ton-Up Vicar

    Gerry Alexander

    1

    Slim Brother

    Jim Dunk

    1

    Trader Horn

    Johnny Edge

    4

    Carmen

    Carmen Ejogo

    1

    Eddie Sex

    Paul Fairminer

    1

    Maltese Lodger

    Hugo First

    1

    Ms Cool Snr

    Pat Hartley

    1

    Mr Cool Snr

    Astley Harvey

    2

    Pamphleteer

    Colin Jeavons

    1

    Bert the Tailor

    Alfred Maron

    1

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

    Zoot Money

    2

    Baby Boom's Mother

    Sandie Shaw

    1

    Maltese Lodger

    Bruno Tonioli

    1

    Dancer

    Chua Kah Joo

    1

    Arcade Attendant (uncredited)

    Eric Sykes

    1

    Dancer

    Tony Kemp

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    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United Kingdom
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Goldcrest Films International
      2. Palace Pictures
      3. Virgin Vision
    • Vote Count: 73
    • Popularity: 1.5783
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Absolute Beginners

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