Absolute Beginners (1986)
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...
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Julien Temple
Writing:
- Don MacPherson
- Richard Burridge
- Christopher Wicking
Stars:
Release Date: 1986-04-04
5.5/10
5.5/10
- Country: GB
- Language: English
- Runtime: 108
Cynthia Eve
The Misery Kid
Carmen
The Fanatic
Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Suzette
Vendice Partners
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Flora, Colin's Mum
Arthur, Colin's Dad
Big Jill
Mr. Cool
Fabulous Hoplite
Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
Flikker
Dean Swift
Dido Lament
Call-Me-Cobber
Harry Charms
Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
Johnny Wonder
Amberley Drove
Saltzman
Mario
Cappuccino Man
Mrs Larkin
Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
Baby Boom's Mother
Pamphleteer
Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
Maltese Lodger
Dancer
Partygoer (uncredited)
