Absolute Beginners (1986)

ALL 04/04/1986 (en) Drama, Music, Romance 108 Min
  • Release
    04/04/1986
  • Production
    Goldcrest, Palace Pictures, Virgin Vision
  • Rotten tomato
    55%
  • Original title
    Absolute Beginners
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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...

  1. Julien Temple

    Director

  2. Story



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  1. Eddie O'Connell

    Colin, Photographer / Narrator

  2. Patsy Kensit

    Suzette

  3. James Fox

    Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

  4. David Bowie

    Vendice Partners

  5. Ray Davies

    Arthur, Colin's Dad

  6. Mandy Rice-Davies

    Flora, Colin's Mum

  7. Eve Ferret

    Big Jill

  8. Tony Hippolyte

    Mr. Cool

  9. Graham Fletcher-Cook

    Wizard

  10. Joseph McKenna

    Fabulous Hoplite

  11. Steven Berkoff

    The Fanatic

  12. Sade

    Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

  13. Edward Tudor-Pole

    Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)

  14. Bruce Payne

    Flikker

  15. Alan Freeman

    Call-Me-Cobber

  16. Anita Morris

    Dido Lament

  17. Paul Rhys

    Dean Swift

  18. Julian Firth

    The Misery Kid

  19. Chris Pitt

    Baby Boom

  20. Lionel Blair

    Harry Charms

  21. Gary Beadle

    Johnny Wonder

  22. Robbie Coltrane

    Mario

  23. Jess Conrad

    Cappuccino Man

  24. Smiley Culture

    D.J. Entertainer

  25. Ronald Fraser

    Amberley Drove

  26. Slim Gaillard

    Party Singer

  27. Irene Handl

    Mrs Larkin

  28. Peter-Hugo Daly

    Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)

  29. Amanda Jane Powell

    Dorita

  30. Johnny Shannon

    Saltzman

  31. Sylvia Syms

    Cynthia Eve

  32. Ekow Abban

    Santa Lucia Club Owner

  33. Robert Austin

    Slim Brother

  34. Gerry Alexander

    Ton-Up Vicar

  35. Jim Dunk

    Slim Brother

  36. Johnny Edge

    Trader Horn

  37. Carmen Ejogo

    Carmen

  38. Paul Fairminer

    Eddie Sex

  39. Hugo First

    Maltese Lodger

  40. Pat Hartley

    Ms Cool Snr

  41. Astley Harvey

    Mr Cool Snr

  42. Colin Jeavons

    Pamphleteer

  43. Alfred Maron

    Bert the Tailor

  44. Zoot Money

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

  45. Sandie Shaw

    Baby Boom's Mother

  46. Bruno Tonioli

    Maltese Lodger

  47. Eric Sykes

    Arcade Attendant (uncredited)

  48. Barrie Holland

    Fashion Editor (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 48 , Crews : 38

Keyword

Absolute Beginners (1986) 108 Min

ALL 04/04/1986 (en)
Drama, Music, Romance
  • Release 04/04/1986
  • Production
    Goldcrest, Palace Pictures, Virgin Vision
  • Original title Absolute Beginners
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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...

  1. Julien Temple

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Michael Bradsell, Gerry Hambling, Richard Bedford, Russell Lloyd

    Editor

  4. Stephen Woolley, Chris Brown

    Producer