Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners (1986)

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  • Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
  • Release Date: 1986-04-04
  • User Rating: 5.4/10 from 66 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 48min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Goldcrest
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Julien Temple
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From 66 Ratings

Summary

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...

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  • Eddie O'Connell

    as Colin, Photographer / Narrator

  • Patsy Kensit

    as Suzette

  • James Fox

    as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

  • David Bowie

    as Vendice Partners

  • Ray Davies

    as Arthur, Colin's Dad

  • Mandy Rice-Davies

    as Flora, Colin's Mum

  • Eve Ferret

    as Big Jill

  • Tony Hippolyte

    as Mr. Cool

  • Graham Fletcher-Cook

    as Wizard

  • Joseph McKenna

    as Fabulous Hoplite

  • Steven Berkoff

    as The Fanatic

  • Sade

    as Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

  • Edward Tudor-Pole

    as Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)

  • Bruce Payne

    as Flikker

  • Alan Freeman

    as Call-Me-Cobber

  • Anita Morris

    as Dido Lament

  • Paul Rhys

    as Dean Swift

  • Julian Firth

    as The Misery Kid

  • Chris Pitt

    as Baby Boom

  • Lionel Blair

    as Harry Charms

  • Gary Beadle

    as Johnny Wonder

  • Robbie Coltrane

    as Mario

  • Jess Conrad

    as Cappuccino Man

  • Smiley Culture

    as D.J. Entertainer

  • Ronald Fraser

    as Amberley Drove

  • Slim Gaillard

    as Party Singer

  • Irene Handl

    as Mrs Larkin

  • Peter-Hugo Daly

    as Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)

  • Amanda Jane Powell

    as Dorita

  • Johnny Shannon

    as Saltzman

  • Sylvia Syms

    as Cynthia Eve

  • Ekow Abban

    as Santa Lucia Club Owner

  • Robert Austin

    as Slim Brother

  • Gerry Alexander

    as Ton-Up Vicar

  • Jim Dunk

    as Slim Brother

  • Johnny Edge

    as Trader Horn

  • Carmen Ejogo

    as Carmen

  • Paul Fairminer

    as Eddie Sex

  • Hugo First

    as Maltese Lodger

  • Pat Hartley

    as Ms Cool Snr

  • Astley Harvey

    as Mr Cool Snr

  • Colin Jeavons

    as Pamphleteer

  • Alfred Maron

    as Bert the Tailor

  • Zoot Money

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

  • Sandie Shaw

    as Baby Boom's Mother

  • Bruno Tonioli

    as Maltese Lodger

  • Chua Kah Joo

    as Dancer

  • Eric Sykes

    as Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
Writing Richard Burridge Screenplay
Writing Don MacPherson Screenplay
Writing Christopher Wicking Screenplay
Writing Colin MacInnes Novel
Directing Julien Temple Director
Costume & Make-Up Sue Blane Costume Designer
Production Robert Devereux Executive Producer
Crew Terry Johnson Additional Dialogue
Crew David Toguri Choreographer
Sound Clive Langer Music Producer
Sound Alan Winstanley Music Producer
Art Ken Wheatley Art Direction
Production Peter Kohn Production Manager
Production Susie Figgis Casting
Editing Michael Bradsell Editor
Editing Gerry Hambling Editor
Sound Gil Evans Music Arranger
Sound Gil Evans Conductor
Production Nik Powell Executive Producer
Directing Ray Corbett Assistant Director
Art Joanne Woollard Set Dresser
Art John Beard Production Design
Editing Richard Bedford Editor
Editing Russell Lloyd Editor
Camera Mike Proudfoot Camera Operator
Art Stuart Rose Art Direction
Production Al Clark Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up David Perry Costume Assistant
Production David Wimbury Associate Producer
Production Valerie Craig Production Coordinator
Production Leonara Davis Casting
Sound David John Sound Mixer
Production Mary Selway Casting
Production Kathy Sykes Production Coordinator
Camera Oliver Stapleton Director of Photography
Editing Leonard Green Assistant Editor
Production Stephen Woolley Producer
Production Chris Brown Producer
Costume & Make-Up Elaine Bowerbank Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Peter Frampton Makeup Artist
Sound David Bowie Songs
Sound Julien Temple Songs
Sound Ray Davies Songs
Sound Clive Langer Songs
Sound David Grimsdale Sound Editor
Sound Derek Holding Sound Editor
Sound Eddy Joseph Sound Editor
Sound Howard Lanning Sound Editor
Costume & Make-Up Barbara Rutter Assistant Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Joyce Stoneman Wardrobe Supervisor
Editing Clive Barrett Assistant Editor
Editing Paul Conway Assistant Editor
Editing Stuart De Jong Assistant Editor
Editing Mary Dockwrey Assistant Editor
Editing Helen Eley Assistant Editor
Editing Mark Latimer Assistant Editor
Editing Andy Stears Assistant Editor
Sound Michael Clifford Music Editor
Sound Cynthia Lole Music Coordinator
Sound Daniel Secunda Music Coordinator
Directing Mary Holdsworth Script Supervisor
Art Tracy Drew Title Designer

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