Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners

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103 minutes
1986
Drama / Music / Romantic

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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1986
Drama / Music / Romantic

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...

Creators

Julien Temple

Cast

Gary Beadle, Paul Rhys, Carmen Ejogo, James Fox, Steven Berkoff, Peter-Hugo Daly, Robbie Coltrane, Eric Sykes, Bruce Payne, Edward Tudor-Pole, Julian Firth, Joseph McKenna, Jess Conrad, David Bowie, Ronald Fraser, Eddie O'Connell, Patsy Kensit, Ray Davies, Mandy Rice-Davies, Eve Ferret, Tony Hippolyte, Graham Fletcher-Cook, Sade, Alan Freeman, Anita Morris, Chris Pitt, Lionel Blair, Smiley Culture, Slim Gaillard, Irene Handl, Amanda Jane Powell, Johnny Shannon, Sylvia Syms, Ekow Abban, Robert Austin, Gerry Alexander, Jim Dunk, Johnny Edge, Paul Fairminer, Hugo First, Pat Hartley, Astley Harvey, Colin Jeavons, Alfred Maron, Zoot Money, Sandie Shaw, Bruno Tonioli