Absolute Beginners

1986

PG-13

1h 48m

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Drama
Music
Romance

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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Writers

Christopher Wicking(screenplay by)
Richard Burridge(screenplay by)
Don MacPherson(screenplay by)
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Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer
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James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
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David Bowie
Vendice Partners
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Ray Davies
Arthur, Colin's Dad
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Mandy Rice-Davies
Flora, Colin's Mum
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Eve Ferret
Big Jill
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Joseph McKenna
Fabulous Hoplite
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Steven Berkoff
The Fanatic
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Sade
Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
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Edward Tudor-Pole
Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
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Alan Freeman
Call-Me-Cobber
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Anita Morris
Dido Lament
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Paul Rhys
Dean Swift
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Julian Firth
The Misery Kid

Directors

Writers

Christopher Wicking(screenplay by)
Richard Burridge(screenplay by)
Don MacPherson(screenplay by)

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Release date

April 4, 1986 (United States)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Language

English

Production companies

Goldcrest
Palace Pictures

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