Absolute Beginners

Absolute Beginners

Release Date: 1986-04-04

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...

Rating: 5.4 / 10

Cast

Eddie O'Connell

Eddie O'Connell

as Colin, Photographer / Narrator

Patsy Kensit

Patsy Kensit

as Suzette

James Fox

James Fox

as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

David Bowie

David Bowie

as Vendice Partners

Ray Davies

Ray Davies

as Arthur, Colin's Dad

Crew

  • Christopher Wicking - Screenplay

  • Richard Burridge - Screenplay

  • Don MacPherson - Screenplay

  • Colin MacInnes - Novel

  • Julien Temple - Director

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