Absolute Beginners
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...
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04/04/1986
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Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Patsy Kensit
Suzette
James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
David Bowie
Vendice Partners
Ray Davies
Arthur, Colin's Dad
Mandy Rice-Davies
Flora, Colin's Mum
Eve Ferret
Big Jill
Tony Hippolyte
Mr. Cool
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Wizard
Joseph McKenna
Fabulous Hoplite
Steven Berkoff
The Fanatic
Sade
Athene Duncannon
Edward Tudor-Pole
Ed the Ted
Bruce Payne
Flikker
Alan Freeman
Call-Me-Cobber
Anita Morris
Dido Lament
Paul Rhys
Dean Swift
Julian Firth
The Misery Kid
Chris Pitt
Baby Boom
Lionel Blair
Harry Charms
Gary Beadle
Johnny Wonder
Robbie Coltrane
Mario
Jess Conrad
Cappuccino Man
Smiley Culture
D.J. Entertainer
Ronald Fraser
Amberley Drove
Slim Gaillard
Party Singer
Irene Handl
Mrs Larkin
Peter-Hugo Daly
Vern
Amanda Jane Powell
Dorita
Johnny Shannon
Saltzman
Sylvia Syms
Cynthia Eve
Ekow Abban
Santa Lucia Club Owner
Robert Austin
Slim Brother
Gerry Alexander
Ton-Up Vicar
Jim Dunk
Slim Brother
Johnny Edge
Trader Horn
Carmen Ejogo
Carmen
Paul Fairminer
Eddie Sex
Hugo First
Maltese Lodger
Pat Hartley
Ms Cool Snr
Astley Harvey
Mr Cool Snr
Colin Jeavons
Pamphleteer
Alfred Maron
Bert the Tailor
Zoot Money
Chez Nobody Barman
Sandie Shaw
Baby Boom's Mother
Bruno Tonioli
Maltese Lodger
Chua Kah Joo
Dancer
Eric Sykes
Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
Tony Kemp
Dancer
Original Soundtrack
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
A Star Is Born
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Om Shanti Om
Meet the Feebles
The Perfect Bride
Grease 2
The Mikado
American Dreamz
Exposure
Sing Along
Che: Part One
Franklyn
Green Street Hooligans
Reagan
London's Burning: The Movie
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