Absolute Beginners

Julien Temple

1986•108 min.•

United Kingdom

★5.5(62)

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...

Drama
Music
Romance

Cast

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
GF
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Wizard
Joseph McKenna
Fabulous Hoplite
Steven Berkoff
The Fanatic
Sade
Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
Edward Tudor-Pole
Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
Bruce Payne
Flikker
Alan Freeman
Call-Me-Cobber
Anita Morris
Dido Lament
Paul Rhys
Dean Swift
Julian Firth
The Misery Kid
CP
Chris Pitt
Baby Boom
Lionel Blair
Harry Charms
Gary Beadle
Johnny Wonder
Robbie Coltrane
Mario
Jess Conrad
Cappuccino Man
SC
Smiley Culture
D.J. Entertainer
Ronald Fraser
Amberley Drove
SG
Slim Gaillard
Party Singer
Irene Handl
Mrs Larkin
Peter-Hugo Daly
Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
AJP
Amanda Jane Powell
Dorita
JS
Johnny Shannon
Saltzman
Sylvia Syms
Cynthia Eve
EA
Ekow Abban
Santa Lucia Club Owner
RA
Robert Austin
Slim Brother
GA
Gerry Alexander
Ton-Up Vicar
JD
Jim Dunk
Slim Brother
JE
Johnny Edge
Trader Horn
Carmen Ejogo
Carmen
PF
Paul Fairminer
Eddie Sex
HF
Hugo First
Maltese Lodger
PH
Pat Hartley
Ms Cool Snr
AH
Astley Harvey
Mr Cool Snr
Colin Jeavons
Pamphleteer
AM
Alfred Maron
Bert the Tailor
Zoot Money
Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
Sandie Shaw
Baby Boom's Mother
Bruno Tonioli
Maltese Lodger
CKJ
Chua Kah Joo
Dancer
Eric Sykes
Arcade Attendant (uncredited)

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