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Absolute Beginners

Genres
Drama
Music
Romance
Rating
5.4
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Release Date1986-04-04
Runtime108 mins

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...

Cast & Crew

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Eddie O'Connell

as Colin, Photographer / Narrator

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Patsy Kensit

as Suzette

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James Fox

as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

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David Bowie

as Vendice Partners

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Ray Davies

as Arthur, Colin's Dad

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Mandy Rice-Davies

as Flora, Colin's Mum

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Eve Ferret

as Big Jill

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Tony Hippolyte

as Mr. Cool

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Graham Fletcher-Cook

as Wizard

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Joseph McKenna

as Fabulous Hoplite

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Steven Berkoff

as The Fanatic

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Sade

as Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

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Edward Tudor-Pole

as Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)

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Bruce Payne

as Flikker

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Alan Freeman

as Call-Me-Cobber

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Anita Morris

as Dido Lament

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Paul Rhys

as Dean Swift

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Julian Firth

as The Misery Kid

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Chris Pitt

as Baby Boom

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Lionel Blair

as Harry Charms

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Gary Beadle

as Johnny Wonder

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Robbie Coltrane

as Mario

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Jess Conrad

as Cappuccino Man

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Smiley Culture

as D.J. Entertainer

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Ronald Fraser

as Amberley Drove

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Slim Gaillard

as Party Singer

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Irene Handl

as Mrs Larkin

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Peter-Hugo Daly

as Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)

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Amanda Jane Powell

as Dorita

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Johnny Shannon

as Saltzman

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Sylvia Syms

as Cynthia Eve

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Ekow Abban

as Santa Lucia Club Owner

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Robert Austin

as Slim Brother

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Gerry Alexander

as Ton-Up Vicar

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Jim Dunk

as Slim Brother

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Johnny Edge

as Trader Horn

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Carmen Ejogo

as Carmen

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Paul Fairminer

as Eddie Sex

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Hugo First

as Maltese Lodger

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Pat Hartley

as Ms Cool Snr

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Astley Harvey

as Mr Cool Snr

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Colin Jeavons

as Pamphleteer

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Alfred Maron

as Bert the Tailor

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Zoot Money

as Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)

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Sandie Shaw

as Baby Boom's Mother

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Bruno Tonioli

as Maltese Lodger

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Chua Kah Joo

as Dancer

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Eric Sykes

as Arcade Attendant (uncredited)

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Tony Kemp

as Dancer

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