Film
Absolute Beginners
1986 · 108 min · ★ 5.4 · Dir. Julien Temple
Welcome to the world of your dreams!
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...
Starring
Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Patsy Kensit
Suzette
David Bowie
Vendice Partners
James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Mandy Rice-Davies
Flora, Colin's Mum
Ray Davies
Arthur, Colin's Dad
Eve Ferret
Big Jill
Tony Hippolyte
Mr. Cool
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
Paul Rhys
Dean Swift
Anita Morris
Dido Lament
Alan Freeman
Call-Me-Cobber
Lionel Blair
Harry Charms