Absolute Beginners
- Released on
- Runtime
- 108 mins
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...
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
- Eddie O'Connell
- Patsy Kensit
- James Fox
- David Bowie
- Ray Davies
- Mandy Rice-Davies
- Eve Ferret
- Tony Hippolyte
- Graham Fletcher-Cook
- Joseph McKenna
- Steven Berkoff
- Sade
- Edward Tudor-Pole
- Bruce Payne
- Alan Freeman
- Anita Morris
- Paul Rhys
- Julian Firth
- Chris Pitt
- Lionel Blair
- Gary Beadle
- Robbie Coltrane
- Jess Conrad
- Smiley Culture
- Ronald Fraser
- Slim Gaillard
- Irene Handl
- Peter-Hugo Daly
- Amanda Jane Powell
- Johnny Shannon
- Sylvia Syms
- Ekow Abban
- Robert Austin
- Gerry Alexander
- Jim Dunk
- Johnny Edge
- Carmen Ejogo
- Paul Fairminer
- Hugo First
- Pat Hartley
- Astley Harvey
- Colin Jeavons
- Alfred Maron
- Zoot Money
- Sandie Shaw
- Bruno Tonioli
- Eric Sykes
- Barrie Holland
Director
- Julien Temple
Producers
- Stephen Woolley
- Chris Brown
Screenwriter
- Richard Burridge
- Christopher Wicking
- Don MacPherson
