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Absolute Beginners

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Calorie Rating: 152
Released: 1986-04-04
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Studios: Goldcrest, Palace Pictures, Virgin,


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...

Director / Directors

Ray Corbett
Assistant Director


Cast

Eddie O'Connell
Character: Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Patsy Kensit
Character: Suzette
James Fox
Character: Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

David Bowie
Character: Vendice Partners
Ray Davies
Character: Arthur, Colin's Dad
Mandy Rice-Davies
Character: Flora, Colin's Mum

Eve Ferret
Character: Big Jill
Tony Hippolyte
Character: Mr. Cool
Graham Fletcher-Cook
Character: Wizard

Joseph McKenna
Character: Fabulous Hoplite
Steven Berkoff
Character: The Fanatic
Sade
Character: Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

Edward Tudor-Pole
Character: Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
Bruce Payne
Character: Flikker
Alan Freeman
Character: Call-Me-Cobber

Anita Morris
Character: Dido Lament
Paul Rhys
Character: Dean Swift
Julian Firth
Character: The Misery Kid

Chris Pitt
Character: Baby Boom
Lionel Blair
Character: Harry Charms
Gary Beadle
Character: Johnny Wonder

Robbie Coltrane
Character: Mario
Jess Conrad
Character: Cappuccino Man
Smiley Culture
Character: D.J. Entertainer

Ronald Fraser
Character: Amberley Drove
Slim Gaillard
Character: Party Singer
Irene Handl
Character: Mrs Larkin

Peter-Hugo Daly
Character: Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
Amanda Jane Powell
Character: Dorita
Johnny Shannon
Character: Saltzman

Sylvia Syms
Character: Cynthia Eve
Ekow Abban
Character: Santa Lucia Club Owner
Robert Austin
Character: Slim Brother

Gerry Alexander
Character: Ton-Up Vicar
Jim Dunk
Character: Slim Brother
Johnny Edge
Character: Trader Horn

Carmen Ejogo
Character: Carmen
Paul Fairminer
Character: Eddie Sex
Hugo First
Character: Maltese Lodger

Pat Hartley
Character: Ms Cool Snr
Astley Harvey
Character: Mr Cool Snr
Colin Jeavons
Character: Pamphleteer

Alfred Maron
Character: Bert the Tailor
Zoot Money
Character: Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
Sandie Shaw
Character: Baby Boom's Mother

Bruno Tonioli
Character: Maltese Lodger
Eric Sykes
Character: Arcade Attendant (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Don MacPherson
Screenplay

Chris Brown
Producer

Oliver Stapleton
Director of Photography
John Beard
Production Design
Sue Blane
Costume Designer

David Perry
Costume Assistant

Gil Evans
Music Arranger

Gil Evans
Conductor
Clive Langer
Music Producer
Alan Winstanley
Music Producer

David Toguri
Choreographer
David Wimbury
Associate Producer
Nik Powell
Executive Producer

Al Clark
Executive Producer
Robert Devereux
Executive Producer
Joanne Woollard
Set Dresser

Mike Proudfoot
Camera Operator
David John
Sound Mixer
Stuart Rose
Art Direction

Ken Wheatley
Art Direction
Peter Kohn
Production Manager
Terry Johnson
Additional Dialogue


Kathy Sykes
Production Coordinator
Valerie Craig
Production Coordinator
Leonard Green
Assistant Editor