Absolute Beginners 1986

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Absolute Beginners

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PG-13
Drama Music Romance

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...

Top Billed 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

Release Date 1986-04-04
Runtime 1h 48m
Directors Julien Temple, Oliver Stapleton, Ray Corbett
Producers Stephen Woolley, Chris Brown, Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley, David Wimbury, Nik Powell, Al Clark, Robert Devereux
Writers Christopher Wicking, Richard Burridge, Colin MacInnes, Don MacPherson