Release date:Apr 4, 1986

Runtime:1h 48m

Absolute Beginners

★ 5.6

Synopsis of "Absolute Beginners":

"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:

Julien Temple

Genres:

DramaMusicRomance

Language:

English

Cast of "Absolute Beginners":

Eddie O'Connell ... as Colin, Photographer / Narrator

Patsy Kensit ... as Suzette

James Fox ... as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

David Bowie ... as Vendice Partners

Ray Davies ... as Arthur, Colin's Dad

Mandy Rice-Davies ... as Flora, Colin's Mum

Eve Ferret ... as Big Jill

Tony Hippolyte ... as Mr. Cool

Graham Fletcher-Cook ... as Wizard

Joseph McKenna ... as Fabulous Hoplite

Steven Berkoff ... as The Fanatic

Sade ... as Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

Edward Tudor-Pole ... as Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)

Bruce Payne ... as Flikker

Alan Freeman ... as Call-Me-Cobber

Anita Morris ... as Dido Lament

Paul Rhys ... as Dean Swift

Julian Firth ... as The Misery Kid

Chris Pitt ... as Baby Boom

Lionel Blair ... as Harry Charms

Gary Beadle ... as Johnny Wonder

Robbie Coltrane ... as Mario

Jess Conrad ... as Cappuccino Man

Smiley Culture ... as D.J. Entertainer

Ronald Fraser ... as Amberley Drove

Slim Gaillard ... as Party Singer

Irene Handl ... as Mrs Larkin

Peter-Hugo Daly ... as Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)

Amanda Jane Powell ... as Dorita

Johnny Shannon ... as Saltzman

Sylvia Syms ... as Cynthia Eve

Ekow Abban ... as Santa Lucia Club Owner

Robert Austin ... as Slim Brother

Gerry Alexander ... as Ton-Up Vicar

Jim Dunk ... as Slim Brother

Johnny Edge ... as Trader Horn

Carmen Ejogo ... as Carmen

Paul Fairminer ... as Eddie Sex

Hugo First ... as Maltese Lodger

Pat Hartley ... as Ms Cool Snr

Astley Harvey ... as Mr Cool Snr

Colin Jeavons ... as Pamphleteer

Alfred Maron ... as Bert the Tailor

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

Sandie Shaw ... as Baby Boom's Mother

Bruno Tonioli ... as Maltese Lodger

Chua Kah Joo ... as Dancer

Eric Sykes ... as Arcade Attendant (uncredited)

Tony Kemp ... as Dancer

Crew:

Richard Burridge... (Screenplay)

Christopher Wicking... (Screenplay)

Colin MacInnes... (Novel)

Don MacPherson... (Screenplay)

John Beard... (Production Design)

Sue Blane... (Costume Designer)

David Perry... (Costume Assistant)

Michael Bradsell... (Editor)

Gerry Hambling... (Editor)

Richard Bedford... (Editor)

Russell Lloyd... (Editor)

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)

Ray Corbett... (Assistant Director)

Terry Johnson... (Additional Dialogue)

Susie Figgis... (Casting)

Leonara Davis... (Casting)

Mary Selway... (Casting)

Kathy Sykes... (Production Coordinator)

Valerie Craig... (Production Coordinator)

Oliver Stapleton... (Director of Photography)

Leonard Green... (Assistant Editor)

Stephen Woolley... (Producer)

Chris Brown... (Producer)

Elaine Bowerbank... (Hairstylist)

Peter Frampton... (Makeup Artist)

David Bowie... (Songs)

Julien Temple... (Songs)

Ray Davies... (Songs)

Clive Langer... (Songs)

David Grimsdale... (Sound Editor)

Derek Holding... (Sound Editor)

Eddy Joseph... (Sound Editor)

Howard Lanning... (Sound Editor)

Barbara Rutter... (Assistant Costume Designer)

Joyce Stoneman... (Wardrobe Supervisor)

Clive Barrett... (Assistant Editor)

Paul Conway... (Assistant Editor)

Stuart De Jong... (Assistant Editor)

Mary Dockwrey... (Assistant Editor)

Helen Eley... (Assistant Editor)

Mark Latimer... (Assistant Editor)

Andy Stears... (Assistant Editor)

Michael Clifford... (Music Editor)

Cynthia Lole... (Music Coordinator)

Daniel Secunda... (Music Coordinator)

Mary Holdsworth... (Script Supervisor)

Tracy Drew... (Title Designer)

Content rating:

PG-13 (United States) · 15 (United Kingdom) · 16 (Germany)