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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...

1986 |1h 48m |  Drama, Music, Romance

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Eddie O'Connell

Colin, Photographer / Narrator

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Patsy Kensit

Suzette

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James Fox

Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

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David Bowie

Vendice Partners

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Ray Davies

Arthur, Colin's Dad

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Mandy Rice-Davies

Flora, Colin's Mum

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Eve Ferret

Big Jill

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Tony Hippolyte

Mr. Cool

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Joseph McKenna

Fabulous Hoplite

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Steven Berkoff

The Fanatic

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Sade

Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

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Edward Tudor-Pole

Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)

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Bruce Payne

Flikker

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Alan Freeman

Call-Me-Cobber

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Anita Morris

Dido Lament

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Paul Rhys

Dean Swift

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Julian Firth

The Misery Kid

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Lionel Blair

Harry Charms

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Gary Beadle

Johnny Wonder

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Robbie Coltrane

Mario

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Jess Conrad

Cappuccino Man

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Ronald Fraser

Amberley Drove

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Irene Handl

Mrs Larkin

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Peter-Hugo Daly

Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)

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Sylvia Syms

Cynthia Eve

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Carmen Ejogo

Carmen

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Colin Jeavons

Pamphleteer

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Zoot Money

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

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Sandie Shaw

Baby Boom's Mother

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Bruno Tonioli

Maltese Lodger

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Eric Sykes

Arcade Attendant (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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