 
		Absolute Beginners
Welcome to the world of your dreams!
1986 en 108 minutes
Rating: 5.4
Plot
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...
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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
 
	Eve Ferret
Big Jill
 
	Tony Hippolyte
Mr. Cool
 
	Graham Fletcher-Cook
Wizard
 
	Joseph McKenna
Fabulous Hoplite
 
	Steven Berkoff
The Fanatic
 
	Sade
Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
 
	Edward Tudor-Pole
Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
 
	Bruce Payne
Flikker
 
	Alan Freeman
Call-Me-Cobber
 
	Anita Morris
Dido Lament
 
	Paul Rhys
Dean Swift
 
	Julian Firth
The Misery Kid
 
	Chris Pitt
Baby Boom
 
	Lionel Blair
Harry Charms
 
	Gary Beadle
Johnny Wonder
 
	Robbie Coltrane
Mario
 
	Jess Conrad
Cappuccino Man
 
	Smiley Culture
D.J. Entertainer
 
	Ronald Fraser
Amberley Drove
 
	Slim Gaillard
Party Singer
 
	Irene Handl
Mrs Larkin
 
	Peter-Hugo Daly
Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
 
	Amanda Jane Powell
Dorita
 
	Johnny Shannon
Saltzman
 
	Sylvia Syms
Cynthia Eve
 
	Ekow Abban
Santa Lucia Club Owner
 
	Robert Austin
Slim Brother
 
	Gerry Alexander
Ton-Up Vicar
 
	Jim Dunk
Slim Brother
 
	Johnny Edge
Trader Horn
 
	Carmen Ejogo
Carmen
 
	Paul Fairminer
Eddie Sex
 
	Hugo First
Maltese Lodger
 
	Pat Hartley
Ms Cool Snr
 
	Astley Harvey
Mr Cool Snr
 
	Colin Jeavons
Pamphleteer
 
	Alfred Maron
Bert the Tailor
 
	Zoot Money
Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
 
	Sandie Shaw
Baby Boom's Mother
 
	Bruno Tonioli
Maltese Lodger
 
	Chua Kah Joo
Dancer
 
	Eric Sykes
Arcade Attendant (uncredited)
 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		