Absolute Beginners
(1986)

Welcome to the world of your dreams!

Released: 1986-04-04

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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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Eddie O'Connell

as Colin, Photographer / Narrator

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James Fox

as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

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David Bowie

as Vendice Partners

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Ray Davies

as Arthur, Colin's Dad

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Mandy Rice-Davies

as Flora, Colin's Mum

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Steven Berkoff

as The Fanatic

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Sade

as Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

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Edward Tudor-Pole

as Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)

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Bruce Payne

as Flikker

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Alan Freeman

as Call-Me-Cobber

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Anita Morris

as Dido Lament

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Paul Rhys

as Dean Swift

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Julian Firth

as The Misery Kid

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Chris Pitt

as Baby Boom

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Lionel Blair

as Harry Charms

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Sue Blane

Costume Designer

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Robert Devereux

Executive Producer

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Terry Johnson

Additional Dialogue

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David Toguri

Choreographer

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Clive Langer

Music Producer

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Alan Winstanley

Music Producer

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Ken Wheatley

Art Direction

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Peter Kohn

Production Manager

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Gil Evans

Music Arranger

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Gil Evans

Conductor

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Nik Powell

Executive Producer

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Ray Corbett

Assistant Director

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