Absolute Beginners Poster

Absolute Beginners

55.00% | April 4, 1986 | 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...

Featured Crew

Richard Burridge
Screenplay
Don MacPherson
Screenplay
Christopher Wicking
Screenplay

Cast

Eddie O'Connell
Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Patsy Kensit
Patsy Kensit
Suzette
James Fox
James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
David Bowie
David Bowie
Vendice Partners
Ray Davies
Ray Davies
Arthur, Colin's Dad