Movie
Absolute Beginners
Welcome to the world of your dreams!
19861h 48m★ 5.5DramaMusicRomance
Overview
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
Writers
- Richard Burridge
- Don MacPherson
- Christopher Wicking
Producers
- Robert Devereux · Executive Producer
- Nik Powell · Executive Producer
- Al Clark · Executive Producer
- Stephen Woolley
- Chris Brown
Where to watch
Region: AU · via JustWatch / TMDB
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Top 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)
