Absolute Beginners

Welcome to the world of your dreams!

108 mins
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...

Eddie O'Connell

Colin, Photographer / Narrator

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

Joseph McKenna

Fabulous Hoplite

Steven Berkoff

The Fanatic

Sade

Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

Edward Tudor-Pole

Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)

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

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)

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

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

Eric Sykes

Arcade Attendant (uncredited)

Don MacPherson

Screenplay

David Perry

Costume Assistant

John Beard

Production Design

Gil Evans

Music Arranger

Alan Winstanley

Music Producer

David Toguri

Choreographer

Gil Evans

Conductor

Nik Powell

Executive Producer

Sue Blane

Costume Designer

Clive Langer

Music Producer

Al Clark

Executive Producer

David Wimbury

Associate Producer

Robert Devereux

Executive Producer

David John

Sound Mixer

Terry Johnson

Additional Dialogue

Stuart Rose

Art Direction

Kathy Sykes

Production Coordinator

Mike Proudfoot

Camera Operator

Ken Wheatley

Art Direction

Joanne Woollard

Set Dresser

Ray Corbett

Assistant Director

Peter Kohn

Production Manager

Valerie Craig

Production Coordinator

Oliver Stapleton

Director of Photography

Leonard Green

Assistant Editor

Chris Brown

Producer

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