Absolute Beginners (1986)

★ 5.4 1h 48m 67 votes IMDb
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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...

Absolute Beginners

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Eddie O'Connell
Eddie O'Connell as Colin, Photographer / Narrator Age 66 Eddie O'Connell (b 1960) is an English actor best known for playing the lead in the 1986 film Absolute Beginners. O'Connell had studied acting but was very inexperienced when cast in the lead, atlhou...
Patsy Kensit
Patsy Kensit as Suzette Age 58 · Lambeth, London, England Patricia Jude Francis "Patsy" Kensit (born 4 March 1968) is an English actress and singer. Beginning her career as a child actor, Kensit gained attention when she acted in a string of commercials for...
James Fox
James Fox as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen Age 86 · London, England, UK William Fox (born 19 May 1939), known professionally as James Fox, is an English actor. He appeared in several notable films of the 1960s and early 1970s, including King Rat, The Servant, Thoroughly M...
David Bowie
David Bowie as Vendice Partners Died 2016 · London, England, UK David Robert Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an in...
Ray Davies
Ray Davies as Arthur, Colin's Dad Age 81 · Fortis Green, London, England Sir Raymond Douglas Davies, CBE is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother, Dave....
Mandy Rice-Davies
Mandy Rice-Davies as Flora, Colin's Mum Died 2014 · Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom Marilyn Foreman (21 October 1944 – 18 December 2014), better known as Mandy Rice-Davies, was a Welsh model and showgirl best known for her association with Christine Keeler and her role in the Profumo...

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