Absolute Beginners (1986)
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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Cast
Eddie O'Connell
as Colin, Photographer / Narrator
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
as Suzette
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
as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
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
as Vendice Partners
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
as Arthur, Colin's Dad
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
as Flora, Colin's Mum
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...
Director
Julien Temple
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