Absolute Beginners (1986)
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Release04/04/1986
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ProductionGoldcrest, Palace Pictures, Virgin
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Rotten tomato55%
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Original titleAbsolute Beginners
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Original languageen
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Production Cost
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Welcome to the world of your dreams!
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...
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Casts
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Colin, Photographer / Narrator
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Suzette
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Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
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Vendice Partners
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Arthur, Colin's Dad
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Flora, Colin's Mum
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Big Jill
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Mr. Cool
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Wizard
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Fabulous Hoplite
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The Fanatic
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Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
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Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
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Flikker
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Call-Me-Cobber
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Dido Lament
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Dean Swift
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The Misery Kid
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Baby Boom
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Harry Charms
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Johnny Wonder
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Mario
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Cappuccino Man
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D.J. Entertainer
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Amberley Drove
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Party Singer
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Mrs Larkin
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Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
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Dorita
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Saltzman
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Cynthia Eve
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Santa Lucia Club Owner
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Slim Brother
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Ton-Up Vicar
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Slim Brother
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Trader Horn
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Carmen
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Eddie Sex
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Maltese Lodger
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Ms Cool Snr
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Mr Cool Snr
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Pamphleteer
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Bert the Tailor
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Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)
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Baby Boom's Mother
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Maltese Lodger
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Arcade Attendant (uncredited)