Absolute Beginners

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Release date: April 04, 1986
Duration: 108 minutes
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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...

Starring

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Eddie O'Connell
Colin, Photographer / Narrator
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Patsy Kensit
Suzette
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James Fox
Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
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David Bowie
Vendice Partners
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Ray Davies
Arthur, Colin's Dad