Movie
Absolute Beginners
Released: April 4, 1986 (1986)
Runtime: 108 minutes
Genres: Drama, Music, Romance
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...
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- James Fox as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Age at release: 46
- Ray Davies as Arthur, Colin's Dad
Age at release: 41
- Mandy Rice-Davies as Flora, Colin's Mum
Age at release: 41
- David Bowie as Vendice Partners
Age at release: 39
- Eve Ferret as Big Jill
Age at release: 30
- Tony Hippolyte as Mr. Cool
Age at release: 27
- Eddie O'Connell as Colin, Photographer / Narrator
Age at release: 26
- Joseph McKenna as Fabulous Hoplite
Age at release: 25
- Graham Fletcher-Cook as Wizard
Age at release: 22
- Patsy Kensit as Suzette
Age at release: 18
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- Irene Handl as Mrs Larkin
Age at release: 84
- Slim Gaillard as Party Singer
Age at release: 70
- Alan Freeman as Call-Me-Cobber
Age at release: 58
- Lionel Blair as Harry Charms
Age at release: 57
- Ronald Fraser as Amberley Drove
Age at release: 55
- Johnny Shannon as Saltzman
Age at release: 53
- Jess Conrad as Cappuccino Man
Age at release: 50
- Steven Berkoff as The Fanatic
Age at release: 48
- Anita Morris as Dido Lament
Age at release: 43
- Robbie Coltrane as Mario
Age at release: 36
- Edward Tudor-Pole as Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)
Age at release: 30
- Peter-Hugo Daly as Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)
Age at release: 30
- Sade as Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)
Age at release: 27
- Bruce Payne as Flikker
Age at release: 27
- Julian Firth as The Misery Kid
Age at release: 26
- Smiley Culture as D.J. Entertainer
Age at release: 23
- Paul Rhys as Dean Swift
Age at release: 22
- Amanda Jane Powell as Dorita
Age at release: 22
- Gary Beadle as Johnny Wonder
Age at release: 20
- Chris Pitt as Baby Boom
Age at release: Unknown