Absolute Beginners

Name: Absolute Beginners
Cast: Eddie O'Connell, Patsy Kensit, James Fox, David Bowie, Ray Davies

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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...

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Cast & Crew

Director: Julien TempleWriters: Christopher Wicking, Don MacPherson, Richard BurridgeProducers: Al Clark, Chris Brown, Nik Powell, Robert Devereux, Stephen Woolley

Eddie O'Connell

as Colin, Photographer / Narrator

Patsy Kensit

as Suzette

James Fox

as Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

David Bowie

as Vendice Partners

Ray Davies

as Arthur, Colin's Dad

Mandy Rice-Davies

as Flora, Colin's Mum

Eve Ferret

as Big Jill

Tony Hippolyte

as Mr. Cool

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