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Absolute Beginners

Movie (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 ...

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Released:	Jan 1st, 1986
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Absolute Beginners Main Cast

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Patsy Kensit
plays Suzette

Eddie O'Connell
plays Colin, Photographer / Narrator

David Bowie
plays Vendice Partners

James Fox
plays Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to …

Ray Davies
plays Arthur, Colin's Dad

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The film is based on a novel first published in 1959. One of the incidents portrayed in the story was based on the Notting Hill race riots of August, 1958.
The last feature film of Irene Handl
The production, in common with the rest of the British film industry at the time, had severe financial problems. Shooting stopped for several weeks due to lack of funds.
Quentin Crisp was offered a minor cameo.

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