
Absolute Beginners Welcome to the world of your dreams!
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...
Drama
Music
Romance
- Release Date
Apr 04, 1986
- Popularity: 0.6265
- 62 votes
- Directed by
Julien Temple
- Screenplay by
Richard BurridgeDon MacPhersonChristopher Wicking
- Productions
Goldcrest (GB)Palace Pictures (GB)Virgin Vision
- Budget
Revenue: NA
Duration: 1h 48 min
Casting: Susie Figgis, Leonara Davis, Mary Selway
Top Cast
Crew & Team

Richard Burridge
Screenplay

Don MacPherson
Screenplay

Christopher Wicking
Screenplay

Colin MacInnes
Novel
Trailer & Videos
- Trailer
Absolute Beginners (1986)