Absolute Beginners

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...

• Christopher WickingScreenplay
• Richard BurridgeScreenplay
• Don MacPhersonScreenplay
• Julien TempleDirector

• Eddie O'ConnellColin, Photographer / Narrator
• Patsy KensitSuzette
• James FoxHenley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
• David BowieVendice Partners
• Ray DaviesArthur, Colin's Dad
• Mandy Rice-DaviesFlora, Colin's Mum
• Eve FerretBig Jill
• Tony HippolyteMr. Cool
• Graham Fletcher-CookWizard
• Joseph McKennaFabulous Hoplite
• Steven BerkoffThe Fanatic
• SadeAthene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)