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Absolute Beginners (1986) [PG-13]

Release Date:
April 4, 1986

Original Title:
Absolute Beginners

Alternate Titles:
Absolute Beginners (Principiantes)
Absolute Beginners - Junge Helden

Genres:
Drama | Music | Romance

Production Companies:
Goldcrest
Palace Pictures
Virgin Vision

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  GB: 15  JP: G  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 108

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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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Additional Dialogue:
Terry Johnson

Art Direction:
Stuart Rose
Ken Wheatley

Assistant Director:
Ray Corbett

Assistant Editor:
Leonard Green

Associate Producer:
David Wimbury

Camera Operator:
Mike Proudfoot

Casting:
Susie Figgis
Leonara Davis
Mary Selway

Choreographer:
David Toguri

Conductor:
Gil Evans

Costume Assistant:
David Perry

Costume Designer:
Sue Blane

Director:
Julien Temple

Director of Photography:
Oliver Stapleton

Editor:
Russell Lloyd
Richard Bedford
Gerry Hambling
Michael Bradsell

Executive Producer:
Nik Powell
Al Clark
Robert Devereux

Music Arranger:
Gil Evans

Music Producer:
Alan Winstanley
Clive Langer

Novel:
Colin MacInnes

Producer:
Stephen Woolley
Chris Brown

Production Coordinator:
Kathy Sykes
Valerie Craig

Production Design:
John Beard

Production Manager:
Peter Kohn

Screenplay:
Christopher Wicking
Richard Burridge
Don MacPherson

Set Dresser:
Joanne Woollard

Sound Mixer:
David John

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