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18 April 1986 (USA)
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The music, the movement, the romance, the passion . . . all explodes on the BIG SCREEN. more
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A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer...
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Teenage Girl
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Sex Pistols and Joe Strummer Documentarian Julien Temple to Dramatize History of The Kinks
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Exhilarating Adrenalin Rush
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Patsy Kensit | ... | Suzette |
| Eddie O'Connell | ... | Colin, Photographer / Narrator |
 | David Bowie | ... | Vendice Partners |
| James Fox | ... | Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen |
| Ray Davies | ... | Arthur, Colin's Dad |
| Mandy Rice-Davies | ... | Flora |
| Eve Ferret | ... | Big Jill |
| Tony Hippolyte | ... | Mr. Cool |
| Graham Fletcher-Cook | ... | Wizard |
| Joe McKenna | ... | Fabulous Hoplite |
| Steven Berkoff | ... | The Fanatic |
| Sade | ... | Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu) |
| Edward Tudor-Pole | ... | Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor) |
 | Bruce Payne | ... | Flikker |
| Alan Freeman | ... | Call-Me-Cobber |
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Absolute Beginners - The Musical (International: English title) (poster title)
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108 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #27931) |
Australia:PG |
Canada:14A |
Finland:K-14 |
Iceland:L |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
West Germany:16
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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.
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Boom mic visible: When Harry Charms is auditioning young singers with Colin, there is a boom mic visible when Harry and Colin first enter the studio.
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Colin: [narrating] I remember that hot, wonderful summer. When the teenage miracle reached full bloom and everyone in England stopped what they were doing to stare at what had happened. The Soho nights were cool in the heat, with light and music in the streets. And we couldn't believe that this was really coming to us at last...
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Colin: [narrating] I remember that hot, wonderful summer. When the teenage miracle reached full bloom and everyone in England stopped what they were doing to stare at what had happened. The Soho nights were cool in the heat, with light and music in the streets. And we couldn't believe that this was really coming to us at last...
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Referenced in The Player (1992)
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HAVING IT ALL
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What a Corker of a movie which moves at a lightning pace of youth in the 1950's based on the youth culture book by Colin McInnes. We see the birth of the teenager in Britain wiping away the grey cobwebs of post war Britain and revitalising it with a kaleidoscope of colour. Eddie O'Donnell is the spunky immaculately dressed hedonist who wants to dance and carouse the night away in Swinging London and Patsy Kensit's film debut is superb as Colin'ns(O'Donnel's) sex kitten who's a real temptress. The music score is excellent which interwines with the plot very well and some of London's well known honey pots are featured, like The Wag Club which is sadly no more. Ray Davies actually appears in the film, as does David Bowie and Sade.Not forgetting the great songs by The Style Council and Smiley Culture with an underlying jazz groove by Gil Evans. The Introduction to this movie is one of the best ever and features a cast of thousands. Congratulations Julian Temple on this aesthetic musical delight.