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Absolute Beginners

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...

Crew

Richard Burridge

Screenplay

Don MacPherson

Screenplay

Christopher Wicking

Screenplay

Colin MacInnes

Novel

Julien Temple

Julien Temple

Director

Sue Blane

Costume Designer

Robert Devereux

Executive Producer

Terry Johnson

Additional Dialogue

David Toguri

Choreographer

Clive Langer

Clive Langer

Music Producer

Alan Winstanley

Music Producer

Ken Wheatley

Art Direction

Peter Kohn

Production Manager

Susie Figgis

Susie Figgis

Casting

Michael Bradsell

Editor

Gerry Hambling

Editor

Gil Evans

Music Arranger

Gil Evans

Conductor

Nik Powell

Executive Producer

Ray Corbett

Assistant Director

Joanne Woollard

Set Dresser

John Beard

Production Design

Richard Bedford

Editor

Russell Lloyd

Editor

Mike Proudfoot

Camera Operator

Stuart Rose

Art Direction

Al Clark

Executive Producer

David Perry

Costume Assistant

David Wimbury

Associate Producer

Valerie Craig

Production Coordinator

Leonara Davis

Casting

David John

Sound Mixer

Mary Selway

Casting

Kathy Sykes

Production Coordinator

Oliver Stapleton

Oliver Stapleton

Director of Photography

Leonard Green

Assistant Editor

Stephen Woolley

Stephen Woolley

Producer

Chris Brown

Producer

Elaine Bowerbank

Hairstylist

Peter Frampton

Makeup Artist

David Bowie

David Bowie

Songs

Julien Temple

Julien Temple

Songs

Ray Davies

Ray Davies

Songs

Clive Langer

Clive Langer

Songs

David Grimsdale

Sound Editor

Derek Holding

Sound Editor

Eddy Joseph

Sound Editor

Howard Lanning

Sound Editor

Barbara Rutter

Assistant Costume Designer

Joyce Stoneman

Wardrobe Supervisor

Clive Barrett

Assistant Editor

Paul Conway

Assistant Editor

Stuart De Jong

Assistant Editor

Mary Dockwrey

Assistant Editor

Helen Eley

Assistant Editor

Mark Latimer

Assistant Editor

Andy Stears

Assistant Editor

Michael Clifford

Music Editor

Cynthia Lole

Music Coordinator

Daniel Secunda

Music Coordinator

Mary Holdsworth

Script Supervisor

Tracy Drew

Title Designer