Absolute Beginners (1986)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.4/10   

Director:

Julien Temple

Escritores:

Richard Burridge (writer)
Michael Hamlyn (developer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 abril 1986 (USA)

Género:

Fantasía | Musical | Romance

Frase comercial:

The music, the movement, the romance, the passion . . . all explodes on the BIG SCREEN.

Plot:

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer...

Plot Keywords:

Photographer | 1950s | Model | Love | Fashion

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Totally Gear and a Real Giggle

Reparto

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

También conocida como:

Absolute Beginners - The Musical (International: English title) (poster title)
Principiantes (Spain) [es]

Duración:

108 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color (Rankcolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Clasificación:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #27931) | Australia:PG | Canada:14A | Finland:K-14 | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | West Germany:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Albert Bridge, Battersea, London, England, UK

Compañía:

Goldcrest Films International

Trivialidades:

The film is based on a novel first published in 1959. One of the incidents portrayed in the story was based on the Notting Hill race riots of August, 1958.

Errores:

Micrófono Boom visible: When Harry Charms is auditioning young singers with Colin, there is a boom mic visible when Harry and Colin first enter the studio.

Citas:

[first lines]
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...

Conexiones de Película:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Banda de Sonido:

HAVING IT ALL

Totally Gear and a Real Giggle

When I saw the video for the Janet Jackson song "When I Think of You", it was shot using a series of very elaborate moving camera or "tracking" shots. When I saw the video, I thought that it looked just like this movie. This is no coincidence because both projects were directed by Julian Temple. That memory brings up a complaint about this project. The main complaint when this film came out was that it was too much like a music video, more interest was paid to visual spectacle and not enough on character development. True, the characters are drawn broadly but I think the approach works because it is a musical. I had no trouble understanding the basic action, I could easily tell one character from another and I even understood the basic motives of everyone involved. I also love a lot of the British slang used in the project, even though I didn't quite get some of it at the time. I have no idea if this is now a "cult film" or not but it ought to be. It is enjoyable and tells compelling story which is based on a novel that was written after an actual "colour riot" happened in London in the summer of 1958. I think this film was a little ahead of its time and deserves to be rediscovered just they did with "Blade Runner" directed by fellow Brit, Ridley Scott. Let's hope that happens soon. I'd like to see Temple make more films.