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Absolute Beginners: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was concurrently released to promote the film. Aside from the plethora of music from contributing artists, the musical score was composed by Gil Evans. David Bowie's title track, Ray Davies' 'Quiet Life' and the Style Council's songs were released as singles.
| Absolute Beginners | |
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| Directed by | Julien Temple |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Richard Burridge Christopher Wicking Don MacPherson |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Gil Evans |
| Cinematography | Oliver Stapleton |
| Edited by | Gerry Hambling |
| Distributed by | Palace Pictures |
Release date | |
Running time | 108 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £8.4 million[2] |
| Box office | £1.8 million[3] |
Absolute Beginners is a 1986 British musical filmadapted from Colin MacInnes' book of the same name about life in late 1950s London. The film is directed by Julien Temple and stars Eddie O' Connell, Patsy Kensit (in one of her first mainstream roles), James Fox, Edward Tudor-Pole, Anita Morris and David Bowie, with featured appearances by Sade Adu, Ray Davies, and Steven Berkoff. The film was screened out of competition at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
Upon release, Absolute Beginners received immense coverage in the British media. At the time, the British film industry was perceived as being on the point of collapse (with the recent failure of the film Revolution). However, the film was panned by critics and became a box office bomb. Some of the criticisms included stylistic anachronisms, such as the mini-skirt and decidedly 1980s music from the likes of The Style Council and Sade, the bowdlerisation of Kensit's character (Crepe Suzette had been depicted as a promiscuous 'negrophile' in the book), and the casting of Bowie, who made it a condition of his musical contribution. Although the film was not a success, Bowie's theme song was very popular in the UK and reached number two in the charts.
The commercial failure of Absolute Beginners and another film released about the same time, The Mission, led to the collapse of Goldcrest, a major British film studio.
Plot[edit]
The film takes place in 1958, a time in which pop culture is transforming from 1950s jazz and early rock to a new generation on the verge of the 1960s. London is post-World War II, but pre-Beatles/Stones. The storyline incorporates elements of the 1958 Notting Hill race riots.
Young photographer Colin falls in love with aspiring fashion designer Crepe Suzette but she's only interested in her career. Colin tries to win her affections by taking a crack at the big time himself. Meanwhile, racial tensions heat up in Colin's neighbourhood of London.
Cast[edit]
- Eddie O'Connell as Colin
- Patsy Kensit as Crepe Suzette
- James Fox as Henley Of Mayfair
- David Bowie as Vendice Partners
- Edward Tudor-Pole as Ed the Ted
- Anita Morris as Dido Lament
- Graham Fletcher-Cook as Wizard
- Tony Hippolyte as Mr. Cool
- Bruce Payne as Flikker
- Paul Rhys as Dean Swift
- Lionel Blair as Harry Charms
- Eve Ferret as Big Jill
- Ray Davies as Arthur
- Sade as Athene Duncannon
- Mandy Rice-Davies as Mum
- Julian Firth as The Misery Kid
- Alan Freeman as Call-Me-Cobber
- Steven Berkoff as The Fanatic
- Chris Pitt as Baby Boom
- Gary Beadle as Johnny Wonder
- Robbie Coltrane as Mario
- Carmen Ejogo as Carmen
- Ronald Fraser as Amberley Drove
- Joe McKenna as Fabulous Hoplite
- Irene Handl as Mrs. Larkin
- Peter-Hugo Daly as Vern
- Sylvia Syms as Cynthia Eve
- Slim Gaillard as Lloyd
Production[edit]
Christopher Wicking did an early draft of the script which he said 'had some sort of propulsion from one scene to the next'.[5] He says the script helped raise American finance but then Julien Temple became involved and disregarded a lot of Wicking's ideas. Wicking also says the filmmakers could never reconcile if the musical numbers should advance the story or illustrate something about the characters at the time.[5]
$2.5 million of the film's budget came from Orion and £2.5 million from Goldcrest.[6]
Soundtrack[edit]
| Absolute Beginners: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 7 April 1986 |
| Genre | Musical |
| Label | Virgin Records |
| Producer | Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley |
| Singles from Absolute Beginners: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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Absolute Beginners: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was concurrently released to promote the film. Aside from the plethora of music from contributing artists, the musical score was composed by Gil Evans. David Bowie's title track, Ray Davies' 'Quiet Life' and the Style Council's songs were released as singles. Tracks 11-18 were exclusive to the CD version.
Reception[edit]
Writing in The New York Times, film critic Caryn James was largely unmoved by the film and remarked upon the 'uneveness' of Temple's adaptation, and its 'erratic' results.[7] Elsewhere Pauline Kael declared that, despite Temple's bona fides, the musical is 'peculiarly unlyrical and ephemeral'.[8] Comparing it unfavorably to MacInnes' novel, she wrote: 'The film has a glossy immediacy, and you can feel the flash and determination that went into it. What you don't feel is the tormented romanticism that made English adolescents in the '70s swear by the novel the way American kids had earlier sworn by The Catcher in the Rye.'[8] Jeremy Allen in The Guardian praised Bowie's theme song but described the film as 'an overbudget turkey of huge proportions'.[9] Corey K. Creekmur stated in The International Film Musical that although the film 'failed to deliver on the critical expectations surrounding it', it remained 'a deeply interesting, if flawed, attempt to harness the contemporary musical in the services of politics and social equality'.[10]
References[edit]
- Notes
- ^'Absolute Beginners (15)'. British Board of Film Classification. 18 March 1986. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^Walker p. 33
- ^Walker p. 54
- ^'Festival de Cannes: Absolute Beginners'. festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
- ^ abAll's Well That Ends: an interview with Chris WickingMonthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 55, Iss. 658, (1 Nov 1988): 322.
- ^'Bad Beginning.' Sunday Times [London, England] 15 June 1986: 45. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. Web. 8 Apr. 2014.
- ^James, Caryn (18 April 1986). 'Rock Musical 'Beginners''. The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ abKael, Pauline (2011) [1991]. 5001 Nights at the Movies. Henry Holt and Company. p. 3. ISBN978-1-250-03357-4.
- ^Allen, Jeremy (3 December 2014). 'David Bowie: 10 of the best'. The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^Creekmur, Corey K. (2013). The International Film Musical. Edinburgh University Press. p. 26. ISBN978-0748634774.
- Sources
- Walker, Alexander, Icons in the Fire: The Rise and Fall of Practically Everyone in the British Film Industry 1984-2000, Orion Books, 2005
External links[edit]
- Absolute Beginners on IMDb
- Absolute Beginners at Rotten Tomatoes
- Absolute Beginners at Box Office Mojo
- Absolute Beginners at the TCM Movie Database
- Absolute Beginners at AllMovie
Fiddle - Grade 1
Composed by Gail Rudisill-Johnson. Absolute Beginners. Instruction. Book with CD. 40 pages. Wise Publications #MUSAM986392. Published by Wise Publications (HL.14000996).
Item Number: HL.14000996
ISBN 9780825635090. 9x12 inches. English(UK).
The award-winning Absolute Beginners method has been designed to make learning the Fiddle (Violin) easier than ever before! Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing your first complete songs. Absolute Beginners Fiddle gives you: An 'owner's manual' approach to the Fiddle. Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up, playing and maintenance. A look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures to illustrate every step of learning. CD audio tracks to let you hear how things should sound, plus full-length accompaniments so you can play along.
The award-winning Absolute Beginners method has been designed to make learning the Fiddle (Violin) easier than ever before!
Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises toplaying your first complete songs.
Absolute Beginners Fiddle gives you:
- An 'owner's manual' approach to the Fiddle.
- Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know aboutsetting up, playing and maintenance.
- A look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures to illustrate every step of learning.
- CD audio tracks to let you hear how things should sound, plus full-length accompanimentsso you can play along.
- O Dem Golden Slippers
- Liza Jane
- Hot Cross Buns
- Cripple Creek
- Old Joe Clark
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Devil's Dream
- Camptown Races
- Boil The Cabbage
- Oh, Susanna
Fiddle - Grade 1
Composed by Gail Rudisill-Johnson. Absolute Beginners. Instruction. Book with CD. 40 pages. Wise Publications #MUSAM986392. Published by Wise Publications (HL.14000996).
Item Number: HL.14000996
ISBN 9780825635090. 9x12 inches. English(UK).
The award-winning Absolute Beginners method has been designed to make learning the Fiddle (Violin) easier than ever before! Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing your first complete songs. Absolute Beginners Fiddle gives you: An 'owner's manual' approach to the Fiddle. Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up, playing and maintenance. A look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures to illustrate every step of learning. CD audio tracks to let you hear how things should sound, plus full-length accompaniments so you can play along.
The award-winning Absolute Beginners method has been designed to make learning the Fiddle (Violin) easier than ever before!
Absolute Beginners Book
Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises toplaying your first complete songs.
Absolute Beginners Fiddle gives you:
- An 'owner's manual' approach to the Fiddle.
- Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know aboutsetting up, playing and maintenance.
- A look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures to illustrate every step of learning.
- CD audio tracks to let you hear how things should sound, plus full-length accompanimentsso you can play along.
- O Dem Golden Slippers
- Liza Jane
- Hot Cross Buns
- Cripple Creek
- Old Joe Clark
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Devil's Dream
- Camptown Races
- Boil The Cabbage
- Oh, Susanna