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  • The Hong Kong VCD has Chinese subtitles throughout the movie.
    • Absolute Beginners
    4004314
    DVD Cover:
    Absolute Beginners
    VCD Cover:
    Absolute Beginners VCD

    		Media Type: DVD (VCD not covered here)
    Number of Disks: 1
    Total Time: 108 minutes
    Director: Julien Temple
    Distributor: MGM DVD
    Theatrical Release Date: April 18, 1986
    DVD Release Date: April 15, 2003
    Encoding: Region 1
    Genre: Musicals

    Extras:
    • Photo Gallery
    • Stereo Surround Sound
    • English, French & Spanish Subtitles
    Ratings:
    Amazon: Average Customer Review - 4/5
    IMDB: User Rating - 5.2/10
    Rotten Tomatoes: Average Rating - 5.6/10

    Notes:
    • The VCD Version is from Hong Kong, has Chinese text, is printed on 2 VCDs and distributed by Panorama Distributions Co LTD

    Comments from Chicago Reader website:

    Absolute Beginners
    Capsule by Jonathan Rosenbaum
    From the Chicago Reader

    A fascinating attempt by rock video director Julien Temple to do several things at once--adapt a Colin MacInnes novel, show the London youth scene in 1958 (while dealing at length with the racial tensions of the period), build on some of the stylistic innovations of Frank Tashlin, Vincente Minnelli, and Orson Welles, and put to best use a fascinating score by Gil Evans that adapts everything from Charles Mingus to Miles Davis. A mixed success, but an exhilarating try (1986). With David Bowie, Keith Richards, and James Fox.



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