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Trainspotting (1996)

Movie"Choose life."
Audience Score
80
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R 1 hr 34 minAug 9th, 1996Drama, CrimeTrainspotting Collection PosterPart of Trainspotting Collection
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
StarringEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee Miller
DirectorDanny Boyle

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:August 9th, 1996 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:March 25th, 1998 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$4,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$72,000,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Channel Four Films
Trainspotting on the Web:Official Website, Facebook
Movie Tags:
based on novel or bookfriendshipdark comedydrugslondon, englandsurrealismdrug addictionnightclubdrug dealerscotland

Trainspotting Collection

A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, and clean-cut athlete Tommy.