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Trainspotting (1996)

"Choose life."

8.0/10 1h 34m Feb 23, 1996
Drama Crime

Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.

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Movie Details

Original Title Trainspotting
Original Language EN
Budget $4,000,000
Revenue $71,981,823
Status Released
Popularity 6.8

Cast

Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor
Renton
Popularity: 5.9
Ewen Bremner
Ewen Bremner
Spud
Popularity: 2.1
Jonny Lee Miller
Jonny Lee Miller
Sick Boy
Popularity: 1.9
Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd
Tommy
Popularity: 1.9
Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle
Begbie
Popularity: 9.6
Kelly Macdonald
Kelly Macdonald
Diane
Popularity: 9.5
Peter Mullan
Peter Mullan
Swanney
Popularity: 4.3
James Cosmo
James Cosmo
Renton's Father
Popularity: 1.8
Eileen Nicholas
Eileen Nicholas
Renton's Mother
Popularity: 1.3
Susan Vidler
Susan Vidler
Allison
Popularity: 0.9
Pauline Lynch
Pauline Lynch
Lizzy
Popularity: 0.7
Shirley Henderson
Shirley Henderson
Gail
Popularity: 3.7

Key Crew

Producer Andrew Macdonald
Director Danny Boyle
Editor Masahiro Hirakubo
Screenplay John Hodge

Production

Figment Films
GB
The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company
GB
Channel Four Films
GB
DNA Films
GB

Videos & Trailers

Official UK Re-release Trailer
Official UK Re-release Trailer
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The Worst Toilet in Scotland
The Worst Toilet in Scotland
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Lust for Life
Lust for Life
Clip
Junkie Limbo
Junkie Limbo
Clip
Change of Plans
Change of Plans
Clip

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Keywords

drug dealer friendship london, england based on novel or book scotland heroin drug addiction anti hero junkie nightclub cold turkey dark comedy edinburgh, scotland modern society hallucination surrealism stealing drug rehabilitation drug dealing drugs

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
Aug 27, 2023

25 years on, and this Danny Boyle effort has lost little of it's authentic, gritty, potency. Set in mid 1990s Edinburgh it follows the antics of a disparate group of friends whose only goals in life are to survive, maybe get laid, and to take each day as it comes... "Begbie" (Robert Carlyle) is thei ... Read more

r96sk 9/10
May 30, 2024

Not the most enthralling, but <em>'Trainspotting'</em> does have plenty to say - and boy does it portray it! There are particularly strong performances from Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle. I didn't like watching the bunch of characters given how severely unlikeable they are. Of co ... Read more

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Details
Release Date February 23, 1996
Runtime 1h 34m
Budget $4,000,000
Revenue $71,981,823
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 6.8
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