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Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy -drama film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, and Kelly Macdonald in her film debut. Based on the 1993 novel of the same title by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1996.
- $72 million, (£48 million)
- 23 February 1996
- £1.5 million
- Andrew Macdonald
Aug 9, 1996 · Trainspotting: Directed by Danny Boyle. With Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd. Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
- (711K)
- Drama
- Danny Boyle
- 1996-08-09
The film has very disturbing themes, however, the underlying narrative of Trainspotting is the friendship of the junkies with our hero Renton (smartly played by Ewan McGregor) as the focal point.
- (16.4K)
- Danny Boyle
- R
- Ewan Mcgregor
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Strange, the cult following “Trainspotting” has generated in the UK, as a book, a play and a movie. It uses a colorful vocabulary, it contains a lot of energy, it elevates its miserable heroes to the status of icons (in their own eyes, that is), and it does evoke the Edinburgh drug landscape with a conviction that seems born of close observation.
Synopsis. The film begins with Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) and Spud (Ewen Bremner) running down Princes Street pursued by security guards. Renton states that unlike people who "choose life" (children, financial stability and material possessions) he has chosen to live as a heroin addict. Renton's close circle of football enthusiast friends are ...