Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy
| Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy | |
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UK Poster
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| Directed by | Rob Heydon |
| Produced by | Rob Heydon |
| Screenplay by | Rob Heydon Ben Tucker |
| Based on |
The Undefeated by Irvine Welsh |
| Starring |
Adam Sinclair Kristin Kreuk Billy Boyd Carlo Rota |
| Narrated by | Adam Sinclair |
| Music by | Craig McConnell |
| Cinematography | Brad Hruboska |
| Edited by | Jeremiah Munce |
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Production
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Ecstasy Film Inc.
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| Distributed by | Proteus Entertainment Potential Films |
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Release date
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Running time
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99 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million |
| Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy - Official Movie Soundtrack | |
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| Studio album by Various artists | |
| Released | May 14, 2012 / August 20, 2012 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 59:31 / 78:29 |
| Label | Ecstasy Film Inc |
| Producer | Craig McConnell |
| Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy - The Best of the Music from the Film | |
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| Studio album by Various artists | |
| Released | November 21, 2012 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 80:04 |
| Label | Ecstasy Film Inc |
| Producer | Craig McConnell |
Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy is a 2011 Canadian dark romantic comedyfilm adaptation of the short story The Undefeated from the best-selling book Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh. Directed by Rob Heydon, the film stars Adam Sinclair as Lloyd Buist, a drug user who smuggles ecstasy from Amsterdam. Kristin Kreuk plays the love interest Heather Thompson.
Frustrated with her boring middle class and loveless marriage, Heather Thompson (Kristin Kreuk) seeks a change in her life. At a club, she finds just that in happily partying Lloyd Buist (Adam Sinclair), a drug user. Heather falls hard for Lloyd despite the fact that most of their time spent together is under the influence of illicit substances. As they experiment with this new lifestyle, they are faced with the question of whether they love their drugs, each other, or are just drugged into loving each other.
The romantic storyline is supplemented by a side plot involving Lloyd owing money to a shady character, Solo (Carlo Rota). While Lloyd is out of control with drugs and left unchecked, he must fulfill his “karmic” debt with Solo.
After a while, Heather begins to doubt the veracity of Lloyd's feelings for her, wondering if it might not be the effect of the drugs after all. When Lloyd almost dies after a drug smuggling operation goes terribly wrong and faces the possibility of losing Heather, he decides to turn his life around, and he finds that natural highs might be the best of all. He wants to change, but first must deal with Solo.
In 2000, director Rob Heydon obtained the rights to the film Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy. It took a few years to acquire financing and to get the script approved by author Irvine Welsh. There were difficulties in having the independent film made; the film was initially a Canada/UK co-production up until 2010, but eventually became a Canadian production. The lead female character Heather was initially supposed to be played by actress Lisa Ray, but she was unable to commit due to having cancer.
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