Trainspotting (film)
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| Directed by | Danny Boyle |
| Produced by | Andrew Macdonald |
| Screenplay by | John Hodge |
| Based on |
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh |
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| Cinematography | Brian Tufano |
| Edited by | Masahiro Hirakubo |
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PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (UK) Miramax Films (United States) |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £1.5 million |
| Box office |
$72 million £48 million (GBP) |
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (UK)
$72 million
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 acting debut. Based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1996.
The Academy Award nominated screenplay by John Hodge follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life. Beyond drug addiction, other themes in the film are exploration of the urban poverty and squalor in "culturally rich" Edinburgh.
The film has been ranked 10th by the British Film Institute (BFI) in its list of Top 100 British films of all time. In 2004 the film was voted the best Scottish film of all time in a general public poll.
Heroin addict Mark Renton and his circle of friends are introduced: amoral con artist Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson (also an addict); slow-witted, kind-hearted Daniel "Spud" Murphy (another addict); clean-cut athlete Thomas "Tommy" MacKenzie; and aggressive psychopath Francis "Franco" Begbie, who picks fights with people who get in his way.
Renton decides to quit heroin and buys opium suppositories from dealer Mikey Forrester to ease the transition. After his final hit (and a violent spell of diarrhoea caused by cessation of heroin), he locks himself in a cheap hotel room to endure the withdrawal period. He later goes with his friends to a club and, finding that his sex drive has returned, he eventually leaves with a girl named Diane and they have sex in her home. In the morning, he realises that Diane is a 15-year-old schoolgirl and that her "flatmates" are actually her parents. Anxious, Renton tries to ignore the incident, but is forced to remain in touch after Diane blackmails him.
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