Movie
Trainspotting
Choose life.
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 as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
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Synopsis
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 as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
More about Trainspotting
Cast
Ewan McGregorRenton
Ewen BremnerSpud
Jonny Lee MillerSick Boy
Kevin McKiddTommy
Robert CarlyleBegbie
Kelly MacdonaldDiane
Peter MullanSwanney
James CosmoRenton's FatherCredits
- Directed by
- Danny Boyle
- Written by
- John Hodge, Irvine Welsh
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- Trainspotting Collection
- Budget
- $4M
- Box office
- $72M
Production
- Figment FilmsUnited Kingdom
- The Noel Gay Motion Picture CompanyUnited Kingdom
DNA FilmsUnited Kingdom
Film4 ProductionsUnited Kingdom
