

Trainspotting
1996-02-23 · 94 min · ★ 8.0
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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Production details
- Directors
- Danny Boyle
- Production companies
- Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, DNA Films, Channel Four Films
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 4,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 71,981,823
Top Cast
Ewan McGregorRenton
Ewen BremnerSpud
Jonny Lee MillerSick Boy
Kevin McKiddTommy
Robert CarlyleBegbie
Kelly MacdonaldDiane
Peter MullanSwanney
James CosmoRenton's Father
Eileen NicholasRenton's Mother
Susan VidlerAllison
Pauline LynchLizzy
Shirley HendersonGail
Stuart McQuarrieGavin
Irvine WelshMikey Forrester
Dale WintonGame Show Host
Keith AllenDealer
Kevin AllenAndreas
Annie Louise RossGail's Mother
Billy RiddochGail's Father
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