Overview:
Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.| Status: | Released (1996-02-23) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 35 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $16,491,080 |
| Screen: | Irvine Welsh, John Hodge |
| Productions: | Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Channel Four Films, DNA Films |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 3061: Ewan McGregor - Renton
- 1125: Ewen Bremner - Spud
- 9012: Jonny Lee Miller - Sick Boy
- 9013: Kevin McKidd - Tommy
- 18023: Robert Carlyle - Begbie
- 9015: Kelly Macdonald - Diane
- 3064: Peter Mullan - Swanney
Crews
- 2035: Andrew Macdonald - Producer - Production
- 473: Brian Tufano - Director of Photography - Camera
- 2034: Danny Boyle - Director - Directing
- 9001: Masahiro Hirakubo - Editor - Editing
- 9004: Tracey Gallacher - Art Direction - Art
- 9003: Kave Quinn - Production Design - Art
- 9007: Robert McCann - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
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Reviews
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25 years on, and this Danny Boyle effort has lost little of it's authentic, gritty, potency. Set in mid 1990s Edinburgh it follows the antics of a disparate group of friends whose only goals in life are to survive, maybe get laid, and to take each day as it comes... "Begbie" (Robert ....
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Not the most enthralling, but <em>'Trainspotting'</em> does have plenty to say - and boy does it portray it! There are particularly strong performances from Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle. I didn't like watching the bunch of characters given how severely unlikeable ....
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