Number of Movies: 2
Overview
A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, and clean-cut athlete Tommy.
Renton
Simon
Spud
Begbie / Begbie's Father
Veronika
Diane
June
Frank Junior
Renton's Father
Mikey Forrester
Simon (aged 9)
Directing
Sound
Sound
Sound
Sound
Sound
Sound
Sound
February 23, 1996
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.
January 27, 2017
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
© All Rights Reserved 2025