Trainspotting (1996)
02/23/1996 (GB) • 1h 34m
Choose life.
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
Renton
Spud
Sick Boy
Tommy
Begbie
Diane
Swanney
Renton's Father
Renton's Mother
Part of the Trainspotting Collection
Includes Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$4,000,000.00
Revenue
$71,981,823.00
Keywords
drug dealer
friendship
london, england
based on novel or book
scotland
heroin
drug addiction
anti hero
junkie
nightclub
cold turkey
dark comedy
edinburgh, scotland
modern society
hallucination
surrealism
stealing
drug rehabilitation
drug dealing
drugs
schoolgirl
recovering addict
illegal drugs
social realism
drug culture
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