Trainspotting (1996)
02/23/1996 (GB) • 1h 34m
Choose life.
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.
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
aggressive
drug culture
irreverent
provocative
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