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Trainspotting (1996)
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 when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
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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 when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Rating:R
Genre:Drama, Crime
Directed By:Danny Boyle
Written By:John Hodge
In Theaters:8/9/1996
Box Office:$71,981,823
Runtime:94 minutes
Studio:Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Channel Four Films
Cast
Danny Boyle
Director
Danny Boyle
Director
Ewan McGregor
Renton
Ewen Bremner
Spud
Jonny Lee Miller
Sick Boy
Kevin McKidd
Tommy
Robert Carlyle
Begbie
Kelly Macdonald
Diane
Peter Mullan
Swanney
James Cosmo
Renton's Father
Eileen Nicholas
Renton's Mother
Susan Vidler
Allison
Pauline Lynch
Lizzy
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