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"Trainspotting" is a 1996 film directed by Danny Boyle that follows a group of young people struggling with drug addiction in Edinburgh, Scotland. The film became culturally significant for its raw, unflinching portrayal of heroin use and its influential visual style that helped define 1990s cinema.
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8.0Heroin 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.
Cast
- Ewan McGregor as Renton
- Ewen Bremner as Spud
- Jonny Lee Miller as Sick Boy
- Kevin McKidd as Tommy
- Robert Carlyle as Begbie
- Kelly Macdonald as Diane
Themes
- drug dealer
- friendship
- london, england
- drug abuse
- based on novel or book
- scotland
- heroin
- drug addiction
- anti hero
- junkie
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Ratings
IMDb
8.1/10
765,284 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
83/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 35 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 959573
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/trainspotting
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- publication date
- 1996-07-19
- title
- Trainspotting
- Commons category
- Trainspotting (film)
- review score
- 83/100
- capital cost
- 1500000
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Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy drama film directed by Danny Boyle, and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald in her film debut. It is written in English and Scots. Based on the 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1996.
The film follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life. Beyond drug addiction, other themes in the film include an exploration of urban poverty and squalor in Edinburgh.