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Trainspotting

Choose life.

  • Movie
  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 34m

Directed by Danny Boyle

8.0

TMDB audience rating
8.0 out of 10 from 10,813 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Ewan McGregor

    Ewan McGregorRenton

  • Ewen Bremner

    Ewen BremnerSpud

  • Jonny Lee Miller

    Jonny Lee MillerSick Boy

  • Kevin McKidd

    Kevin McKiddTommy

  • Robert Carlyle

    Robert CarlyleBegbie

  • Kelly Macdonald

    Kelly MacdonaldDiane

  • Peter Mullan

    Peter MullanSwanney

  • James Cosmo

    James CosmoRenton's Father

  • Eileen Nicholas

    Eileen NicholasRenton's Mother

  • Susan Vidler

    Susan VidlerAllison

  • Pauline Lynch

    Pauline LynchLizzy

  • Shirley Henderson

    Shirley HendersonGail

  • Stuart McQuarrie

    Stuart McQuarrieGavin

  • Irvine Welsh

    Irvine WelshMikey Forrester

  • Dale Winton

    Dale WintonGame Show Host

  • Keith Allen

    Keith AllenDealer

  • Kevin Allen

    Kevin AllenAndreas

  • Annie Louise Ross

    Annie Louise RossGail's Mother

Director
Danny Boyle
Writer
John Hodge and Irvine Welsh
Cinematography
Brian Tufano