Trainspotting
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Writer: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge
- Producer: Andrew Macdonald; Christopher Figg
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A small budget...and, a huge amount of talent.
It may glorify, demystify...drugs...whatever...
It packed a powerful punch...still does.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and his attempt to give up his heroin habit, and how the latter affects his relationship with family and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, 14-year-old girlfriend Diane, and clean-cut athlete Tommy, who's never touched drugs but can't help being curious about them...
Cast & Characters
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;
Peter Mullan as Swanney;
James Cosmo as Mr. Renton;
Eileen Nicholas as Mrs. Renton;
Susan Vidler as Allison;
Pauline Lynch as Lizzy;
Shirley Henderson as Gail;
Stuart McQuarrie as Gavin / US Tourist;
Irvine Welsh as Mikey Forrester;
Dale Winton as Game Show Host