Trainspotting (1996)

  • R
  • 07/15/1996 (US)
  • Drama, Crime
  • 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.

Danny Boyle

Director

John Hodge

Screenplay

Irvine Welsh

Novel

Cast

Ewan McGregor's headshot

Ewan McGregor

Renton
Ewen Bremner's headshot

Ewen Bremner

Spud
Jonny Lee Miller's headshot

Jonny Lee Miller

Sick Boy
Kevin McKidd's headshot

Kevin McKidd

Tommy
Robert Carlyle's headshot

Robert Carlyle

Begbie
Kelly Macdonald's headshot

Kelly Macdonald

Diane
Peter Mullan's headshot

Peter Mullan

Swanney
James Cosmo's headshot

James Cosmo

Renton's Father

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