Trainspotting
Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with few prospects and fewer ambitions, lives in economically depressed Edinburgh. Like most of his friends, Renton is a heroin addict who loves the drug's blissful nothingness; financing his habit also provides excitement and challenges that his life otherwise lacks. Renton's two best friends are also junkies: Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), a snappy dresser obsessed with James Bond, and Spud (Ewan Bremner), a guileless nerd who suggests Pee Wee Herman's debauched cousin. Renton and his pals also hang out with Begbie (Robert Carlyle), a borderline psychotic who loathes junkies even though he drinks like a fish. After one too many brushes with the law, Renton kicks heroin and moves to London, where he finds a job, a flat, and something close to peace of mind. However, Sick Boy, Begbie, and Spud all arrive at his doorstep on the trail of a big score, leading Renton back into drugs and crime. more..
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Ewan McGregor,Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle
It would be hard to imagine a movie about drugs, depravity, and all-around bad behavior more electrifying than Trainspotting.
Heroin may be a downer, but Trainspotting definitely takes you up...a series of roaring, provocative, outrageous highs.
Exuberant and pitiless, profane yet eloquent, flush with the ability to create laughter out of unspeakable situations, Trainspotting is a drop-dead look at a dead-end lifestyle that has all the strength of its considerable contradictions.
A movie that rudely flings feces at the breakfast table isn't for everyone.
The stylish irreverence of Trainspotting mimics that drug high and delivers its own potent kick.
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Academy Awards (1997)
Best Screenplay - Adapted
BAFTA Awards (1996)
Best Actor - Film
BAFTA Awards, Scotland (1997)
Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
Bodil Awards (1997)
Best Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1996)
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