Trainspotting

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 93 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 1996

Countries: UK

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY:

Danny Boyle

WRITTEN BY:

John Hodge, Irvine Welsch (novel)

CAST INCLUDES:

Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Both brutal and hilarious, this Academy Award nominated, BAFTA winning look at the reality of drug use, from Oscar winning director Danny Boyle (28 DAYS LATER, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE). Rated 91% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, it follows Renton (Golden Globe winner Ewan McGregor, MOULIN ROUGE, BIG FISH), who is deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, and tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. "The film is about joy -- in conniving and surviving, in connecting with audiences, in its own fizzy, jizzy style. And that's why, compared with it, most other films look zombified" (TIME Magazine). America's most talked about movie in 1996, TRAINSPOTTING is not for the faint of heart.

SYNOPSIS

Starring Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, and Kelly Macdonald, Danny Boyle’s ’Trainspotting’ tracks the misadventures of young men in Edinburgh trying to find their way out of joblessness, aimless relationships and drug addiction. Some are successful, while others hopelessly are not. Based on Irvine Welsh’s novel, this explosive adaptation melds grit with poetry, resulting in a film of harsh truths and stunning grace.

Trainspotting

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 93 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 1996

Countries: UK

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY

Danny Boyle

WRITTEN BY

John Hodge, Irvine Welsch (novel)

CAST INCLUDES

Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald

ANGELIKA’S NOTE
SYNOPSIS

"Trainspotting is supercharged with sulphurous humour and brutal recklessness: it charges at you like Ewan McGregor's Renton sprinting from store detectives in the opening sequence."

Guardian

"Scabrous, brutal and hip, Trainspotting is a Clockwork Orange for the '90s."

Variety

"The film is about joy -- in conniving and surviving, in connecting with audiences, in its own fizzy, jizzy style. And that's why, compared with it, most other films look zombified."

TIME Magazine