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Trainspotting

Synopsis:

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.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Danny Boyle
  • Studio: Polygram
  • Year: 1996
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Country: UK
  • Language: English
  • Set in: London, England, UK, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • MPAA Rating: R (for graphic heroin use and resulting depravity, strong language, sex, nudity and some violence)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Comedy Drama
  • Filmed in: Color

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