Trainspotting (1996)

"Choose life."
#72751
Movie
Audience Score
80
Trainspotting
Latest Trailers
StarringEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee Miller
DirectorDanny Boyle
Paramount Plus logoWatch on Paramount Plus
R 1 hr 34 minAug 9th, 1996Drama, CrimeTrainspotting Collection PosterPart of Trainspotting Collection
Share
Embed MovieCopiedi
Plot
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:August 9th, 1996
On DVD & Blu-ray:March 25th, 1998 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$4,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$71,981,823 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Channel Four Films, DNA Films
Trainspotting on the Web:Facebook, Official Website, WikiData
based on novel or bookfriendshipdark comedydrugssurrealismlondon, englanddrug addictionnightclubdrug dealerscotland

Trainspotting Movies

A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, and clean-cut athlete Tommy.