Blu-ray Disc Features:
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
- Video: Color
- Released: September 13, 2011
- Originally Released: 1995
- Label: Miramax Lionsgate
- Note: Audio commentary by Danny Boyle, Andrew MacDonald, John Hodge and Ewan McGregor
- Trainspotting retropective
- The making of Trainspotting
- Deleted scenes
- Cannes
- Gallery
- Theatrical trailer
- Theatrical teaser
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 1.85
- Audio:
- DTS HD Master Audio - English
- Subtitles - Spanish
Performers, Cast and Crew:
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Starring
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Ewan McGregor,
Peter Mullan,
Jonny Lee Miller,
Kelly MacDonald,
Eileen Nicholas,
Kevin McKidd,
James Cosmo,
Ewen Bremner &
Robert Carlyle
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Performer
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Kelly MacDonald,
Peter Mullan,
James Cosmo,
Eileen Nicholas,
Ewen Bremner,
Jonny Lee Miller,
Kevin McKidd &
Robert Carlyle
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Directed by
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Danny Boyle
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Edited by
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Masahiro Hirakubo
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Screenwriting by
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John Hodge
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Director of Photography
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Brian Tufano
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Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"We called him Mother Superior on account of the length of his habit."
- Renton (EWAN McGREGOR), about one of his dope-dealing friends.
"Choose life. Choose a job. Chose a career. Choose a family. Choose a... big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed- income mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends.... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?"
- Renton (EWAN McGREGOR)
"[Begbie] didn't do drugs, he did people."
- Renton (EWAN McGREGOR)
"You know Rents, for a vegetarian, you're a mean shot"
- Sick Boy (Johnny Lee Miller)
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - 06/13/1996
"...Electrifying....Harrowing and hilarious..."
Sight and Sound - 03/01/1996
"...The lasting after-effect of watching TRAINSPOTTING is a sense of exhilaration..."
USA Today - 07/19/1996
"...A dark, Tarantino-style humor courses through its veins...This hip rave-up is zippily entertaining....Ewan McGregor delivers his needle-sharp narration with raw charisma" -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
Entertainment Weekly - 08/09/1996
"...Thrillingly squalid, scabrously funny..." -- Rating: A
Variety - 02/12/1996
"Scabrous, brutal and hip, TRAINSPOTTING is a CLOCKWORK ORANGE for the '90s....[The] performances are terrific at all levels..."
Film Comment - 07/01/1996
"...A larkish black comedy, paced like a Beatles musical yet grounded by the charming misanthropy of Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel....[With] a starmaking performance from Ewan McGregor..."
Product Description:
A kinetic, intimate look inside the subculture of heroin abuse, this acclaimed adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows the misadventures of Renton, a brash, twenty-something Edinburgh junkie, and his nihilistic chums Tommy, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie. Alternately comic and off-putting, the film ultimately comes down to Renton's choice between self-destruction or life. The stellar soundtrack should not be missed.
Plot Keywords:
Based On A Novel |
Black Comedy |
British |
Disturbing |
Drug Addiction |
Drugs |
Essential Cinema |
Family Crises |
Family Interaction |
Friends |
Friendships |
Lowlife |
Recommended |
Scotland |
Self-Discovery |
Substance Abuse |
Theatrical Release
Production Notes:
- A Figment Film in association with the Noel Gay Motion Picture Company.
- Shown out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
- Released theatrically in New York City July 19, 1996.
- Additional cast: Peter Mullan (Swanney); Eileen Nicholas (Mrs. Renton); Pauline Lynch (Lizzy); Shirley Henderson (Gail); Stuart McQuarrie (Gavin); Dale Winton (Game Show Host); Annie Louise Ross (Gail's Mother); Billy Riddoch (Gail's Father); Fiona Bell (Diane's Mother); Hugh Ross, Victor Eadie (Men); Kate Donnelly (Woman); Finlay Welsh (Sheriff); Eddie Nestor (Estate Agent).
- Additional credits: Lesley Stewart (production manager); Claire Hughes, Ben Johnson (assistant directors); Simon Bray (steadicam operator); Graham Johnston (make-up designer); Robert McCann (make-up and hair); Mark Taylor (sound re-recording mixer).
- Filmed on a budget of $2.3 million.
- The novel "Trainspotting" is based on also inspired a play that was performed in London's West End before the film was released.
- Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.
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