Synopsis
Choose life.
Mark Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Trainspotting
1996 Directed by Danny Boyle
Cast
Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner Jonny Lee Miller Kevin McKidd Robert Carlyle Kelly Macdonald Peter Mullan James Cosmo Eileen Nicholas Susan Vidler Pauline Lynch Shirley Henderson Stuart McQuarrie Irvine Welsh Dale Winton Keith Allen Kevin Allen Annie Louise Ross Billy Riddoch Fiona Bell Vincent Friell Hugh Ross Victor Eadie Kate Donnelly Finlay Welsh Eddie Nestor
Director
Producers
Writer
Original Writer
Casting
Editor
Cinematography
Assistant Directors
Lighting
Camera Operators
Production Design
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Visual Effects
Stunts
Scott Cowan Terry Forrestal Tom Delmar Nrinder Dhudwar Richard Hammatt Paul Heasman Tom Lucy Andreas Petrides
Sound
Costume Design
Makeup
Hairstyling
Studios
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Alternative Titles
迷幻列车, 定位的火车, Trainspotting: Sin límites, Trainspotting - Din Viata Scapa Cine Poate, Trejnspoting, Trainspotting: La vida en el abismo, 트레인스포팅, Trainspotting - Neue Helden, На игле, На голці, 猜火车, トレインスポッティング, טריינספוטינג, Ferrovipathes, Trainspotting: Sem Limites, Трейнспотинг, Trainspotting - Din viață scapă cine poate, 猜火車, Traukinių žymėjimas, 迷幻列車, Трејнспотинг, Vilcienvakte, แก๊งเมาแหลก พันธุ์แหกกฎ, ნემსზე
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Premiere
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France
Cannes Film Festival
15 Jul 1996
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USAR
New York City
Theatrical limited
19 Jul 1996
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USAR
Theatrical
23 Feb 1996
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Ireland18
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UK18
23 May 1996
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AustraliaR 18+
24 May 1996
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Greece16
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Norway15
31 May 1996
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Sweden15
19 Jun 1996
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France16
28 Jun 1996
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Denmark15
12 Jul 1996
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FinlandK-16
25 Jul 1996
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New Zealand18
26 Jul 1996
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Canada18A
09 Aug 1996
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USAR
15 Aug 1996
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Germany16
16 Aug 1996
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Brazil18
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Switzerland
05 Sep 1996
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Netherlands16
23 Sep 1996
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Spain18
27 Sep 1996
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Turkey18+
03 Oct 1996
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Hungary16
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ItalyVM14
17 Oct 1996
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Czechia15+
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Slovakia
18 Oct 1996
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South Africa18
25 Oct 1996
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TaiwanR-18
01 Nov 1996
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PortugalM/18
21 Nov 1996
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Hong KongIII
29 Nov 1996
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Poland
30 Nov 1996
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JapanR18+
01 Jan 1997
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Argentina18
22 Feb 1997
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South Korea18
09 May 1997
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Uruguay
21 Aug 1998
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Estonia
15 Jul 2021
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Russian Federation18+
02 Dec 2021
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Ukraine18+
07 Mar 2022
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LithuaniaN-18
24 May 2024
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UK
Physical
06 Jun 1998
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Netherlands16
30 Jun 2011
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Netherlands16
TV
23 Mar 2002
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Netherlands16
Releases by Country
Argentina
01 Jan 1997
- Theatrical18
Australia
23 May 1996
- TheatricalR 18+
Brazil
16 Aug 1996
- Theatrical18
Canada
26 Jul 1996
- Theatrical18A
Czechia
17 Oct 1996
- Theatrical15+
Denmark
28 Jun 1996
- Theatrical15
Estonia
21 Aug 1998
- Theatrical
Finland
12 Jul 1996
- TheatricalK-16
France
13 May 1996
- Premiere Cannes Film Festival
19 Jun 1996
- Theatrical16 Visa CNC 90005
Germany
15 Aug 1996
- Theatrical16
Greece
24 May 1996
- Theatrical16
Hong Kong
21 Nov 1996
- TheatricalIII
Hungary
03 Oct 1996
- Theatrical16
Ireland
23 Feb 1996
- Theatrical18
Italy
03 Oct 1996
- TheatricalVM14
Japan
30 Nov 1996
- TheatricalR18+
Lithuania
07 Mar 2022
- TheatricalN-18
Netherlands
05 Sep 1996
- Theatrical16
06 Jun 1998
- Physical16 DVD
23 Mar 2002
- TV16 Nederland 3
30 Jun 2011
- Physical16 Blu ray
New Zealand
25 Jul 1996
- Theatrical18
Norway
24 May 1996
- Theatrical15
Poland
29 Nov 1996
- Theatrical
Portugal
01 Nov 1996
- TheatricalM/18
Russian Federation
15 Jul 2021
- Theatrical18+
Slovakia
17 Oct 1996
- Theatrical
South Africa
18 Oct 1996
- Theatrical18
South Korea
22 Feb 1997
- Theatrical18
Spain
23 Sep 1996
- Theatrical18
Sweden
31 May 1996
- Theatrical15
Switzerland
16 Aug 1996
- Theatrical
Taiwan
25 Oct 1996
- TheatricalR-18
Turkey
27 Sep 1996
- Theatrical18+
UK
23 Feb 1996
- Theatrical18
24 May 2024
- Theatrical 4K Restoration
USA
15 Jul 1996
- PremiereR New York City
19 Jul 1996
- Theatrical limitedR
09 Aug 1996
- TheatricalR
Ukraine
02 Dec 2021
- Theatrical18+
Uruguay
09 May 1997
- Theatrical
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you know how you can smell certain movies? yeah, this one smells like cigarettes and feces.
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ewan mcgregor: choose this choose that choose choose choose choose choose
me, indecisive as fuck: uuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh uhhhhhhhhhhhhh -
“1,000 years from now there will be no guys and no girls, just wankers. Sounds great to me.”
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The word "trainspotting" can mean alot of things.
It literally translates to the phyisical act of watching trains, whether it be for a hobby or for recreation.
It's also commonly used among junkies to signal the track marks it leaves on the arms of addicts.
In the context of Danny Boyle's masterpiece, the word means all of the above. The life of a heroin addict could be summed up as the act of watching trains. You are watching hundreds of lives pass you by as the train speeds past. There are people going many different places. There are people coming from heartbreaks and there are people heading towards a new life. The addict isn't a part of all this. He…
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"wow, trainspotting has really changed my life. It's made me decide I'm never gonna do heroin" -me, a bitch who was never gonna do heroin anyway
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ewan mcgregor wearing a crop top did more for the film industry than spielberg's entire filmography
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ᶜᵃⁿ ᴵ ᵍᵉᵗ ᵘʰʰʰʰ job, family, fucking big television, washing machine, car, compact disc and electric tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisure wear, luggage, three piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing gutters, getting by, looking ahead, the day you die.
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