Trainspotting (1996)
Choose life.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Ewan McGregor
as Renton
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Ewen Bremner
as Spud
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Jonny Lee Miller
as Sick Boy
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Kevin McKidd
as Tommy
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Robert Carlyle
as Begbie
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Kelly Macdonald
as Diane
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Peter Mullan
as Swanney
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James Cosmo
as Renton's Father
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Eileen Nicholas
as Renton's Mother
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Susan Vidler
as Allison
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Pauline Lynch
as Lizzy
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Shirley Henderson
as Gail
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Stuart McQuarrie
as Gavin
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Irvine Welsh
as Mikey Forrester
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Dale Winton
as Game Show Host
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Keith Allen
as Dealer
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Kevin Allen
as Andreas
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Annie Louise Ross
as Gail's Mother
Crew
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Danny Boyle
Director
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Brian Tufano
Director of Photography
- Masahiro Hirakubo Editor
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Andrew Macdonald
Producer
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John Hodge
Screenplay
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