Trainspotting (1996)
Overview
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 when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $4,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $71,981,823.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 26.549 |
Directed By
Danny Boyle
Crew
Andrew Macdonald
Brian Tufano
Danny Boyle
Masahiro Hirakubo
Tracey Gallacher
Kave Quinn
Robert McCann
John Hodge
Rachael Fleming
Gail Stevens
Andy Pryor
Lesley Stewart
David Gilchrist
James Boyle
Simon Bray
Eric Smith
Colin Nicolson
Arthur Donnelly
Willie Cadden
Irene Harris
Mike Valentine
Robert McCann
Richard Fettes
Jenifer Booth
Niki Longmuir
Brian Adams
Mark Ritchie
Tony Cook
Scott Cowan
Andrew Bainbridge
David Aukin
Paul Curren
Stuart Clarke
William Adams
Adrian McCarthy
Liam Longman
Graham Johnston
Anne Coulter
Jonathan Miller
Shellie Smith
Mark Taylor
Lorna J. Stewart
Gordon Fitzgerald
Scott Keery
Tony Steers
Piero Jamieson
Andreas Petrides
Tom Delmar
Richard Hassall
Paul Heasman
John Watt
Richard Hammatt
Tom Lucy
Bobby Gee
Nrinder Dhudwar
Penny Crawford
Ray Merrin
Bert Ross
Peter Knotts
Stewart Cunningham
James Patrick
Terry Forrestal
Grant Mason
Brian Saunders
Irvine Welsh
John Duncan
Denton Brown
Stephen Wong
Ben Johnson
Neil Davidson
Michael Queen
Allen Dam
Kirstin McDougall
Lewis Buchan
Bob Shipsey
Claire Hughes
Charlie Hiscott
Mat Bergel
Stephen Noble
TOP CAST
Ewan McGregor
Renton
Ewen Bremner
Spud
Jonny Lee Miller
Sick Boy
Kevin McKidd
Tommy
Robert Carlyle
Begbie
Kelly Macdonald
Diane
Peter Mullan
Swanney
James Cosmo
Renton's Father
Eileen Nicholas
Renton's Mother
Susan Vidler
Allison
Pauline Lynch
Lizzy
Shirley Henderson
Gail
Stuart McQuarrie
Gavin
Irvine Welsh
Mikey Forrester
Dale Winton
Game Show Host
Keith Allen
Dealer
Kevin Allen
Andreas
Annie Louise Ross
Gail's Mother
Billy Riddoch
Gail's Father
Fiona Bell
Diane's Mother
Vincent Friell
Diane's Father
Hugh Ross
Man
Victor Eadie
Man
Kate Donnelly
Woman
Finlay Welsh
Sheriff
Eddie Nestor
Estate Agent
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