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Trainspotting (1996)
Runtime94 min
Rating18
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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.
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Trainspotting is a critically acclaimed 1996 British drama/crime film that explores the lives of heroin addicts in Edinburgh. The film was a major commercial and critical success, receiving numerous awards and nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Trainspotting has an impressive 8.1/10 rating on IMDb and a 94% Certified Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes, indicating strong positive reception from both critics and audiences.
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A gritty, momentum-driven dark comedy about the heroin scene in 1990s Edinburgh.
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Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy drama film directed by Danny Boyle, and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald in her film debut. It is written in English and Scots. Based on the 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1996.
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