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Trainspotting

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.

Director

Danny Boyle

Year

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Box Office

$16,491,080

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N/A

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 35 nominations total

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Renton

Spud

Sick Boy

Jonny Lee Miller

Tommy

Begbie

Diane

Kelly Macdonald

Swanney

Mr. Renton

Mrs. Renton

Eileen Nicholas

Allison

Lizzy

Gail

Shirley Henderson

Gavin

Stuart McQuarrie

Mikey Forrester

Game Show Host

Dealer

Andreas

Gail's Mother (as Ann-Louise Ross)

Annie Louise Ross

Gail's Father

Diane's Mother

Diane's Father

Man

Man

Woman

Sheriff

Estate Agent

Pub Heavy

Renton's Nurse

Rachael Fleming

Store Security Officer (plain clothes)

Flat Buyer

Andrew Macdonald

Sports Commentator (voice)

Archie MacPherson

Taxi Driver

Pub Goer

Dj

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Mark "rent-boy" Renton Renton Tommy Diane Sick Boy Swanney Francis (franco) Begbie Man Allison Begbie Spud Gavin Mikey Forrester Gail Pub Heavy Woman Mrs. Renton

Choose life. - Trainspotting

Choose life Choose a jobChoose a career Choose a familyChoose a fucking big televisionChoose washing machines carscompact disc players and electrical tin openersChoose good health low cholesterol and dental insuranceChoose fixed interest mortgage - Trainspotting

Choose life Choose a jobChoose a career Choose a...

Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. - Trainspotting

Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance.

Who needs reasons when you've got heroin - Trainspotting

Who needs reasons when you've got heroin

People think it's all about misery and desperation and deathand all that shite which is not to be ignoredFuck offGallus cuntBut what they forget is the pleasure of itThey're all deadYou prickOtherwise we wouldn't do itDo you want me to do it YeahPure as - Trainspotting

People think it's all about misery and desperation and...

After all, we're not fucking stupid. - Trainspotting

After all, we're not fucking stupid.

♪ 'Cause of a lust for life ♪ Take the best orgasm you ever had, multiply it by a thousand, and you're still nowhere near it. - Trainspotting

♪ 'Cause of a lust for life ♪ Take the best orgasm you...

Take the best orgasm you ever had multiply it by a thousandand you're still nowhere near itBeats any meat injectionThat beats any fucking cock in the world - Trainspotting

Take the best orgasm you ever had multiply it by a...

When you're on junk you have only one worry ScoringAnd when you're off ityou're suddenly obliged to worry about all sorts of other shiteGot no money can't get pissedGot money drinking too muchCan't get a bird no chance of a ride Got a bird too much - Trainspotting

When you're on junk you have only one worry ScoringAnd...

The only drawback, or at least the principal drawback, is you have to endure all manner of cunts telling you... - Trainspotting

The only drawback, or at least the principal drawback, is...

Never again, Swanney. - Trainspotting

Never again, Swanney.

We called him Mother Superior on account of the length of his habit - Trainspotting

We called him Mother Superior on account of the length of...

Of course I'd have another shotAfter all I had work to do - Trainspotting

Of course I'd have another shotAfter all I had work to...

For this you will need one room, which you will not leave. - Trainspotting

For this you will need one room, which you will not leave.

Now I'm ready. - Trainspotting

This was typical of Mikey ForresterWhat the fuck are these Under the normal run of thingsI'd have nothing to do with the cunt but this wasn't the normal run of thingsOpium suppositoriesIdeal for your purposesSlow release bring you down graduallyCustom - Trainspotting

This was typical of Mikey ForresterWhat the fuck are these...

You're feeling better now, eh? - Trainspotting

You're feeling better now, eh?

Heroin makes you constipatedThe heroin from my last hit is fading awayand the suppositories have yet to meltI'm no longer constipated - Trainspotting

Heroin makes you constipatedThe heroin from my last hit is...

...jumps it, again a little bit out to the right... - Trainspotting

...jumps it, again a little bit out to the right...

Ahhh! Ah-ha! Ah. Oh. - Trainspotting

Ahhh! Ah-ha! Ah. Oh.

The downside of coming off junkwas I knew I'd need to mix with my friends againin a state of full consciousnessIt was awfulThey reminded me so much of myself I could hardly bear to look at themTake Sick Boy for instanceHe came off junk at the same time as - Trainspotting

The downside of coming off junkwas I knew I'd need to...

It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of lifeWhat do you meanWell at one point you've got itthen you lose itand it's gone forever all walks of lifeGeorgie Best for example had it lost itOr David Bowie or Lou ReedLou Reed some of his solo stuff's not - Trainspotting

It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of lifeWhat do...

Do you see the beastHave you got it in your sightsClear enough Ms MoneypennyThis should present no significant problemsFucking hellFor a vegetarian Rents you're a fucking evil shot - Trainspotting

Do you see the beastHave you got it in your sightsClear...

Fucking hell! - Trainspotting

Without heroin, I attempted to lead a useful and fulfilling life as a good citizen. - Trainspotting

Without heroin, I attempted to lead a useful and fulfilling...

No I went to Craigie Craig NewtonI just put down Royal Edinburgh College to help get the jobThere's too much discrimination They're both schools rightWe're all in this togetherand I wanted to put across the idea rather than the detailsPeople get all hung - Trainspotting

No I went to Craigie Craig NewtonI just put down Royal...

Mr Murphy what exactly attracts you to the leisure industryIn a word pleasureMy pleasure in other people's leisure - Trainspotting

Mr Murphy what exactly attracts you to the leisure...

Picture the sceneThe other fucking week there down at the fucking Volleyme and Tommy playing poolI'm playing like Paul fucking Newman by the wayGiving the boy here the tanning of a lifetimeSo it comes to the end the last shot the deciding ball of the - Trainspotting

Picture the sceneThe other fucking week there down at the...

You always got the truth from TommyIt was one of his major weaknessesHe never told lies he never took drugs and he never cheated on anyone - Trainspotting

You always got the truth from TommyIt was one of his major...

He's got a hangover so bad he can hardly hold the cue - Trainspotting

He's got a hangover so bad he can hardly hold the cue

It was Wednesday morningWe were in the Volley playing pool that much is trueBut Begbie is playing absolutely fucking gashHe's got a hangover so badhe can hardly hold the fucking cue never mind pot a ballI'm doing my best to lose You know trying to humor - Trainspotting

It was Wednesday morningWe were in the Volley playing pool...

The Beggar's fucking psycho, man. - Trainspotting

The Beggar's fucking psycho, man.

Begbie didn't do drugs either He just did people - Trainspotting

Begbie didn't do drugs either He just did people

Nobody move! - Trainspotting

Oh, Lizzy, you've been so good to me. - Trainspotting

Oh, Lizzy, you've been so good to me.

- I read it in Cosmopolitan. - Trainspotting

- I read it in Cosmopolitan.

What are you two talking about? - Trainspotting

What are you two talking about?

Heroin had robbed Renton of his sex drive but now it returned with a vengeanceAs the impotence of those days faded into memorygrim desperation took a hold in his sex crazed mindHis post junk libido fueled by alcohol and amphetaminetaunted him - Trainspotting

Heroin had robbed Renton of his sex drive but now it...

And with that, Mark Renton had fallen in love. - Trainspotting

And with that, Mark Renton had fallen in love.

Excuse me Excuse me I don't mean to harass youI was impressed with the capable and stylish mannerin which you dealt with thatI was thinking to myself Now this girl's specialThanksWhat's your name DianeAnd where are you going Diane I'm going homeWhere's - Trainspotting

Excuse me Excuse me I don't mean to harass youI was...

Do you understand? - Trainspotting

Do you understand?

Diane. Shh! - What? - Shut up! - Trainspotting

Diane. Shh! - What? - Shut up!

Wake up, Spud. - Trainspotting

Tommy, let's put the tape on. - Trainspotting

Tommy, let's put the tape on.

And there's the captain Archie Gemmill picking it up from the outside. - Trainspotting

And there's the captain Archie Gemmill picking it up...

Haven't felt that goodsince Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in 1978 - Trainspotting

Haven't felt that goodsince Archie Gemmill scored...

♪ You've got green eyes ♪ ♪ You've got blue eyes You've got gray eyes ♪ ♪ And I've never seen anyone... - Trainspotting

♪ You've got green eyes ♪ ♪ You've got blue eyes...

Oh! Sh... Oh. - Trainspotting

Come in and sit down. - Trainspotting

Come in and sit down.

You a friend of Diane's? - Trainspotting

You a friend of Diane's?

Are you her flatmates, like? - Trainspotting

Are you her flatmates, like?

Good morning, Spud. - Trainspotting

Good morning, Spud.

In that case you can do it - Trainspotting

In that case you can do it

Yeah and that's what's illegal - Trainspotting

Yeah and that's what's illegal

I don't see why notBecause it's illegal that's why notWhat holding hands No not holding handsIn that case you can do itYou were quite happy to do a lot more last nightYeah and that's what's illegalYou know what they do to people like me insideCut your - Trainspotting

I don't see why notBecause it's illegal...

Now what? - Trainspotting

Doesn't it make you proud to be ScottishIt's shite being ScottishWe're the lowest of the lowThe scum of the fucking earthThe most wretched miserable servile pathetic trashthat was ever shat into civilizationSome people hate the English I don'tThey're just - Trainspotting

Doesn't it make you proud to be ScottishIt's shite...

Sorry, man. - Trainspotting

At or around this timeSpud Sick Boy and I made a healthy informed democratic decisionto get back on heroin as soon as possibleTook about 12 hours - Trainspotting

At or around this timeSpud Sick Boy and I made a healthy...

But living like this it's a full time business - Trainspotting

But living like this it's a full time business

Ursula Andress. - Trainspotting

Ursula Andress.

She's gone and fucking dumped me - Trainspotting

She's gone and fucking dumped me

♪ Nightclubbing We're nightclubbing ♪ Lizzy's gone, Mark. - Trainspotting

♪ Nightclubbing We're nightclubbing ♪ Lizzy's...

Honor Blackman aka Pussy Galore rightWhat a total fucking misnomerI mean I wouldn't touch her with yours - Trainspotting

Honor Blackman aka Pussy Galore rightWhat a total fucking...

Come on, man. - Trainspotting

PersonalityI mean that's what counts rightPersonalityI mean that's what keeps a relationship going through the yearsLike heroinI mean heroin's got great fucking personality - Trainspotting

PersonalityI mean that's what counts rightPersonalityI...

Swanney taught us to adore and respect the National Health Servicefor it was the source of much of our gearWe stole drugswe stole prescriptions or bought them sold them swapped themforged them photocopied themOr traded drugs with cancer victims alcoholics - Trainspotting

Swanney taught us to adore and respect the National Health...

We took morphine diamorphine cyclizine codeinetemazepam nitrazepam phenobarbitone sodium amytal dextropropoxyphenemethadone nalbuphine pethidine pentazocine buprenorphinedextromoramide chlormethiazoleThe streets are awash with drugs you can have for - Trainspotting

We took morphine diamorphine cyclizine codeinetemazepam...

Pardon me, may I use your bathroom? - Trainspotting

Pardon me, may I use your bathroom?

Hey, Rent-boy. - Trainspotting

I think Allison had been screaming all day, but it hadn't really registered before. - Trainspotting

I think Allison had been screaming all day, but it...

Fuck. No! No! - Trainspotting

It wasn't my baby. - Trainspotting

It wasn't my baby.

Say something MarkFucking say something HuhI'm cooking up - Trainspotting

Say something MarkFucking say something HuhI'm cooking...

Fucking say something! - Trainspotting

Fucking say something!

It wasn't just the baby that died that daySomething inside Sick Boy was lost and never returnedIt seemed he had no theory with which to explain a moment like thisNor did IOur only response was to keep on going and fuck everythingPile misery upon - Trainspotting

It wasn't just the baby that died that daySomething...

Sooner or later, this kind of thing was bound to happen. - Trainspotting

Sooner or later, this kind of thing was bound to happen.

Because shoplifting is theft, which is a crime, and despite what you may believe, there is no such entity as victimless crime. - Trainspotting

Because shoplifting is theft, which is a crime, and despite...

Thank you Your HonorWith God's help I'll conquer this terrible affliction - Trainspotting

Thank you Your HonorWith God's help I'll conquer...

What can you say? - Trainspotting

What can you say?

It was fucking obvious that that cunt was gonna fuck some cunt - Trainspotting

It was fucking obvious that that cunt was gonna fuck some...

Better clean up your fucking act sunshineCut that shite out foreverYou listen to Francis Mark He's talking sense kid - Trainspotting

Better clean up your fucking act sunshineCut that shite out...

I'm sorry Mrs MurphyIt was not fair Spud going down and not meWell it's not our faultYour boy went down because he was a fucking smack headIf that's not your fault then I don't know what isI was the fucking cunt that tried to get him off it - Trainspotting

I'm sorry Mrs MurphyIt was not fair Spud going down and...

I wished I'd gone down instead of SpudHere I was surrounded by my family and my so called matesand I've never felt so aloneNever in all my puffSince I was on remand they've had me on this programthe state sponsored addictionthree sickly sweet doses of - Trainspotting

I wished I'd gone down instead of SpudHere I was...

Since I was on remand, they've had me on this program, the state-sponsored addiction, three sickly sweet doses of methadone a day instead of smack. - Trainspotting

Since I was on remand, they've had me on this program,...

What's on the menu this evening, sir? - Trainspotting

What's on the menu this evening, sir?

♪ Just a perfect day ♪ ♪ Drink sangria in the park ♪ ♪ And then later ♪ Perhaps sir would like me to call for a taxi? - Trainspotting

♪ Just a perfect day ♪ ♪ Drink sangria in the park ♪ ♪ And...

♪ Just a perfect day ♪ ♪ Feed animals in the zoo ♪ ♪ Then later a movie too ♪ ♪ And then home ♪ ♪ Oh, it's such a perfect day ♪ ♪ I'm glad I spent it with you ♪ ♪ Oh, such a perfect day ♪ ♪ You just keep me hanging on ♪ ♪ You just keep me hanging on ♪ - Trainspotting

♪ Just a perfect day ♪ ♪ Feed animals in the zoo ♪ ♪ Then...

♪ Just a perfect day ♪ ♪ Problems all left alone ♪ ♪ Weekenders on our own ♪ ♪ It's such fun ♪ - Trainspotting

♪ Just a perfect day ♪ ♪ Problems all left alone ♪ ♪...

♪ Just a perfect day ♪ ♪ You made me forget myself ♪ ♪ I thought I was someone else ♪ ♪ Someone good ♪ - Trainspotting

♪ Just a perfect day ♪ ♪ You made me forget myself ♪ ♪ I...

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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 when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

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Director: Danny Boyle

Writer: Irvine Welsh, John Hodge

Production: N/A

Genre: drama, crime

Year: 1996

MetaScore: 83/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: $16,491,080

Released: 09 Aug 1996

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 35 nominations total

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