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Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: When you're on junk you have only one worry: scoring. When you're off it you are suddenly obliged to worry about all sorts of other shite. Got no money: can't get pissed. Got money: drinking too much. Can't get a bird: no chance of a ride. Got a bird: too much hassle. You have to worry about bills, about food, about some football team that never fucking wins, about human relationships and all the things that really don't matter when you've got a sincere and truthful junk habit
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When you're on junk you have only one worry Scoring
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And when you're off it
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you're suddenly obliged to worry about all sorts of other shite
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Got no money can't get pissed
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Got money drinking too much
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Can't get a bird no chance of a ride Got a bird too much hassle
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You have to worry about bills about food
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about some football team that never fucking wins
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about human relationships
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and all the things that really don't matter
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when you've got a sincere and truthful junk habit
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Movie Summary
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.