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Trainspotting

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. Based on the 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1996.

Plot

Mark Renton, a 26-year-old unemployed heroin addict living with his parents in Leith, regularly takes drugs with his "friends": treacherous, womanising James Bond fanatic Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson; docile and bumbling Daniel "Spud" Murphy; and Swanney—"Mother Superior"—their dealer. Renton's other friends include aggressive alcoholic psychopath Francis "Franco" Begbie, and honest footballer Tommy Mackenzie, who both abstain from drug use, warning him about his dangerous drug habit.

Awards

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    award BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film Golden Space Needle London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
    contentLocation Edinburgh London Scotland
    director Danny Boyle
    editor Masahiro Hirakubo
    events heroin non-controlled substance abuse relationship termination youth subculture
    genre comedy-drama crime
    keywords addict air gun amphetamine armed robbery arrest bag of money bet betting shop blackmail bumble buy ceiling cold turkey discover disgust drug dealer drug habit drug overdose drug rehabilitation drug use heroin addict hiv/aids hmp saughton horrify hotel room illegal drug trade james bond job interview leith letting agent libido mark renton meet methadone minor morning new life opium overdose pimp relapse sex tape shoplift sick boy statutory rape steal suppository swim the volcano nightclub toxoplasmosis underaged unemployed volcano want warn
    musicBy Damon Albarn
    nomination Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best British Film Chlotrudis Award for Best Director Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Satellite Award for Best Film Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
    producer Andrew Macdonald
    productionCompany Channel Four Films Figment Films Noel Gay Motion Picture Company
    publisher PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
    recordedAt Calton Road Corrour railway station Edinburgh Firhill Stadium Glasgow Hanover Street Lloyd's building London Princes Street Tower 42 Waterloo Bridge Wellington Arch
    theme black comedy independent