Trainspotting
Choose life.
1996-02-23 | 94 minutes
Plot 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.
Cast
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Ewan McGregorMark "Rent Boy" Renton
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Ewen BremnerDaniel "Spud" Murphy
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Jonny Lee MillerSimon "Sick Boy" Williamson
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Robert CarlyleFrancis "Franco" Begbie
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Kelly MacdonaldDiane Coulston
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Kevin McKiddThomas "Tommy" MacKenzie
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Peter MullanSwanney "Mother Superior"
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James CosmoMr. Renton
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Eileen NicholasMrs. Renton
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Susan VidlerAllison
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Pauline LynchLizzy
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Shirley HendersonGail Houston
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Stuart McQuarrieGavin Temperley
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Keith AllenDealer
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Kevin AllenAndreas
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Irvine WelshMikey Forrester
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Eddie NestorEstate Agent
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Annie Louise RossGail's Mother
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Billy RiddochGail's Father
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Dale WintonGame Show Host
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