| | Trainspotting DVD (1 Customer Review)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Comedies Movies, Recommended Videos, Friends, Family Interaction, Essential Cinema, Based On A Novel, British, Self-Discovery, Black Comedy, Drugs, Disturbing, Family Crises, Drug Addiction, Scotland, Substance Abuse, Lowlife | | Starring | Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle, Kelly MacDonald, Kevin McKidd, Jonny Lee Miller, Peter Mullan, James Cosmo, Eileen Nicholas | | Director | Danny Boyle | | Costume Designer | Rachael Fleming | | Director of Photography | Brian Tufano | | Editor | Masahiro Hirakubo | | Production Designer | Kave Quinn | | Screenwriter | John Hodge | | Source Writer | Irvine Welsh |
The director's cut of the film about four friends planning the ultimate scam who get caught up in drugs. Stars Ewan McGregor. Special features include commentaries, deleted scenes, featurettes, interviews, photos. A kinetic, intimate look inside the subculture of heroin abuse, this acclaimed adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows the misadventures of Renton, a brash, twenty-something Edinburgh junkie, and his nihilistic chums Tommy, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie. Alternately comic and off-putting, the film ultimately comes down to Renton's choice between self-destruction or life. The stellar soundtrack should not be missed. A Figment Film in association with the Noel Gay Motion Picture Company.
Shown out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Released theatrically in New York City July 19, 1996.
Additional cast: Peter Mullan (Swanney); Eileen Nicholas (Mrs. Renton); Pauline Lynch (Lizzy); Shirley Henderson (Gail); Stuart McQuarrie (Gavin); Dale Winton (Game Show Host); Annie Louise Ross (Gail's Mother); Billy Riddoch (Gail's Father); Fiona Bell (Diane's Mother); Hugh Ross, Victor Eadie (Men); Kate Donnelly (Woman); Finlay Welsh (Sheriff); Eddie Nestor (Estate Agent).
Additional credits: Lesley Stewart (production manager); Claire Hughes, Ben Johnson (assistant directors); Simon Bray (steadicam operator); Graham Johnston (make-up designer); Robert McCann (make-up and hair); Mark Taylor (sound re-recording mixer).
Filmed on a budget of $2.3 million.
The novel "Trainspotting" is based on also inspired a play that was performed in London's West End before the film was released.
Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification. Trainspotting Quotes/Excerpts: "We called him Mother Superior on account of the length of his habit." -- Renton (EWAN McGREGOR), about one of his dope-dealing friends.
"Choose life. Choose a job. Chose a career. Choose a family. Choose a... big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed- income mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends.... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?" -- Renton (EWAN McGREGOR)
"[Begbie] didn't do drugs, he did people." -- Renton (EWAN McGREGOR)
"You know Rents, for a vegetarian, you're a mean shot" --Sick Boy (Johnny Lee Miller) Trainspotting Reviews: "...Electrifying....Harrowing and hilarious..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...The lasting after-effect of watching TRAINSPOTTING is a sense of exhilaration..."
-- Philip Kemp, Sight and Sound "...A dark, Tarantino-style humor courses through its veins...This hip rave-up is zippily entertaining....Ewan McGregor delivers his needle-sharp narration with raw charisma" -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
-- Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today "...Thrillingly squalid, scabrously funny..." -- Rating: A
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "Scabrous, brutal and hip, TRAINSPOTTING is a CLOCKWORK ORANGE for the '90s....[The] performances are terrific at all levels..."
-- Derek Elley, Variety "...A larkish black comedy, paced like a Beatles musical yet grounded by the charming misanthropy of Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel....[With] a starmaking performance from Ewan McGregor..."
-- Mary Corliss, Film Comment Trainspotting | List Price | $19.99 (You save $4.90) | | Studio | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1995 | | All Time Sales Rank |  3456  | | CD Universe Part number | 6714861 | | Catalog number | 3457403 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Jun 01, 2004 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | For graphic heroin use and resulting depravity, strong language, sex, nudity and some violence | | Running Time | 94 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Collector's Edition | | Movie Details | Color; Collector's Edition; Director's Cut; Widescreen; Collector's Editon |
Trainspotting Movie Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Electric!!!
This movie was a breath of fresh air. There are a couple scenes that are difficult to get through...but you must. It was an exciting, eye-opening movie...great energy and nothing like you've seen before. It's not for the squeemish, but I would highly recommend it for the rest of you.
Submitted by Trey Pettlon (Kansas City, Missour, USA)
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In the new age of enhanced DVDs with loads of extras, this one falls short. But despite that, the movie is a classic. Ewan McGregor is fresh and compelling in his break out role. A must own title.
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you need to see this one....................................
Every one need to see this movie. Yea it's about drugs but it shows how f up you can got doing them. there no glam seen showing how cool doing drug is it show the truth how srewed up a group of friends get as they get deeper and deeper into drugs. One die of aids, one try to soper up. a young womens baby dies and one men go crazy he thinks every one is out to get him.
I good film to show teens it could keep them from doing drugs.
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This review is for a different format. Killer movie, and killer soundtrack
This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. The characters seemed so real. It was about common people with an (unfortunately all too common) heroin addiction. It has great actors, and the screenplay was great. A must-see.
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Trainspotting DVD Trainspotting Collector's Series
From the director of 28 DAYS LATER ... The motion picture sensation that wowed critics and audiences nationwide, TRAINSPOTTING delivers a wild mix of rebellious action and wicked humor! It's the story of four friends as they try to make it in the world on their own terms ... and who end up planning the ultimate scam! Powered by an outstanding cast of stars including Ewan McGregor (BIG FISH, STAR WARS EPISODES I, II & III) Robert Carlyle (THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, THE FULL MONTY) and Jonny Lee Miller (DRACULA 2000, MANSFIELD PARK), and a high-energy soundtrack, TRAINSPOTTING is spectacular, groundbreaking entertainment!
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Region 1
Keep Case
Collectors Edition
Director's Cut
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary
Interviews: Cannes Film Festival
Featurette:
1. TRAINSPOTTING Retrospective
2. Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary
3. Teaser Trailer
4. Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies: Cast and Crew
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