Trainspotting
Danny Boyle / GB, 1996 / 94 min.
This tried-and-tested classic – one of the most innovative films of the ’90s – now turns thirty. Danny Boyle read Irvine Welsh’s book and adapted it into an ultra-high-energy, compelling, humorous film about four drug addicts rattling around the streets of Edinburgh.
A sensation when it hit cinema screens back in 1996, Trainspotting’s editing was faster, more dynamic and more exciting than anything that came before; the film was soon recognised as one of the most innovative productions of the ’90s.
Ewan McGregor stars as Mark Renton, the most reflective member of a group that also includes the compulsive womaniser, Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and the hapless Spud (Ewen Bremner). Renton, Spud and Sick Boy's issues with drugs alternatively irritate and amuse their friend, Begbie (Robert Carlyle), a periodic psychopath whose outbursts of violence are one of the many factors that convince Renton to leave for London in the hope of starting a new life. Renton enjoys some success remoulding himself as an estate agent in the English capital, but it isn't long before his Edinburgh friends catch up with him. Begbie and co. need the money Renton has saved from his job to finance the drug deal that could make them all rich...
30th anniversary, 4K-restored version (Park Circus)
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Director
Danny Boyle
Production year
1996
Country
GB
Original title
Trainspotting
Length
94 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.
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