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 as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
Details
- Release date
- 1996-02-23
- Duration
- 01:34
- Categories
- Drama, Crime
- Studios
- Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Channel Four Films, DNA Films
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Status
- Released
- Votes
- 10,315
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Revenue
- $71,981,823
Top cast
Ewan McGregor
Ewen Bremner
Jonny Lee Miller
Kevin McKidd
Robert Carlyle
Kelly Macdonald
Peter Mullan
James Cosmo
Eileen Nicholas
Susan Vidler
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