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Trainspotting[Widescreen Collector's] - DVD

SKU: 6503474 | Release Date: 6/1/2004

Rating: R for Sexual Situations, Violence, Not For Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs)

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Rating: R for Sexual Situations, Violence, Not For Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs)
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1996
Length: 94 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: Dark Comedies
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Other Formats: Blu-ray Disc (Widescreen Dubbed AC3 Dts) - $29.99

Synopsis

Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with few prospects and fewer ambitions, lives in economically depressed Edinburgh. Like most of his friends, Renton is a heroin addict who loves the drug's blissful nothingness; financing his habit also provides excitement and challenges that his life otherwise lacks. Renton's two best friends are also junkies: Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), a snappy dresser obsessed with James Bond, and Spud (Ewan Bremner), a guileless nerd who suggests Pee Wee Herman's debauched cousin. Renton and his pals also hang out with Begbie (Robert Carlyle), a borderline psychotic who loathes junkies even though he drinks like a fish. After one too many brushes with the law, Renton kicks heroin and moves to London, where he finds a job, a flat, and something close to peace of mind. However, Sick Boy, Begbie, and Spud all arrive at his doorstep on the trail of a big score, leading Renton back into drugs and crime. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1)

Languages/Sound

Eng/Fre

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Additional Features

cc Making of Trainspotting Trainspotting retrospective Interviews with filmmakers (director Danny Boyle, author Irvine Welsh, producer Andrew MacDonald, and screenwriter John Hodge) "Behind the Needle": Multi-angle behind-the-scenes special Cannes Film Festival interviews Cast and crew biographies Feature commentary Deleted scenes with optional commentary Gallery Teaser trailer Theatrical trailer French-language track

Series

Miramax Collector's Series

Chapters

Side #1 -- Disc 1
1. Choose Life [:15]
2. The Sick Boy Method [5:51]
3. The Worst Toilet in Scotland [1:59]
4. Do You See the Beast? [2:03]
5. Begbie's Story [1:14]
6. It's Me or Iggy Pop [4:50]
7. He Scores! [3:51]
8. The Morning After [:45]
9. Back on Heroin [2:42]
10. No Theory to Explain A Moment Like This [4:47]
11. A Visit to the Mother Superior [3:08]
12. Cold Turkey [2:26]
13. Aids Junky Scum [4:42]
14. A New Start [2:35]
15. It's a Pity No One Told Begbie [4:04]
16. A Funeral [4:29]
17. Two Keys of Skag [:48]
18. Begbie Loses it Again [6:58]
19. The Truth Is I'm a Bad Person [3:28]
20. Closing Credits [5:31]

Cast

Keith Allen - Dealer
Robert Carlyle - Francis Begbie
Peter Mullan - Swanney
Hugh Ross - Man
Kevin Allen - Andreas
James Cosmo - Mr Renton
Vincent Friell - Diane's Father
Andrew Macdonald - Flat Buyer
Ewan McGregor - Mark Renton
Kate Donnelly - Woman
Victor Eadie - Man
Fiona Bell - Diane's Mother
Dale Winton - Game Show Host
Susan Vidler - Allison
Finlay Welsh - Sheriff
Irvine Welsh - Mikey
Billy Riddoch - Gail's Father
Annie Louise Ross - Gail's Mother
Jonny Lee Miller - Sick Boy
Eddie Nestor - Estate Agent
Eileen Nicholas - Mrs Renton
Pauline Lynch - Lizzy
Kelly Macdonald - Diane
Kevin McKidd - Tommy
Stuart McQuarrie - Gavin/US Tourist
Shirley Henderson - Gail
Ewen Bremner - Spud
Kelly MacDonald - Diane

Crew

Makeup: Robert McCann
Cinematographer: Brian Tufano
Sound/Sound Designer: Mark Taylor
Director: Danny Boyle
Screenwriter: John Hodge
Editor: Masahiro Hirakubo
Costume Designer: Rachael Fleming
Production Designer: Kave Quinn
Sound/Sound Designer: Colin Nicolson
Producer: Andrew Macdonald
First Assistant Director: Ben Johnson ,David Gilchrist
Art Director: Tracey Gallacher
Casting: Gail Stevens
Sound/Sound Designer: Brian Saunders
Casting: Andy Pryor
Sound/Sound Designer: Ray Merrin
Book Author: Irvine Welsh
Art Director: Tracey Gallagher
Costume Designer: Rachel Fleming
Producer: Derich Wittliff
Screenwriter: Derich Wittliff
Cinematographer: Derich Wittliff

Trainspotting: AMG Review
Rebecca Flint Marx , AMG

A film that shows what makes heroin addictive without glorifying it, Trainspotting was one of the most popular and controversial British films of the 1990s. Exploding with morbid wit, kinetic energy, and fatalistic insight, it jolted critics and audiences regardless of whether or not they actually liked it. A twisting, riff-filled, almost plot-free story, Irvine Welsh's novel was almost unfilmable in its original form. The screen adaptation successfully streamlined Welsh's ungainly material into a slick social commentary that smoothed the book's rough edges without losing its vitriol and insight. Trainspotting is not merely about drug addiction, but about the relationship between wasted youth and the spiritually bankrupt society that has alienated them. Another of the film's great strengths was its ensemble casting of Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, and Ewen Bremner. McGregor and Carlyle, in particular, turned in star-making performances as Renton, the film's affable narrator, and Begbie, its resident psychotic drunk. Their work, and that of their co-stars, makes for such compulsively enjoyable viewing that, fittingly enough, you'll have a hard time coming down afterwards. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide

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