Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald
Crew: Andrew Macdonald (Producer), Brian Tufano (Director of Photography), Danny Boyle (Director), Masahiro Hirakubo (Editor), Tracey Gallacher (Art Direction), Kave Quinn (Production Design)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studio: Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Channel Four Films, DNA Films
Runtime: 94 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 23, 1996
IMDb: 3.038
Keywords:drug dealer, friendship, london, england, based on novel or book, scotland, heroin, drug addiction, anti hero, junkie, nightclub, cold turkey, dark comedy, edinburgh, scotland, modern society, hallucination, surrealism, stealing, drug rehabilitation, drug dealing, drugs, schoolgirl, recovering addict, illegal drugs, social realism, aggressive, drug culture, irreverent, provocative
