1996 · Drama, Crime

Trainspotting

Choose life.

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Released
23 Feb 1996
Runtime
94 min
Rating
R
Director
Danny Boyle
Language
EN
Country
United Kingdom
Budget
$4,000,000
Box office
$71,981,823
IMDb
tt0117951
Drama Crime
Synopsis

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.

Cast
Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner Jonny Lee Miller Kevin McKidd Robert Carlyle Kelly Macdonald Peter Mullan James Cosmo Eileen Nicholas Susan Vidler Pauline Lynch Shirley Henderson Stuart McQuarrie Irvine Welsh Dale Winton
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Continuity by ernest_johnson65 · 29 Nov 2022
That reappearance of the belt on Renton's waist after he used it as a tourniquet is a clear continuity error. It makes no sense for Swanney to reattach the belt, especially since he was in such a hurry to get Renton out of the house that he didn't even bother to grab his coat. This is simply a production mistake where the costume wasn't maintained between different takes.
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Continuity by helen_evans · 10 Feb 2026
In the opening sequence of the film, Spud and Renton are chased by security guards and run toward a group of shoppers positioned about 20 to 30 yards ahead of them. When the camera switches to a different angle, the two characters continue running, but they never actually get closer to the crowd. It creates the impression that they are running in place or on a treadmill, as the distance between them and the shoppers remains frozen across the different shots.
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