Overview
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.
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DirectorDanny Boyle
WriterJohn Hodge
Cast
Ewan McGregor
Renton
Ewen Bremner
Spud
Jonny Lee Miller
Sick Boy
Kevin McKidd
Tommy
Robert Carlyle
Begbie
Kelly Macdonald
Diane
Peter Mullan
Swanney
James Cosmo
Renton's Father
Eileen Nicholas
Renton's Mother
Susan Vidler
Allison
Pauline Lynch
Lizzy
Shirley Henderson
Gail
Stuart McQuarrie
Gavin
Irvine Welsh
Mikey Forrester
Dale Winton
Game Show Host
Keith Allen
Dealer
Kevin Allen
Andreas
Annie Louise Ross
Gail's Mother
Billy Riddoch
Gail's Father
Fiona Bell
Diane's Mother
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Keywords
drug dealerfriendshiplondon, englandbased on novel or bookscotlandheroindrug addictionanti herojunkienightclubcold turkeydark comedyedinburgh, scotlandmodern societyhallucinationsurrealismstealingdrug rehabilitationdrug dealingdrugs
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