Movie poster for Trainspotting

Trainspotting is a 1996 black comedy film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh about a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh and their passage through life. It stars Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald. Author Irvine Welsh also has a brief appearance, as drug dealer Mikey Forrester. Trainspotting movie poster File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Trainspotting movie poster File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Black comedy - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Danny Boyle (born 20th October 1956) is a film director and producer born in Manchester. ... Trainspotting (1993) is a novel by Irvine Welsh focussing primarily on a group of heroin addicts in Leith, Scotland. ... Irvine Welsh, reading one of his new short stories at the Edinburgh International Book Festival Irvine Welsh (born Leith, Edinburgh, September 27, 1961) is a Scottish novelist probably best known for his novel Trainspotting, about a group of heroin addicts attempts to quit using the drug. ... Heroin or diamorphine (INN) (colloquially referred to as brown sugar, junk, babania, horse, golden brown, smack, black tar, H, big H, lady H, dope, skag, juice, diesel, etc. ... Edinburghs location in Scotland Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... Ewan McGregor Ewan McGregor (born March 31, 1971 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, UK) is a Scottish film actor who has had significant success in both mainstream and art house movies. ... Jonny Lee Miller (born November 15, 1972) is a British actor. ... Kevin McKidd (born 9 August 1973, Elgin, Scotland) is a Scottish actor. ... Robert Carlyle (born April 14, 1961) is a popular Scottish movie actor. ... Kelly Macdonald (b. ...

The movie's screenplay was adapted from Welsh's novel by John Hodge. Interestingly, the screenplay does not contain any overt references to the non-drug-related hobby of train spotting but instead is a reference to a method of injecting heroin that users refer to as 'trainspotting'. John Hodge is a British screenwriter, most noted for his adaptation of Irvine Welshs novel Trainspotting into the script for the film of the same title. ... This article is about the hobby of train spotting, for other uses see Trainspotting. ...

Its release sparked controversy in some countries, including the UK and USA, as to whether it promoted drug use. However, it was generally praised as an inventive, highly effective film. In 1999 the film came 10th in a BFI poll of British films, while in 2004 the magazine Total Film named it the 4th greatest British film of all time. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... In 1999 the British Film Institute surveyed 1000 people from the world of UK film and television to produce the BFI 100 list of the greatest British films of the 20th century. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects. ... Total Film, published by Future Publishing, is the United Kingdoms second best-selling film magazine, after the far longer established Empire from Emap. ...

The film's release was supported by an imaginative marketing campaign using flyers inspired by rave culture and posters of each of the main actors. Owing to illness, Kevin McKidd went on holiday having finished shooting for the film and did not attend the photoshoot for the posters, a fact noted often when discussing his relatively lacklustre post-Trainspotting career. This article is about a form of party. ...

Sequel

Boyle has stated that he intends to make a sequel to Trainspotting which will take place 20 years after the original film, based on the sequel book Porno. He is reportedly waiting until the original actors themselves age visibly enough to portray the same characters, ravaged by time. There have been rumours that a feud between McGregor and Boyle may make that impossible, although this has been dismissed as speculation by several sources. Porno is a novel by Irvine Welsh. ...

See also

• The Trainspotting Soundtracks were two best-selling albums of music centered around the film. The first is a collection of songs featured in the film, while the second includes those left out from the first soundtrack and extra songs that inspired the filmmakers during production.
• Corrour station is the setting for the "great outdoors" scene in the film.
• Talgarth Road
• Archie Gemmill

The Trainspotting Soundtracks are two soundtrack albums released following the film version of Irvine Welshs novel. ... Corrour station is a railway station on the West Highland Line, Scotland. ... Archibald Archie Gemmill (born March 24, 1947 in Paisley) is a former Scottish footballer. ...

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• Trainspotting at the Internet Movie Database