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Trainspotting

Name: Trainspotting
Director: Danny Boyle
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1996-02-23
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle

DramaCrime

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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Cast

Ewan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee MillerKevin McKiddRobert CarlyleKelly MacdonaldPeter MullanJames CosmoEileen NicholasSusan VidlerPauline LynchShirley Henderson

Director

Danny Boyle

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