i was a trainspotting virgin until this was given to me as a gift. I thought it was a fantastic film the first time i saw it, but the more i watch it the better it gets and as an avid dvd watcher i would definately rate it in my top five films of all time! an adaptation of an Irvine welsh classic ... Read review
The adaptation of the novel by Irvine Welsh, this is the alternately amusing and ... more
disturbing story of a heroin addict from Edinburgh called Renton. He is desperate to kick the habit and finally manages to get clean by moving away to London. However Renton's friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie turn up on his doorstep and try to drag him back to a life of drugs and crime. Will he choose life or self-destruction?...
The film that effectively launched the star careers of Robert Carlyle, Ewan McGregor and ... more
Jonny Lee Miller,Trainspottingis a hard, barbed picaresque, culled from the bestseller by Irvine Welsh and thrown down against the heroin hinterlands of Edinburgh. Directed with abandon by Danny Boyle, it conspires to be at once a hip youth flick and a grim cautionary fable.McGregor, Lee Miller and Ewen Bremner play a slouching trio of Scottish junkies, Carlyle their narcotic-eschewing but hard-drinking and generally psychotic mate Begbie. In Boyle's hands, their lives unfold in a rush of euphoric highs, blow-out overdoses and agonising withdrawals (all cued to a vogueish pop soundtrack). Throughout it all, John Hodge's screenplay strikes a delicate balance between acknowledging the inherent pleasures of drug use and spotlighting its eventual consequences. InTrainspotting's world view, it all comes down to a choice between the dangerous Day-Glo highs of the addict and the grey, grinding consumerism of the everyday Joe. "Choose life", quips the film's narrator (McGregor) in a monologue that was to become a mantra. "Choose a job, choose a starter home... But why would anyone want to do a thing like that?"Ultimately,Trainspotting's wised-up, dead-beat inhabitants reject mainstream society in favour of a headlong rush to destruction. It makes for an exhilarating, energised and frequently terrifying trip that blazes with more energy and passion than a thousand more ostensibly life-embracing movies. --Xan Brooks
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Advantages: characters, cast, fantastic storyline Disadvantages: needs to be watched more than once to appreciate it
i was a trainspotting virgin until this was given to me as a gift. I thought it was a fantastic film the first time i saw it, but the more i watch it the better it gets and as an avid dvd watcher i would definately rate it in my top five films of all time! an adaptation of an Irvine welsh classic novel, takes shape in the murky, filthy underworld of scotlands capital city edinburgh. The main character renton in his journey through friendship addiction ... ...leads you to believe that you could actually meet these same people on the streets of edinburgh,all producing great performances and all seem to work perfectly in what must be a tough role to play!!.Having said all this it needs to be watched more than once to appreciate the greatness of this film, those quick to write it off will be missing out on a classic . The soundtrack, the characters and the setting all gel together perfectly to make this ... more
i was a trainspotting virgin until this was given to me as a gift. I thought it was a fantastic film the first time i saw it, but the more i watch it the better it gets and as an avid dvd watcher i would definately rate it in my top five films of all time! an adaptation of an Irvine welsh classic novel, takes shape in the murky, filthy underworld of scotlands capital city edinburgh. The main character renton in his journey through friendship addiction and greed. first of all the casting is phenomenal which leads you to believe that you could actually meet these same people on the streets of edinburgh,all producing great performances and all seem to work perfectly in what must be a tough role to play!!.Having said all this it needs to be watched more than once to appreciate the greatness of this film, those quick to write it off will be missing out on a classic . The soundtrack, the characters and the setting all gel together perfectly to make this one of the most iconic films in british history.
The adaptation of the novel by Irvine Welsh, this is the alternately amusing and disturbing story of a heroin addict from Edinburgh called Renton. He is desperate to kick the habit and finally manages to get clean by moving away to London. However Renton's friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie turn up on his doorstep and try to drag him back to a life of drugs and crime. Will he choose life or self-destruction?...
Scene Access, Interactive Menus, Nine Deleted Scenes with Commentary by Danny Boyle, Audio Commentary, Featurette - 1. THE MAKING OF TRAINSPOTTING, Production Interviews - 1. Danny Boyle - Director, 2. Andrew MacDonald - Producer, 3. John Hodge - Screenwriter, 4. Irvine Welsh - Writer, Bonus Features - 1. BEHIND THE NEEDLE, 2. TRAINSPOTTING AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, 3. VOX POPS, Featurettes - 1. THE LOOK OF THE FILM: THEN, NOW, 2. THE SOUND OF THE FILM: THEN, Original Theatrical Trailers, Stills, Photos - 1. BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTO GALLERY, 2. CRITIC'S GALLERY, 3. CANNES SNAPSHOT, Biographies, Collector's Booklet, Poster
Aspect Ratio
1.85 Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround, DTS Surround 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Surround English DTS Surround 5.1 English
"...A larkish black comedy, paced like a Beatles musical yet grounded by the charming misanthropy of Irvine Welsh's best-selling novel....[With] a starmaking performance from Ewan McGregor..." (Film Comment, p.2-12, 01/07/1996)
"...Electrifying....Harrowing and hilarious..." (Rolling Stone, p.60, 13/06/1996)
"...The lasting after-effect of watching TRAINSPOTTING is a sense of exhilaration..." (Sight and Sound, p.52-3, 01/03/1996)
"...A dark, Tarantino-style humor courses through its veins...This hip rave-up is zippily entertaining....Ewan McGregor delivers his needle-sharp narration with raw charisma" -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars (USA Today, p.1D, 19/07/1996)
"Scabrous, brutal and hip, TRAINSPOTTING is a CLOCKWORK ORANGE for the '90s....[The] performances are terrific at all levels..." (Variety, 12/02/1996)
DVD Description
A kinetic, intimate look inside the subculture of heroin abuse, this acclaimed adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows the misadventures of Renton (Ewan McGregor), a brash twenty-something Edinburgh junkie, and his nihilistic chums Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Tommy (Kevin McKidd), and Begbie (Robert Carlyle). Alternately comical and dark, the film ultimately comes down to Renton's choice between self-destruction or life. The stellar soundtrack should not be missed.
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