Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.
- prison
- friendship
- based on novel or book
- fight
- scotland
- blackmail
- heroin
- drug addiction
- junkie
- cocaine
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Anjela Nedyalkova — Veronika
- Shirley Henderson — Gail
- Kelly Macdonald — Diane
- Pauline Turner — June
- Scot Greenan — Frank Junior
- James Cosmo — Renton's Father
- Irvine Welsh — Mikey Forrester
- Logan Gillies — Simon (aged 9)
- Ben Skelton — Renton (aged 9)
- Aiden Haggarty — Spud (aged 9)
- Daniel Smith — Begbie (aged 9)
- Directed
- Danny Boyle
- Written
- John Hodge
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 3,432 ratings
- Studio
- Creative Scotland, DNA Films, Decibel Films, Film4 Productions, Cloud Eight Films, TriStar Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1996Trainspotting
Where it starts.
T2 Trainspotting
2017 · You’re here
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
