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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Release date1996-02-23
Runtime94 min
GenresDrama, Crime
DirectorDanny Boyle
CastEwan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan, James Cosmo
ProductionFigment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Channel Four Films, DNA Films
CountriesUnited Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
AwardsNominated for 1 Oscar. 23 wins & 35 nominations total
