Trainspotting(1996)

Synopsis
Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with few prospects and fewer ambitions, lives in economically depressed Edinburgh. Like most of his friends, Renton is a heroin addict who loves the drug's blissful nothingness; financing his habit also provides excitement and challenges that his life otherwise lacks. Renton's two best friends are also junkies: Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), a snappy dresser obsessed with James Bond, and Spud (Ewan Bremner), a guileless nerd who suggests Pee Wee Herman's debauched cousin. Renton and his pals also hang out with Begbie (Robert Carlyle), a borderline psychotic who loathes junkies even though he drinks like a fish. After one too many brushes with the law, Renton kicks heroin and moves to London, where he finds a job, a flat, and something close to peace of mind. However, Sick Boy, Begbie, and Spud all arrive at his doorstep on the trail of a big score, leading Renton back into drugs and crime. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Director:

The Director of Trainspotting is Danny Boyle, he is also known for these movies, which are also produced by Film Four.
- Slumdog Millionnaire (2008)
- A Like Less Ordnary(1997)
- Shallow Grave (1994)

Budget

The Budget that was given for trainspotting was £3,500,000

Companies

The companies that produced Trainspotting are:
- Figment Films

- Channel Four Films
- The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company

Where was it filmed?

Although the movie was set in Edinburgh, most of the film was filmed in Glasgow. The opening scenes were filmed in Edinburgh and the final scenes were filmed in London.
Notable locations in the film include:
The iconic opening scene showing Renton and Spud being chased by store detectives was filmed on Princes Street, Edinburgh. A scene showing the actual theft was filmed in the music department of the since-closed John Menzies, also on Princes Street, but did not make the final cut.
The scene where the chase ends is on Calton Road, Edinburgh, near the rear entrance of Waverley Station.
The park where Sick Boy and Renton discuss James Bond, Sean Connery, and The Name of the Rose is Rouken Glen Park, near Thornliebank. The park was also the site of the grave in Boyle's previous film Shallow Grave.
Corrour railway station is the setting for the "great outdoors" scene in the film.
The flat that Renton shows the young couple around when he gets the job as an estate agent and ultimately stashes Begbie and Sickboy in is 78A Talgarth Road at North End Road, London, opposite West Kensington tube station, part of the A4 road
The scenes where they do their drug deal takes place in Bayswater. The scene where they parody The Beatles Abbey Road takes place as they walk out of Smallbrook Mews across Craven Road to the Royal Eagle, 26–30 Craven Road, Bayswater.
The school attended by Diane is Jordanhill in Glasgow's West End.

Actors


Ewan McGregor as Renton
Ewen Bremner as Spud
Jonny Lee Miller as Sick Boy
Kevin McKidd as Tommy
Robert Carlyle as Begbie
Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGreor, went on to produce another 37 movies and TV eposides after Trainspotting here is a list of just 20 of them.he has gone on to become famous on an international scale.

-The Last Word (2010)
-The Ghost (2010)
-Jackboots on Whitehall (2010) (voice).... Chris
-Amelia (2009).... Gene Vidal
-The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009).... Bob Wilton
-Angels & Demons (2009).... Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
-I Love You Phillip Morris (2009).... Phillip Morris
-Deception (2008/I).... Jonathan McQuarry
-Incendiary (2008/I).... Jasper Black ... aka Blown Apart (International: English title)
-Cassandra's Dream (2007).... Ian ... aka Le rêve de Cassandre (France)
-Miss Potter (2006).... Norman Warne
-Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006).... Billy
-Stormbreaker (2006).... Ian Rider
-Stay (2005/I).... Dr. Sam Foster
-The Island (2005).... Lincoln Six Echo / Tom Lincoln
-Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).... Obi-Wan Kenobi ... aka Revenge of the Sith (USA: short title) ... aka Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith (USA: DVD box title) ... aka Star -Wars: Revenge of the Sith (USA: promotional title)
-Valiant (2005) (voice).... Valiant
-Robots (2005) (voice).... Rodney Copperbottom
-Big Fish (2003).... Ed Bloom - Young
-Young Adam (2003).... Joe Taylor ... aka Young Adam (France)

Ewen Bremner
Ewen Bremner went on to produce another 37 movies and TV eposides after Trainspotting here is a list of just 15 of them. he has gone on to become famous on an international scale.

-The Last Word (2010).... James
-Untitled Woody Allen London Project (2010).... Henry Strangler
-Dive (2009) (TV).... Stewart
-Mediator (2009)... Steven
-Wide Open Spaces (2009) .... Austin
-Faintheart (2008) .... Julian
-Fool's Gold (2008/I) .... Alfonz
-Hallam Foe (2007) .... Andy ... aka Mister Foe (USA: new title)
-Death at a Funeral (2007) .... Justin ... aka Sterben für Anfänger (Germany)
-Marvelous (2006) .... Lars
-Match Point (2005) .... Inspector Dowd
-The Zero Sum (2005) .... Leonard Paulson ... aka Letters (Canada: English title)
-Keep Right (2004)
-AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) .... Graeme Miller ... aka Alien vs. Predator (Germany) (USA: short title) ... aka AVP (USA: promotional abbreviation)
-Around the World in 80 Days (2004) .... Inspector Fix ... aka In 80 Tagen um die Welt (Germany)
Jonny Lee Miller
Jonny Lee Miller went on to produce another 19 movies and TV eposides after Trainspotting here is a list of just 15 of them. he has gone on to become famous on an international scale.

-Endgame (2009) .... Michael Young
-The Flying Scotsman (2006) .... Graeme Obree
-Æon Flux (2005) .... Oren Goodchild
-Melinda and Melinda (2004) .... Lee
-Mindhunters (2004) .... Lucas Harper The Escapist (2001) .... Denis Hopkins
-Dracula 2000 (2000) .... Simon Sheppard
-Complicity (2000) .... Cameron Colley
-Love, Honour and Obey (2000) .... Jonny
-Mansfield Park (1999) .... Edmund Bertram
-Plunkett & Macleane (1999) .... Macleane
-Regeneration (1997) .... 2nd Lt. Billy Prior
-Afterglow (1997) .... Jeffrey Byron
Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd went on to produce another 43 movies and TV eposides after Trainspotting here is a list of just 20 of them. he has gone on to become famous on an international scale.
-Does God Play Football (2003) .... Father Davis
-Nicholas Nickleby (2002) .... John Browdie
-Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Jezz Torrent ... aka Vice City (USA: short title)
-Max (2002/I) .... George Grosz
-Dog Soldiers (2002) .... Pvt. Cooper
-That Old One (2002) .... Tom Furness
-Topsy-Turvy (1999) .... Durward Lely (Nanki-Poo)
-Marcie's Dowry (1999) .... Fraser
-Hideous Kinky (1998) .... Henning ... aka Marrakech express (France)
-Bedrooms and Hallways (1998) .... Leo
-The Acid House (1998) .... Johnny (A Soft Touch)
-Dad Savage (1998) .... H
-Understanding Jane (1998) .... Elliot
-Regeneration (1997) .... Callan ... aka Behind the Lines (USA)
-The Leading Man (1996) .... Ant
-Small Faces (1996) .... Malky Johnson
Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle went on to produce another40movies and TV eposides after Trainspotting here is a list of just 15 of them. he has gone on to become famous on an international scale.
- Dead Fish (2004) .... Danny Devine
- Black and White (2002) .... David O'Sullivan
- Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002) .... Jimmy
-The 51st State (2001) .... Felix DeSouza ... aka Formula 51 (USA) ... aka Formule 51 (Canada: French title)
-To End All Wars (2001) .... Maj. Ian Campbell
-There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000) .... Eric Wirral ... aka Jimmy Grimble (France)
-The Beach (2000/I) .... Daffy
-Angela's Ashes (1999) .... Malachy (Dad)
-The World Is Not Enough (1999) .... Renard ... aka T.W.I.N.E. (UK: promotional abbreviation) ... aka Twine (International: English title: promotional abbreviation)
-Ravenous (1999) .... Col. Ives / F.W. Colqhoun
-Plunkett & Macleane (1999) .... Plunkett
-Looking After Jo Jo (1998) (TV) .... John Joe 'Jo Jo' McCann
-Face (1997/I) .... Ray
-The Full Monty (1997) .... Gaz
-Carla's Song (1996) .... George Lennox ... aka La canción de Carla (Spain)
Distrubuted
Argentina:18 Iceland:16 USA:TV-MA (cable rating) Australia:R Brazil:18 Canada:16+ (Quebec) Canada:18A (DVD rating) Chile:18 Finland:K-16 France:-16 Germany:16 (bw) Hong Kong:III Ireland:18 Israel:18 Italy:VM14 Japan:R Netherlands:16 New Zealand:R18 Norway:15 Portugal:M/18 Singapore:R(A) South Africa:18 South Korea:18 Spain:18 Sweden:15 UK:18 USA:R
What Country is the film from?
I think that this movie comes from Britian, as most of the production team, director writers etc are British and the actors/actress are British also. The film was filmed in Britian; the production lines are also British. However the target audiences are not only British people but worldwide people, but British people may be able to relate to the storyline of the movie as drugs is something that happens very frequently in Britian.
Awards
Nominated for Oscar. Another 18 wins & 13 nominations
Oscars
1997
Nominated
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
John Hodge

BAFTA Awards
1996
Won
Best Screenplay - Adapted
John Hodge
Nominated
Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
Andrew Macdonald
Danny Boyle

BAFTA Awards, Scotland
1997
Won
Best Actor - Film
Ewan McGregor
Best Feature Film
Andrew Macdonald (producer)
Danny Boyle (director)
John Hodge (writer)
Nominated
Best Actor - Film
Robert Carlyle
Best Actress - Film
Kelly Macdonald
Best Writer
John Hodge

Bodil Awards
1997
Won
Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
Danny Boyle (director)

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1996
Won
Best Film

Brit Awards
1997
Won
Best Soundtrack

Chlotrudis Awards
1997
Nominated
Best Director
Danny Boyle

Czech Lions
1997
Won
Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film)
Danny Boyle

Empire Awards, UK
1997
Won
Best British Actor
Ewan McGregor
Best British Director
Danny Boyle
Best Debut
Ewen Bremner

Evening Standard British Film Awards
1997
Won
Best Screenplay
John Hodge
Tied with Emma Thompson for Sence and Sensibility (1995).

Independent Spirit Awards
1997
Nominated
Best Foreign Film
Danny Boyle
UK.

London Critics Circle Film Awards
1997
Won
ALFS Award
British Actor of the Year
Ewan McGregor
Also for Brassed Off (1996), Emma (1996) and The Pillow Book (1996).
British Producer of the Year
Andrew MacDonald
Nominated
ALFS Award
British Director of the Year
Danny Boyle
British Film of the Year

MTV Movie Awards
1997
Nominated
Best Breakthrough Performance
Ewan McGregor

Prism Awards
1997
Won
Theatrical Feature Film

Satellite Awards
1997
Nominated
Best Motion Picture - Drama
Andrew Macdonald
Best Motion Picture Screenplay - Adaptation
John Hodge
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama
Robert Carlyle

Seattle International Film Festival
1996
Won
Best Director
Danny Boyle
Best Film

Warsaw International Film Festival
1996
Won
Audience Award
Danny Boyle

Writers Guild of America, USA
1997
Nominated
WGA Award (Screen)
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
John Hodge