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Features: DVD, Special Edition, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Interviews, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Audio Commentary, Theatrical Trailers, 2-Discs
Editor's Note
A kinetic, intimate look inside the subculture of heroin abuse, this acclaimed adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel follows the misadventures of Renton, a brash, twenty-something Edinburgh junkie, and his nihilistic chums Tommy, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie. Alternately comic and off-putting, the film ultimately comes down to Renton's choice between self-destruction or life. The stellar soundtrack should not be missed.
| Features | From the director of 28 DAYS LATER ... The motion picture sensation that wowed critics and audiences nationwide, TRAINSPOTTING delivers a wild mix of rebellious action and wicked humor! It's the story of four friends as they try to make it in the world on their own terms ... and who end up planning the ultimate scam! Powered by an outstanding cast of stars including Ewan McGregor (BIG FISH, STAR WARS EPISODES I, II & III) Robert Carlyle (THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, THE FULL MONTY) and Jonny Lee Miller (DRACULA 2000, MANSFIELD PARK), and a high-energy soundtrack, TRAINSPOTTING is spectacular, groundbreaking entertainment! |
| Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment. |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 9/5/2006 |
| Running Time: 94 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 3457403 | | UPC: 00786936237658 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "We called him Mother Superior on account of the length of his habit." ---- Renton (EWAN McGREGOR), about one of his dope--dealing friends. | | "Choose life. Choose a job. Chose a career. Choose a family. Choose a... big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-- income mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends.... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?" ---- Renton (EWAN McGREGOR) | | "[Begbie] didn't do drugs, he did people." ---- Renton (EWAN McGREGOR) | | "You know Rents, for a vegetarian, you're a mean shot" ----Sick Boy (Johnny Lee Miller) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...Electrifying....Harrowing and hilarious..." 06/13/1996 p.60Sight and Sound
"...The lasting after-effect of watching TRAINSPOTTING is a sense of exhilaration..." 03/01/1996 p.52-3 USA Today
"...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 07/19/1996 p.1D Entertainment Weekly
"...Thrillingly squalid, scabrously funny..." -- Rating: A 08/09/1996 p.45 Variety
"Scabrous, brutal and hip, TRAINSPOTTING is a CLOCKWORK ORANGE for the '90s....[The] performances are terrific at all levels..." 02/12/1996 Film Comment
"...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..." 07/01/1996 p.2-12 |
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