Trainspotting

DVD 2011

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),...

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ISBN:

0788852809

Edition:

Exclusive director's cut

Description:

1 videodisc (94 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A

Notes:

Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh
For specific added features see container or interactive features menu while viewing disc
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996
Director of photography, Brian Tufano ; production design, Kave Quinn ; editor, Masahiro Hirakubo
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly MacDonald
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Includes audio tracks in English and French and subtitled in English

Control Number:

2251552

UPC:

065935402886
786936237658

Other Authors:

Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm, film distributor
Alliance Films, production company
Boyle, Danny, film director
Bremner, Ewen, actor
Carlyle, Robert, 1961- actor
Channel Four Films (Firm), production company
Figment Films (Firm), production company
Hirakubo, Masahiro, editor of moving image work
Hodge, John, 1964- screenwriter
Macdonald, Andrew, 1966- film producer
Macdonald, Kelly, 1976- actor
McGregor, Ewan, 1971- actor
McKidd, Kevin, actor
Miller, Jonny Lee, actor
Miramax Films, production company
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher
Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, production company
Tufano, Brian, director of photography
motion picture adaptation of (work): Welsh, Irvine. Trainspotting [DVD]

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