Trainspotting Page #3

Synopsis: Heroin addict Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Begbie (Robert Carlyle), Spud (Ewen Bremner) and Tommy (Kevin McKidd). He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane (Kelly Macdonald), along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Genre: Drama
Production: Miramax Films
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 33 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.2
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
R
Year:
1996
94 min
Website
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Renton's father and mother sit at the table eating.

Renton is seated but not eating.

FATHER:

Every chance you've ever had, you've

blown it, stuffing your veins with

that filth.

INT. ELECTRICAL RETAILERS - DAY

Gav wears the corporate jacket.

GAV:

Get off that stuff, Rents and get

a job. It's not as bad as it looks.

While you're here, you don't fancy

buying a cooker, do you?

INT. SWANNEY'S FLAT - DAY

Sick Boy and Spud lie drugged up. Allison and Baby wait

while Swanney cooks up.

Renton is standing up.

RENTON:

From time to time, even I have

uttered the magic words.

SWANNEY:

Are you serious?

RENTON:

Yeah. No more. I'm finished with

that shite.

SWANNEY:

Well, it's up to you.

RENTON:

I'm going to get it right this

time. Going to get it set up and

get off it for good.

SWANNEY:

Sure, sure. I've heard it before.

RENTON:

The Sick Boy method.

THEY BOTH LOOK AT SICK BOY

SWANNEY:

Yeah, well, it surely worked for

him.

RENTON:

He's always been lacking in moral

fibre.

SWANNEY:

He knows a lot about Sean Connery.

RENTON:

That's hardly a substitute.

SWANNEY:

you'll need one more hit.

RENTON:

No, I don't think so.

SWANNEY:

To see you through the night that

lies ahead.

Freeze Frame on Swanney.

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John Hodge

John Hodge is a British screenwriter and dramatist, most noted for his adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting into the script for the film of the same title. His first play Collaborators won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Play. more…

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