Trainspotting
1996, 94 min
Country: Scotland Studio: Miramax Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly MacDonald Director: Danny Boyle Our Rating:
REVIEW
A swaggering, highly stylized and pulsating cinematic ride, Trainspotting is an in-your-face adaptation of Irvine Welch's novel and play about life among a merry band of heroin addicts living it up in the lower depths of Edinburgh. Refreshingly unrepentent in tone, director Boyle puts a fun-filled spin on the world of skag as seen through the eyes of its narrator, Renton (McGregor). He's a wiry and likable antihero who takes up residence in a squalid squat with a group of fellow travellers that comprise the film's core cast of wackos. As much as it explores the drug subculture, Trainspotting is also a merciless social critique that ultimately eyes the pursuit of happiness through substance as the moral equal to that of material acquisition. Sheer excitement, it's punctuated nicely by a hip, drug-inspired rock soundtrack.
PRODUCT FORMAT INFORMATION
DVD Widescreen:
$17.99 (2-disc Uncut Special Edition)
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In stock and ready to ship
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 786936237658
Studio: Disney
Languages: English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Primary), French Dolby Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.85
Extras: Cast/Crew Biographies, Alternate Angles, Trailers, Deleted Scenes
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