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intereact!Director: Danny Boyle
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, and Robert Carlyle
Rated: R (Restricted)
Retail Price (not our price): $19.99
Release Date: 1998-03-25
Theatrical Release Date: 1996-07-19
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Run Time: 118 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 1
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
With its hallucinatory visions of crawling dead babies and a grungy plunge into the filthiest toilet in Scotland, you might not think Trainspotting could have been one of the best movies of 1996, but Danny Boyle's film about unrepentant heroin addicts in Edinburgh is all that and more. That doesn't make it everybody's cup of tea (so unsuspecting viewers beware), but the film's blend of hyperkinetic humor and real-life horror is constantly fascinating, and the entire cast (led by Ewan McGregor and Full Monty star Robert Carlyle) bursts off of the screen in a supernova of outrageous energy. Adapted by John Hodge from the acclaimed novel by Irving Welsh, the film was a phenomenal hit in England, Scotland, and (to a lesser extent) the U.S. For all of its comedic vitality and invigorating filmmaking, the movie is no ode to heroin, nor is it a straight-laced cautionary tale. Trainspotting is just a very honest and well-made film about the nature of addiction, and it doesn't pull any punches when it is time to show the alternating pleasure and pain of substance abuse. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) A modern classic. [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Trainspotting and the second major performance of Mcgregor redefined cinema. Everything from the look to the feel is brilliant.2) Comical Passionate and Engaging [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I loved this film when it first came out and I still appreciate it.It is funny, believable, tragic and never dull or boring.The song track to the film is just as good if not better than the film Trainspotting: Music From The Motion Picture (Audio CD)It does deal with drug abuse it's not suitable for children at all! For us adults, it is very enjoyable, some laughing ,some crying.I Highly recommend it3) You need to get the soundtracks too! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Not only is the movie excellent, so too are the soundtracks, I and II. This is one of those rare instances where it's actually worth it to buy the soundtrack from a movie. If you like this movie, check out '24 hour party people' and 'This is England'.4) DANNY BOYLE, OPUS 2 [Rating: 4 out of 5]
**** 1996. Directed by Danny Boyle, this film is an adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. British Academy Award in the Best Screenplay-adapted category. The movie that launched the career of Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle. Tragi-comedy at its best.5) Excellent tale of drugs and friendship [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Trainspotting is far varied from the usual drug movies that preceded it. Along with Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting was a shift from the casual use of drugs sans the consequences to a far darker tale. While Requiem for a Dream was clearly an anti addiction tale, Trainspotting uses heroin as catalyst. It isn't an anti drug movie per se. Rather, it's a story of a group of friends who happen to use drugs.The film lifts its material from the book of the same name. While it's a very different take, excising a lot of the book's material, the spirit is the same. Notably, it is accurate juxtaposition of Irvine Welsh's stream of consciousness writing, using Renton as the chief protagonist. While much of the film deals with Renton's heroin usage, we go along with Renton as he hangs out with Sick Boy, readies Spud for a job interview, shoplifts, goes clubbing, gets a job, etc. When he's not interacting with his mates, he's thinking about them.The film doesn't take a moral stance on drugs, but does show how it is the thing that brings Renton and his mates together and at the same time ruins their friendship. But it's a combination of factors. The film has a subtle repeated phrase where Renton or one of the others mutters about another that "he's a mate," sticking by each other in spite of it all. The film makes one ask, what will be the straw that breaks the camel's back?Aside from a brilliant screenplay, the film boasts one of the best ensemble casts. While known for making Ewan MacGregor a recognizeable face, it also features the talented Johnny Lee Miller as the James Bond obsessed Sick Boy as well as the infallable Robert Carlyle as the sadistic Begbie. The combination of music and very inspired shots, including the now infamous scene where Renton overdoses, makes the film alone worth watching.The DVD features the international cut, without the annoying dubbing of the first US release and a few seconds of film restored. It also ports over the Criterion laserdisc extras, including a wonderful commentary featuring Ewan, Danny Boyle, and John Hodge. In addition, there's some newly included production vignettes and, to me what is still the best feature, a number of deleted scenes - which further portray the destruction of the people in Renton's life, including a legless Swanney and a much colder cynical Sick Boy. This is a feast for fans.