"Choose
life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking
big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players
and electrical tin openers... choose DIY and wondering who the fuck
you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching
mindnumbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing junk food into your
mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last
in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish,
fucked-up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future.
Choose Life ... But why would I want to do a thing like that?" Mark
Renton |

Awards:
BAFTA Film Award(1996) for Best Screenplay John Hodge.
Bodil Awards(1997) for Best Non-American Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1996) for Best Film.
Brit Awards (1997) Best Soundtrack.
Czech Lion -Best Foreign Language Film (1997)
Evening Standard British Film Award (1997) Best Screenplay.
ALFS Award (1997) British Actor of the Year -Ewan McGregor.
Golden Space Needle Award (1996) Best Director- Danny Boyle and
Best Film
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Trainspotting
(1996)
Directed By: Brian
Tufano and Danny Boyle
Written By: John Hodge
Gene: Drama
Duration: 94 mins
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Cast:
Mark "Rent Boy" Renton : Ewan McGregor
Francis (Franco) Begbie: Robert Carlyle
Daniel "Spud" Murphy : Ewen Bremner
Diane: Kelly MacDonald
Tommy MacKenzie: Kevin McKidd
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The
Film: Set In Edinburgh Scotland. This is a film about 4 friends,
one being Mark Renton and follows his attempt to give up his heroin
habit and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of
his friends.The friends attempt the drug-deal of a lifetime, which
inevitably leads to double-crossing and betrayal, and destroys their
tenuous friendship, with Renton ironically using the drug that previously
owned him to move on to a better, drug-free existence. |
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My Comments:
I loved this film. When I hired this film I sat down and started
to watch it and thought to myself.."Why am I watching this
film, its not the sort of film I enjoy", but being a Ewan McGregor
film I thought I would watch it all the way through just to see
Ewan. At first it took me a while to get used to their Scottish
accents and all the swearing, but once I forgot this I really enjoyed
Trainspotting. The four friends were such lowlife trash. But I was
drawn to them, I cried and took pity for them and then I cheered
for Renton when it looked like he was going to come clean. The four
actors were brilliant, especially Ewan as Mark Renton.. I will never
forget his performance as the desperate and hopeless Mark. I will
also never forget that speech "Choose Life" What immortal
words.
I Rate This
Movie: 10 out of 10
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