Choose life.
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
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Cast
- Ewan McGregorRenton
- Ewen BremnerSpud
- Jonny Lee MillerSick Boy
- Kevin McKiddTommy
- Robert CarlyleBegbie
- Kelly MacdonaldDiane
- Peter MullanSwanney
- James CosmoRenton's Father
- Eileen NicholasRenton's Mother
- Susan VidlerAllison
Crew
- Danny BoyleDirector
- John HodgeScreenplay
- Irvine WelshNovel
- Brian TufanoDirector of Photography
- Masahiro HirakuboEditor
- Andrew MacdonaldProducer
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