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- Directed by Danny Boyle
- Written by Irvine Welsh, John Hodge
- Starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle
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This inventive, even crazy film focuses on a group of young heroin addicts in Edinburgh. Their habits -- and their attempts to stop -- affect everyone they know.
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Won: Best Foreign Language Film, 1997 Czech Lions
Nominated: Best Screenplay, 1997 Academy Awards; Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film, 1996 BAFTA Awards
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An edgy, artful piece of entertainment it beats any Hollywood release of the summer by miles. -- Jonathan Rosenbaum, CHICAGO READER
- More on Trainspotting:
- Profile of the director