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Trainspotting
1996 1h 34m Danny Boyle

Trainspotting

★ 8.1 IMDb
Drama Crime
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.
WriterJohn Hodge
MusicDamon Albarn

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Selection 9th European Film Awards
Nominated Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film
Nominated BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Nominated Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Nominated Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Won BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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