Danny Boyle directs this adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel about a group of young Edinburgh heroin addicts. Ewan McGregor stars as Mark Renton, the most reflective member of a group that also includes the compulsive womaniser, Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and the hapless Spud (Ewen Bremner). Renton, Spud and Sick Boy's issues with drugs alternatively irritate and amuse their friend, Begbie (Robert Carlyle), a periodic psychopath whose outbursts of violence are one of the many factors that convince Renton to leave for London in the hope of starting a new life. Renton enjoys some success remoulding himself as an estate agent in the English capital, but it isn't long before his Edinburgh friends catch up with him. Begbie and co. need the money Renton has saved from his job to finance the drug deal that could make them all rich...
Actor: James Cosmo
Actor: Ewan McGregor
Director: Danny Boyle
Producer: Andrew MacDonald
Writer: John Hodge
Actor: Ewen Bremner
Actor: Jonny Lee Miller
Actor: Kevin McKidd
Actor: Kelly Macdonald
Actor: Peter Mullan
Actor: Eileen Nicholas
Actor: Susan Vidler
Actor: Pauline Lynch
Actor: Robert Carlyle
Cinematographer: Brian Tufano