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Overview
A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, and clean-cut athlete Tommy.
- Number of Movies: 2
- Revenue: $113,663,569
Featured Cast
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Renton
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Spud
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Simon, Sick Boy
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Tommy (archive footage), Tommy
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Begbie / Begbie's Father, Begbie
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Veronika
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Gail
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Diane
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Swanney
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Renton's Father
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June
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Renton's Mother, Renton's Mother (archive footage)
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Frank Junior
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Allison
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Directing
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Writing
July 19, 1996
Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.
March 31, 2017
After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.