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Choose life.
Mark Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Trainspotting
1996 Directed by Danny Boyle
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Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner Jonny Lee Miller Robert Carlyle Kelly Macdonald Kevin McKidd Peter Mullan James Cosmo Eileen Nicholas Susan Vidler Pauline Lynch Shirley Henderson Stuart McQuarrie Keith Allen Kevin Allen Irvine Welsh Eddie Nestor Annie Louise Ross Billy Riddoch Dale Winton Hugh Ross Victor Eadie Kate Donnelly Fiona Bell
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迷幻列车, 定位的火车, Trainspotting: Sin límites, Trainspotting - Din Viata Scapa Cine Poate, Trejnspoting, Trainspotting: La vida en el abismo, 트레인스포팅
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Crime, drugs and gangsters Humanity and the world around us Underdogs and coming of age Crude humor and satire drugs, violence, crime, gritty or cops gambling, unpredictable, casino, drama or engaging sexuality, sex, disturbed, unconventional or challenging funny, comedy, humor, jokes or hilarious band, songs, concert, musician or lyrics Show All…
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you know how you can smell certain movies? yeah, this one smells like cigarettes and feces.
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ewan mcgregor: choose this choose that choose choose choose choose choose
me, indecisive as fuck: uuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh uhhhhhhhhhhhhh -
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The word "trainspotting" can mean alot of things.
It literally translates to the phyisical act of watching trains, whether it be for a hobby or for recreation.
It's also commonly used among junkies to signal the track marks it leaves on the arms of addicts.
In the context of Danny Boyle's masterpiece, the word means all of the above. The life of a heroin addict could be summed up as the act of watching trains. You are watching hundreds of lives pass you by as the train speeds past. There are people going many different places. There are people coming from heartbreaks and there are people heading towards a new life. The addict isn't a part of all this. He…
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“1,000 years from now there will be no guys and no girls, just wankers. Sounds great to me.”
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"wow, trainspotting has really changed my life. It's made me decide I'm never gonna do heroin" -me, a bitch who was never gonna do heroin anyway
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ewan mcgregor wearing a crop top did more for the film industry than spielberg's entire filmography
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ye ever wanty just tie yer arm up nice and cosy and then just fucking get right inty the heroin and blow yersel up tae fuck
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