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Trainspotting was the highest-grossing British film of 1996, and at the time it was the fourth highest grossing British film in history. [56] The film grossed £12 million in the UK and $72 million internationally. [57] Based on a cost-to-return ratio, Trainspotting was the most profitable film of the year. [58]
Trainspotting is the first novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, first published in 1993.It takes the form of a collection of short stories, written in either Scots, Scottish English or British English, revolving around various residents of Leith, Edinburgh, who either use heroin, are friends of the core group of heroin users, or engage in destructive activities that are effectively addictions.
Trainspotting, a 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh Trainspotting, a 1996 film based on the novel Trainspotting, two soundtrack albums from the film; T2 Trainspotting, a 2017 sequel to the 1996 film "Trainspotting", a song by Primal Scream from their 1997 album Vanishing Point; Trainspotting, a video game for the Comx-35 home computer
Having won a BAFTA (and landed an Oscar nomination) for her role as Colin Farrell’s kind-hearted but cynical — and distinctly less donkey-friendly — sister in Martin McDonagh’s darkly ...
The story takes place in Florida. Welsh's prequel to Trainspotting, titled Skagboys, was published in 2012. [5] [6] [7] Set in Leith in the early 1980s, it introduces the Trainspotting characters and follows them as they fall into heroin addiction. Given as a series of linked short stories, the book is also interspersed with brief commentaries ...
Trainspotting actor Vincent Friell has died aged 64. The Scottish star, whose other credits include cult film Restless Natives (1985), played the father of Kelly Macdonald’s Diane in the 1996 ...
Film producer Andrew Macdonald read Trainspotting on a plane in December 1993 and thought it would make a good basis for a film. [1] Ewan McGregor was cast as Renton, while Ewen Bremner, who played Renton in the novel's stage adaptation, was cast as Spud. [1] In preparation for the role, McGregor lost 2 stone (12.7 kilograms) and shaved his ...
Changes in the eye can help predict other health concerns in the body, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. A new study has identified a set of 29 vascular health indicators on the retina ...