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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.
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 ...
Glue (2001) was a return to the locations, themes and episodic form of Trainspotting, telling the stories of four characters spanning several decades in their lives and the bonds that held them together. Having revisited some of them in passing in Glue, Welsh brought most of the Trainspotting characters back for a sequel, Porno, in 2002. In ...
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
Porno (later republished as T2 Trainspotting after the 2017 film adaptation) is a novel published in 2002 by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, the sequel to Trainspotting.The book describes the characters of Trainspotting ten years after the events of the earlier book, as their paths cross again, this time with the pornography business as the backdrop rather than heroin use (although numerous ...
Pages in category "Trainspotting" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Trainspotting (film) Trainspotting (novel) Trainspotting (soundtrack)
T2 Trainspotting is a 2017 British black comedy-drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by John Hodge. Set in and around Edinburgh , Scotland , it is based on characters created by Irvine Welsh in his 1993 novel Trainspotting and its 2002 follow-up Porno .
John Hodge (born 1964) is a Scottish screenwriter and dramatist from Glasgow, who adapted Irvine Welsh's novel Trainspotting into the script for the film of the same title. His first play Collaborators won the 2012 Olivier Award for Best New Play. [1]