Tommy tries to convince them that they'll be getting fresh air and seeing the great outdoors of their country but Renton retorts, saying that Scottish culture is highly unappreciated by the rest of the world. Producer of the film Andrew Macdonald responded to these claims in a BBC interview stating "we were determined to show why people took drugs . He visits Sick Boy, who pretends to have heard of Renton living in Amsterdam and promises to provide Begbie with a false passport so he can travel to the Netherlands to exact revenge.

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But films about drugs so often get it wrong as well, introducing us to ravishingly-dressed gangsters or sensationally cool dealers and then scolding us for not booing and hissing straight away.Trainspotting was nominated for two British Academy Film Awards in 1996, Best British Film and John Hodge for Best Adapted Screenplay. And although the editing process is a part of post-production, the film's editor Masahiro Hirakabu is already ensconced on the project. Trainspotting courted its fair share of controversy upon its release in 1996, with US presidential candidate Bob Dole accusing it of "moral depravity" and "glorifying drug use" - before having to admit, like so many moralisers before him, that he hadn't actually seen the film.

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Renton moves back into his now-widowed father's home and embraces him in reconciliation before going to his bedroom and dancing to a remix of " Lust for Life". In September 2015, Boyle stated his next film would be a sequel, tentatively titled Trainspotting 2. Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy -drama film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, and Kelly Macdonald in her film debut. The shoot lasts for 35 days ("We only had 30 on Shallow Grave, so it's a promotion," grins Boyle), spans five days a week, give or take the odd Saturday morning, and includes a week of dreaded night shoots. A shortlist of a dozen read a scene, before the part eventually goes to Kelly MacDonald (no relation).The 30-second clip makes its first appearance on the rental video of Shallow Grave, released in July.

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We've tried to keep as much of the original dialogue as possible and just add effects," explains MacDonald, "so that the dialogue is very raw and stylised.

The art director wants all the money to make the sets better, the camera wants all the lights to make them look better, the production department wants to keep all the money and get more drivers. Press Releases Competition 67th Berlinale – Competition and Berlinale Special – Danny Boyle, Hong Sangsoo, Thomas Arslan, Volker Schlöndorff, Sabu, Álex de la Iglesia and Josef Hader's Directorial Debut in the Competition Programme". He begins enjoying his new life of sobriety but it's short-lived after Begbie's involved in an armed robbery. MacDonald worked with Miramax Films to sell the film as a British Pulp Fiction, [23] flooding the market with postcards, posters, books, soundtrack albums and a revamped music video for " Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop directed by Boyle. When the whole gang is out at a pub, we are shown Begbie’s violent side—he intentionally starts a massive brawl by throwing a glass off of a balcony onto the crowd below.

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Meanwhile, Tommy and Spud also have a terrible night: Tommy’s girlfriend freaks out when she finds out that he lost their porno and Spud gets too drunk, passes out, and defecates in Gail’s bed. What Boyle and co have tried to do in "T2" could have been much worse; but it couldn't have been much better either. Ewan McGregor is drafted down to the Smoke to do his bit, as is Scottish football commentator Archie MacPherson who is squeezed into the suite for 20 minutes on a Tuesday afternoon to add some spicy, double-entendre-layered commentary to the footage of Archie Gemmel's legendary 1978 World Cup goal that is intertwined with the film's pivotal sex scene. In the room next door, wardrobe mistress Rachael Fleming is up to her eyes in boxes and rails of clothing.

He begins to enjoy his new life of sobriety in London and corresponds with Diane, who updates him on developments back home. Ideally, you need four or five months to market a film," laments Short, "and effectively you lose December because everybody's going to Christmas parties, so you have a shorter lead time than you would normally. They are both arrested, but Spud is given a six-month prison sentence and Renton avoids punishment by entering a methadone program for opiod withdrawal. This vigorous style contributed to the "breathless" pace that Boyle's films have been associated with. This consists of him meeting Sick Boy in a park where he shoots a stranger's dog with an air gun, supplying Spud with amphetamine for a job interview that turns disastrous, and stealing a sex tape of Tommy and his girlfriend, Lizzy.