Trainspotting - Director's Cut (Collector's Edition)
by Danny Boyle
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Actor: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert CarlyleDirector: Danny Boyle
Brand: MCGREGOR,EWAN
Cinematographer: Brian Tufano
Editor: Masahiro Hirakubo
Producer: Andrew Macdonald
Producer: Christopher Figg
Writer: Irvine Welsh
Writer: John Hodge
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Trainspotting - Director's Cut (Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: A well balanced mixture of pleasure and pain helps create an honest depiction of depravity...
Summary: 5 Stars
There are truly a lot of films about drug abuse, but there are a select few that shed light on the brutality of it. I've reviewed films such as `Requiem for a Dream' and `Panic at Needle Park', two films that show the drastic measures some will go in destroying themselves for a fix; and it's within those films that the haunting realities of drug addiction becomes so real to the audience. `Trainspotting' is similar in its honesty, yet it differs in its direction. Some have been put off from the way that `Trainspotting' portrays drug abuse, but in my personal opinion the slight comedic edge the film possesses adds yet another layer of honesty to the film.
Boyle's masterpiece shows the light and the dark side of addiction.
The film centers around a group of friends who area all heavy into heroin. They all at times strive for a better existence but are more often than not taken over by their carnal desires. The film simply observes their conduct and exposes the reasons they stay hooked as well as the reasons they wish they weren't.
What is so devastating about `Trainspotting' is that it nearly blindsides you with its shocking moments of truth. This technique works very well, for it generates in us pure and genuine outbursts of emotion. Some have mentioned a certain scene involving an infant; a scene so raw and heart-stopping that I was literally in tears. These are the moments that benefit from the films wicked mixture of drama and humor, for it makes the impact of these scenes even more devastating. We are friends with these people (even though we really shouldn't be) and so to watch them crumble under the weight of their disease is heartbreaking.
The film is propelled by a commanding performance by Ewan McGregor. He captures every ounce of Renton's immaturity as well as his worldly knowledge and strive for betterment. He is engaging, entertaining, likable and relatable. He's aided by a very strong cast that includes Robert Carlyle and it is here that we are introduced to the luminous Kelly Macdonald (of `No Country for Old Men' fame). Macdonald is one of my favorites here, for her slick mix of sensuality and impish dominance is pure gold. I just loved watching her.
Danny Boyle's magical talents are on full display here. I know he is a household name now thanks to his Oscar winning film `Slumdog Millionaire', but honestly he is in top form in his earlier work (see also his ravenous work on '28 Days Later'). I've always been a fan of his, and this is probably his best work. Visually he is captivating, but he juggles both the witty and the ominous with such strength. It's a flawless culmination of the two.
This film is as shocking as it is engrossing; as repulsive as it is engaging. There are few films that are daring enough to be this honest.
Summary of Trainspotting - Director's Cut (Collector's Edition)
From the director of 28 DAYS LATER ... The motion picture sensation that wowed critics and audiences nationwide, TRAINSPOTTING delivers a wild mix of rebellious action and wicked humor! It's the story of four friends as they try to make it in the world on their own terms ... and who end up planning the ultimate scam! Powered by an outstanding cast of stars including Ewan McGregor (BIG FISH, STAR WARS EPISODES I, II & III) Robert Carlyle (THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, THE FULL MONTY) and Jonny Lee Miller (DRACULA 2000, MANSFIELD PARK), and a high-energy soundtrack, TRAINSPOTTING is spectacular, groundbreaking entertainment!With its hallucinatory visions of crawling dead babies and a grungy plunge into the filthiest toilet in Scotland, you might not think Trainspotting could have been one of the best movies of 1996, but Danny Boyle's film about unrepentant heroin addicts in Edinburgh is all that and more. That doesn't make it everybody's cup of tea (so unsuspecting viewers beware), but the film's blend of hyperkinetic humor and real-life horror is constantly fascinating, and the entire cast (led by Ewan McGregor and Full Monty star Robert Carlyle) bursts off of the screen in a supernova of outrageous energy. Adapted by John Hodge from the acclaimed novel by Irving Welsh, the film was a phenomenal hit in England, Scotland, and (to a lesser extent) the U.S. For all of its comedic vitality and invigorating filmmaking, the movie is no ode to heroin, nor is it a straight-laced cautionary tale. Trainspotting is just a very honest and well-made film about the nature of addiction, and it doesn't pull any punches when it is time to show the alternating pleasure and pain of substance abuse. --Jeff Shannon
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