Edit First there was an opportunity......then there was a betrayal. Twenty years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) returns to the only place he can ever call home. They are waiting for him: Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and Begbie (Robert Carlyle). Other old friends are waiting too: sorrow, loss, joy, vengeance, hatred, friendship, love, longing, fear, regret, diamorphine, self-destruction and mortal danger, they are all lined up to welcome him, ready to join the dance. Written by
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis Taglines:
Face your past. Choose your future.
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for drug use, language throughout, strong sexual content, graphic nudity and some violence |
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View content advisory » Edit There's a very dreamy song that plays at least twice during the film. Most notably, when Renton is lying on the pool table after meeting Sick Boy in the bar. This song is called 'Deep Blue Day' by
Brian Eno, off of his 1983 ambient album "Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks" and was also featured in
Trainspotting (1996) when Renton is swimming. Danny Boyle used Brian Eno's 'An Ending (Ascent)' from the same album in
28 Days Later... (2002).
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In Sick Boy's flat Renton and himself are talking about George Best when he played for Hibernian Football Club. When they slide on the pitch it is Tynecastle Park which is home to Heart of Midlothian, not Hibernian.
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Veronika:
What's 'Choose life'?
Renton:
What?
Veronika:
'Choose life'. Simon says it sometimes. He says "Choose life, Veronika!"
Renton:
'Choose life'. 'Choose life' was a well meaning slogan from a 1980's anti-drug campaign and we used to add things to it, so I might say for example, choose... designer lingerie, in the vain hope of kicking some life back into a dead relationship. Choose handbags, choose high-heeled shoes, cashmere and silk, to make yourself feel what passes for happy. Choose an iPhone made in China by a woman ...
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Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart
Performed by
Vera Lynn
Words and Music by
Geoffrey Parsons,
John Turner (as James John Phillips),
Eberhard Storch Courtesy of Decca Music Group Ltd. Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd. Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
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