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Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton lies on his back across railroad tracks in a scene from the film Trainspotting, with a rural landscape in the background.
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Trainspotting

film by Boyle [1996]
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Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton lies on his back across railroad tracks in a scene from the film Trainspotting, with a rural landscape in the background.
Trainspotting Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting (1996), directed by Danny Boyle.

The 1996 film Trainspotting, directed by Danny Boyle, is a darkly humorous portrayal of heroin addicts in Edinburgh. Based on Irvine Welsh's novel, the film became an international hit and a significant film in the United Kingdom. The term "trainspotting" itself refers to the hobby of watching trains, a practice established in the UK after World War II. The film brought this term to wider attention.12

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