T2: Trainspotting (2017)

A continuation of the Trainspotting saga reuniting the original characters.

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writer:

Irvine Welsh (novel)

Stars:

Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Kelly Macdonald

Cast

Credited cast, sorted by IMDb STARmeter:
Ewan McGregor	...	Renton
Jonny Lee Miller	...	Sick Boy
Kelly Macdonald	...	Diane
Robert Carlyle	...	Francis Begbie
Shirley Henderson	...	Gail
Ewen Bremner	...	Spud
Anjela Nedyalkova	...	Nikki
Irvine Welsh	...	Mikey Forrester
Simon Weir	...	Jailhoose
Karl Argue	...	Mad Pipper

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

heroin | drugs | sequel | female nudity | male rear nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 March 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Porno

Filming Locations:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cloud Eight Films, DNA Films, Decibel Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On the WTF podcast, Danny Boyle stated that if James Cameron approves, this film will be titled "T2". Cameron's movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) is also widely known as 'T2'.

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Quotes

Renton: Choose life Choose Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and hope that someone, somewhere cares Choose looking up old flames, wishing you'd done it all differently And choose watching history repeat itself Choose your future Choose reality TV, slut shaming, revenge porn Choose a zero hour contract, a two hour journey to work And choose the same for your kids, only worse, and smother the pain with an unknown dose of an unknown drug made in somebody's kitchen And then... take a deep breath You're an ...

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Connections

References Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)