• Director(s)

    Danny Boyle

  • Production Year

    1996

  • Release date

    17/01/2017

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    94m

  • Cast

    Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan, James Cosmo, Eileen Nicholas, Susan Vidler, Pauline Lynch, Shirley Henderson, Stuart McQuarrie, Irvine Welsh, Dale Winton, Keith Allen, Kevin Allen, Annie Louise Ross, Billy Riddoch, Fiona Bell, Vincent Friell, Hugh Ross, Victor Eadie, Kate Donnelly, Finlay Welsh, Eddie Nestor, Andrew Macdonald

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Trainspotting

very strong language, strong sex, violence, hard drug use

An Edinburgh drug addict attempts to break free from his heroin habit. This adaptation of the 1993 novel has many comic moments and characters but is extremely graphic in its presentation of drug misuse.…

An Edinburgh drug addict attempts to break free from his heroin habit. This adaptation of the 1993 novel has many comic moments and characters but is extremely graphic in its presentation of drug misuse.

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violence

language

sex

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

injury detail

nudity

disturbing images

  • Director(s)

    Danny Boyle

  • Production Year

    1996

  • Release date

    17/01/2017

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    94m

  • Cast

    Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald, Peter Mullan, James Cosmo, Eileen Nicholas, Susan Vidler, Pauline Lynch, Shirley Henderson, Stuart McQuarrie, Irvine Welsh, Dale Winton, Keith Allen, Kevin Allen, Annie Louise Ross, Billy Riddoch, Fiona Bell, Vincent Friell, Hugh Ross, Victor Eadie, Kate Donnelly, Finlay Welsh, Eddie Nestor, Andrew Macdonald

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very strong language, strong sex, violence, hard drug use
Classified Date:
12/12/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
violence
There are scenes of strong violence in real world contexts, including use of knives and pool cues in a pub, as well as a glass being smashed into a man's face, resulting in blood.
language
Language is very strong throughout, with multiple uses of very strong language ('c**t') and frequent use of strong language ('f**k' and 'motherf**ker').
sex
There are scenes of sexual activity, which include some nudity.
drugs
There is frequent sight of heroin misuse, including close-ups of the preparation, mixing and injection of heroin. There is also sight of other drugs being used or handled, including cocaine, marijuana and other pills and tabs.
sexual violence and sexual threat
One character engages in sex with a young woman, after which he realises she is below the age of consent. The actress in the scene was an adult when the film was shot.
injury detail
There is sight of blood and injuries in the aftermath of violence.
nudity
There is male and female nudity, in sexual contexts and in natural contexts.
disturbing images
There is sight of a baby who has died. The baby then appears again during drug-induced hallucinations.
Classified Date:
15/12/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Contains very strong language, strong sex and violence and hard drug use
Classified Date:
02/06/2009
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Channel 4 DVD
Contains very strong language, sex, violence, and drug use.
Classified Date:
30/05/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Slightly redubbed
Classified Date:
19/05/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
16/12/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD audio commentary
Classified Date:
27/09/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Polygram Video Ltd
Classified Date:
07/06/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Classified Date:
05/09/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd
Classified Date:
22/02/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Classified Date:
18/01/1996
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Classified Date:
12/09/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Classified Date:
20/06/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Classified Date:
20/03/2009
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Channel 4 DVD
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material

  • Classified date

    12/12/2016

  • BBFC reference

    BFF065897

  • Language

    English