Trainspotting (1996)
Directed by Danny Boyle
A heroin user and his friends in Edinburgh try and fail to get clean, take a grim day trip to the Highlands, and end up in London with a drug deal that tests their friendship.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Princes Street chase≈ 00:00:00Edinburgh, ScotlandStated on screen
Renton and Spud sprint down the street from shop security, to 'Choose life'.
- 2Flats, pubs and the Volcano club≈ 00:03:00Edinburgh, ScotlandInferred
Renton's first attempt to quit, the toilet dive, and nights out with the gang.
- 3Highlands day trip≈ 00:25:00Corrour station, Scottish HighlandsStated on screen
Tommy takes them to the Highlands for fresh air; Renton rants that it is shite being Scottish.
- 4Overdose and cold turkey≈ 00:35:00Edinburgh, ScotlandInferred
- 5Renton's new life≈ 00:58:00London, EnglandStated on screen
- 6Tommy's funeral≈ 01:08:00Edinburgh, ScotlandInferred
- 7Hotel and the deal≈ 01:15:00London, EnglandStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 2,926 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 2,264 km
- Bus: 534 km
- Train: 129 km
- On foot: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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