Trainspotting Choose life. Release date: 1996-02-23 Genres: Drama, Crime Actors: Shirley Henderson, Hugh Ross, Kelly Macdonald, Robert Carlyle, Pauline Lynch, Fiona Bell, Annie Louise Ross, Ewan McGregor, Peter Mullan, Ewen Bremner, Dale Winton, James Cosmo, Keith Allen, Eddie Nestor, Kevin McKidd, Jonny Lee Miller, Eileen Nicholas, Susan Vidler, Vincent Friell, Kevin Allen, Stuart McQuarrie, Kate Donnelly, Finlay Welsh, Billy Riddoch, Victor Eadie Budget: $4,000,000Revenue: $71,981,823 Runtime: 1 h. 34 min. Score: 8.0/10 Votes: 9,957 Countries: United Kingdom Companies: Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Channel Four Films, DNA Films Available* : Overview: Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.