Trainspotting
Production:
Writer: Irvine Welsh (novel), John Hodge (screenplay)
Director: Danny Boyle
Budget: £1,550,000
Co-Production: Figment Films, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company
Distribution:
UK Distribution Companies: Channel 4 DVD
Worldwide Distribution Companies: Miramax Home Entertainment (USA), Intersonic (Czech Republic), Warner Bros. (Sweden)Marketing:
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2GKVtWsXKY&safe=active
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TrainSpottingOfficial
Certification: 18 due to use of violence, sex and nudity, profanity
and drug use
Promotional methods: Macdonald worked with Miramax Films to sell the film as a British Pulp Fiction, flooding the market with postcards, posters, books, soundtrack albums, and a revamped music video for "Lust for Life" by Iggy Pop directed by Boyle. A few scenes were edited upon it's release in America so that Americans could try get used to the strong Scottish accent from the characters.
Exhibition, consumption & release:
UK Box Office: £12,300,000
International Box Office: $16,501,785 (USA)
Awards: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
(Academy Awards, USA - Nominated), Best Screenplay - Adapted (BAFTA - Won)
Distribution Companies: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (UK), Miramax (US)
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