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Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with few
prospects and fewer ambitions, lives in economically depressed Edinburgh. Like
most of his friends, Renton is a heroin addict who loves the drug's blissful
nothingness; financing his habit also provides excitement and challenges that
his life otherwise lacks. Renton's two best friends are also junkies: Sick Boy
(Jonny Lee Miller), a snappy dresser obsessed with James Bond, and Spud (Ewan
Bremner),...