Trainspotting: The Definitive Edition

Trainspotting: The Definitive EditionDistributed by
Universal Pictures Video

Posted: May 10th, 2003.

HOW MUCH OF A TRAINSPOTTER ARE YOU?

1. If you lost your stash, to what lengths would you go to retrieve it?

• a.Dive into the worst toilet in Scotland and fish it out
• b.Flush it away and go and buy some more
• c.I choose life, not drugs

2. You’re out in the park with your air-rifle when you shoot an angry lookingdog in the bollocks – what style of commentary do you use to relay themishap to your compadre?

• a.In the style of Sean Connery
• b.In the style of Roger Moore
• c.In the style of Timothy Dalton

3. You’re nervous about an interview for a job, what do you do in order to calmyourself down?

• a.Down a wrap of speed
• b.Have a pint and a cigarette
• c.Deep breathing exercises

4. You discover a home video of your mate and his girlfriend enjoying an intimate moment. Do you…

• a.You replace it with 100 greatest goals by Archie Gemmill and ‘mash yer tatties’ whilst watching the ‘adult art’ video back at your squat
• b.Put the video back where you found it and respect their privacy
• c.You wouldn’t be rude enough to have searched through their collection in the first place

5. You wake up in your girlfriend’s room at her parent’s house. You have had an ‘accident’ related to the excesses of the night before. Do you…

• a.Collect up the soiled sheets to sneak them into the washing machine but instead find yourself in a gut-wrenchingly messy tug o’ war with your prospective mother-in-law…
• b.Fear not, you planned ahead and took suitable preventative medicine and have awoken as clean as a whistle
• c.My health is of prime importance, I would never consume anything that would disrespect my body, after all it is my temple

6. You decide to make a fresh start and give up your biggest vice… In order to ensure your success you…

• a.Board yourself into your flat with: soothing music, soup, milk of magnesia, mouth wash, Lucozade, pornography and a selection of buckets for bodily excretions. Oh and some Vallium you ‘borrowed’ from your mum
• b.Wean yourself off your addiction with the help of pharmaceutical patches and pamphlets from your doctor
• c.I am a vice free zone

7. You are feeling a little under the weather; in fact you’re positively suicidal. What reasons do you have for staying alive?

• a.Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?
• b.You’re too young to die…. you haven’t shagged enough people yet!
• c.A potential promotion at work

8. You buy tickets for an Iggy Pop gig, forgetting it’s the anniversary of getting together with your girlfriend. She says “Its me, or Iggy Pop”. What do you do?

• a.Go to the concert anyway, she will come round in a day or two
• b.Dump her
• c.Cancel the tickets and take your girl out on the town

9. In your last year at school your careers adviser asked you to choose what you wanted to do for the rest of your life. Did you choose:

• a.Life, a job, a career and a future – maybe
• b.Footballer
• c.Teacher

10. You and your friends earn a stack of money selling a big bag of scag. After celebrating your success do you….

• a.Knick off with all the cash… f*** your friends you’ve outgrown them anyway
• b.Share the loot with your friends…. Honour amongst thieves you know
• c. Err, what is scag exactly?

Mostly ‘a’

You are the ultimate trainspotter – you ARE Mark Renton – you’re looking for the meaning in life away from the humdrum, with a little buzz of adventure. However, remember if youlive life too close to the edge there’s a chance you’re going to fall off. But you’re just a fan of thefilm really – not a drug-addled nutter – right?!

Mostly ‘b’

You have been to the dark side but you also know that whilst it may be worth the occasional visitit’s not somewhere you’d want to set up home. Whilst you may not choose mod-cons, low-cholesterol and dental insurance you do choose life – with a little added spice.

Mostly ‘c’

Not so much ‘choose life’ as ‘get a life’ – remember – only the good die young! You may despair atthe Rentons of this world but you need to lighten up, let go, stop worrying and start living.

DVD PRODUCT DETAILS: Credit:
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Certificate:
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DVD soundUniversal Pictures Video
16th June 2003
18
£19.99
9027121
110 mins
1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen
Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1

DVD Extras:

• Uncut main feature
• Nine deleted scenes (inc. director’s commentary)
• Feature commentary
• The Beginning
• Retrospective:
  • The Look of the Film: Now, Then
  • The Sound of the Film: Now, Then
• Trainspotting at the Cannes Festival
• Original Cinematric Trailers
• Cast and Crew Biographies
• Gallery
• Collector’s Booklet and Poster

News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.

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