Trainspotting

Question 1

What year was Trainspotting released?

Answer 1

1996

Question 2

Who directed Trainspotting?

Answer 2

Danny Boyle

Question 3

Who wrote the screenplay for Trainspotting?

Answer 3

John Hodge (adapted from the novel by Irvine Welsh)

Question 4

Who produced Trainspotting?

Answer 4

Andrew Macdonald

Question 5

Which company distributed Trainspotting in the UK?

Answer 5

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Question 6

What novel is Trainspotting based on?

Answer 6

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh (1993)

Question 7

Who plays Mark Renton?

Answer 7

Ewan McGregor

Question 8

What is the film’s setting?

Answer 8

Edinburgh and London, during the late 1980s

Question 9

What is trainspotting’s genre?

Answer 9

Black comedy / crime drama / social realism

Question 10

What major historical context influenced the film?

Answer 10

Thatcher-era Britain, unemployment, heroin epidemic

Question 11

What was a key influence on trainspotting’s visual style and energy?

Answer 11

Music video editing, 90s rave culture