Heads Up - Trainspottng.

[anonymous-user]

For all us ageing ravers who are now sat in on a Friday night

Film 4 -11.25pm - enjoy!

[Famous Graham]

Good shout

The baby scene always freaks me out, mind

Turned out I took a photo of one of the locations entirely by accident.



Calton Road. Renton & co leg it down the street towards where I shot this and the black Sierra that nearly hits him pulls out of the side road behind that white van.

Actually, I've not watched the film since I moved to Edinburgh. Might be interesting to see what I recognise. (I believe the "mug a tourist" scene was shot in the City Limits bar on Leith Walk just up the road from my flat)

Edited by Famous Graham on Friday 9th January 23:12

[castrolcraig]

good arrows sir, shall be watching this!!

[Blib]

A seminal movie IMO. Tremendous!

[SS HSV]

fk you, you stupid advert from hell.

You can poke your fat bastid michelin man and shove it whre the sun dont shine.. Im gonna post further down where you aint cramping my style

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Edited by SS HSV on Friday 9th January 23:30

[SS HSV]

digimeistter said:

For all us ageing ravers who are now sat in on a Friday night

Film 4 -11.25pm - enjoy!

Aye lad, for all the good that will do I may as well stick them up my arrse

Cheers for the heads up. Classic and timeless film which deserves half a bottle of Glen and a dodgy home rolled herbal :thumbsup:

Choose Pistonheads

[Gaffer]

forgot this was on...cheers for the reminder.

Choose Drugs...

fk for life..! (thats what I used to think the lyrics were)

Claire

Edited by Gaffer on Friday 9th January 23:31

[lord summerisle]

Famous Graham said:

Turned out I took a photo of one of the locations entirely by accident.



Calton Road. Renton & co leg it down the street towards where I shot this and the black Sierra that nearly hits him pulls out of the side road behind that white van.

I was heading back to Princess Street after going to a rock club and suddenly realised it was that street.

[Famous Graham]

lord summerisle said:

I was heading back to Princess Street after going to a rock club and suddenly realised it was that street.

Princes. Many male royalty. Not one female one.

Sorry, a bugbear of mine

(also, it's Princes St they are legging it down before Calton Road. They nip down the steps outside the Black Bull pub)

And the club was probably Studio 24 I'm guessing?

Edited by Famous Graham on Friday 9th January 23:47

[lord summerisle]

Famous Graham said:

lord summerisle said:

I was heading back to Princess Street after going to a rock club and suddenly realised it was that street.

Princes. Many male royalty. Not one female one.

Sorry, a bugbear of mine

(also, it's Princes St they are legging it down before Calton Road. They nip down the steps outside the Black Bull pub)

And the club was probably Studio 24 I'm guessing?

Edited by Famous Graham on Friday 9th January 23:47

yeah, just been looking up what the place was called. only went there a coulpe of times after a uni mate transfered to Edinburgh. My usual hangouts was the Cathouse and Bedlam over in Glasgow.

[cat220]

The Club was "Volcano" in Glasgow's West End! Now a block of flats! Had many a good night in there as a student.

[deevlash]

A lot of the film was actually shot in glasgow, the bar where begbie tosses his glass over the balcony is crosslands in maryhill, which is an actual proper rough boozer.

[LMC]

Yeah, and the bit where Renton "needs a taxi" was shot in Sighthill in Glasgow. It looks very much like Niddrie in Edinburgh though.
Edinburgh Council would not allow shooting because it would sully the good name.

And we all know there are no thieving junkie scum in Edinburgh eh ?

[whirligig]

Yes - Edinburgh Council were always worried that Trainspotting would be regarded as a documentary! Can't have the city's good name sullied - let's pretend all this drugs business only happens in Glasgow.

Edited by whirligig on Saturday 10th January 09:34

[Famous Graham]

LMC said:

Yeah, and the bit where Renton "needs a taxi" was shot in Sighthill in Glasgow. It looks very much like Niddrie in Edinburgh though.
Edinburgh Council would not allow shooting because it would sully the good name.

And we all know there are no thieving junkie scum in Edinburgh eh ?

There's another bit near Mother Superior's that looks distinctly like Craigmillar, but I don't think it is.