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T2 Trainspotting

Revitalizing Leith: A Vision for Change

Mark This is the renovation and conversion of an iconic ] building. We see it very much as being an artisanal bed-and-breakfast experience. A destination in its own right. Artworks by local artists on the walls. Locally sourced fresh food. Outreach programs to inspire children in school to think outside the box. To inspire in them a belief that... Yes, they can. There was a time when this port served thousands of ships around the globe. Now it can rise again. And we believe our business will occupy a central role, both physically and emotionally, at the heart of this new wave of regeneration in Leith.

[[w:Leith|Leith]

Simon Leith 2.1.

Mark Exactly.

Murphy We used to steal all this stuff. Fancy wallpaper. Sell on to the middle classes and that. Me and Mark used to steal all kinds of stuff, actually. Till we got caught. He got off. I got six months. Still, you find out what you're good at inside. Signatures... That's what I found out. Anyone's. If I seen it once, I can do it. So, when I got out, "Bye-bye, shoplifting. Hello, checkbook. Hello, check card. Up to ]. Signature, cash in hand. Up to Swanney's, pay off my debts, buy some ]. I was a portable fucking goldmine.

[[w:Western Union|Western Union; [w:Heroin|skag]

Veronika So, what happened?

Murphy Chip and PIN, debit cards, e-banking. Billionaires moving money at the touch of a button. There's no room for an honest artisan like me anymore.

Veronika So, what did you do?

Murphy ].

[[w:panhandling|Back on the pavement. Seven days a week]

Veronika I like your stories. I think you should write them down.

Murphy You think?

Veronika Yeah. Just write them the way you say them. They're funny. I would like to read them. Mark and Simon can help.

Murphy Tommy looks well. It's terrifying. He's gonna die. Sometime between the next few weeks and the next 15 years, Tommy will be no more. Chances are that I'll be exactly the same. Difference is we know this with Tommy. Tommy cannot get out.

[Voiceover reading from page]

Mark He cannot afford to heat his home, put himself in a bubble, live in the warm, eat good fresh food, keep his mind stimulate with new challenges. He will only live five or 10 or 15 years before he is crushed. Tommy will not survive winter in ].

[Reading aloud; [w:West Granton|West Granton]

Simon Well, I'm trying hard, Mark, but I'm not feeling anything. We were young. Bad things happened. It's over. Can we go home now?

Mark Two hours to the next train.

Simon Oh, for fuck's sake.

Mark Look, we're here as an act of memorial.

Simon Nostalgia. That's why you're here. You're a tourist in your own youth. Just cause you had a near-death experience, and now you're feeling all fuzzy and warm. What other moments will you be revisiting? Here's a good one. How about the time you sold Tommy his very first hit, leading him on to heroin addiction, HIV infection, and ultimately his death at the age of... What was it, 22, 23?

Mark Twenty-three.

Simon Twenty-three. How innocent was that?

Mark Aye, that's mine. How's yours?

Simon Don't know what you're talking about.

Mark She'd be a woman by now. Maybe kids of her own. ]. Because her father, someone who should have been looking after her, protecting his own infant, was too busy filling his own veins with heroin to check that she was breathing properly. How do you keep a lid on that one?

[[w:Infant mortality|But she never got that far, did she? Never got to lead her life]

Mark Well, that's that, then. Here we go.

Mark Fuck's sake.

Franco All right, doll.

Girl Thanks.

Franco Looking good, baby.

Girl Not bad yourself, daddy-o.

Franco Why, bring it over here.

Girl Really?

Girl I'm not wearing any knickers.

Franco For fuck's sake. Well, tell you what... Just away for a piss. Back in a moment. We'll see what's happening, okay?

Girl All right, then.

Franco Aye.

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T2 Trainspotting

Impromptu Song Suggestion Amidst Tension

Security guard You not gonna give us a song?

Renton I can sing. I'll just... I'll just fucking make something up. You can play the piano.

Simon I can't play the fucking piano.

Renton You know those two chords. The fucking F and G march you used to play at school. Do that. Good evening. My mate and I would like to sing a song that we wrote.

[''Renton takes the stage and Simon takes the piano'']

Renton No. Is... Is that it? It was the year of 1690, on the 11th of July, or the first in Julian calendar. Wait, wait, wait. Give me something with a little bit of rhythm. Here we go. It was on the field of battle, of hope we were bereft, but by the time that it was over, there were no more Catholics left.

Renton We looked up to King William, on his chin a royal cleft, and by the time that it was over, there were no more Catholics left. Aye! Fucking right. His strategy was strong, his strategy was deft, by the time that it was over, there were no more Catholics left, the battle now victorious. We foiled his papist theft, when the time was over, there were no more Catholics left, aye!

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Melinda and Melinda

The Cruelty of Life and Potential

Lee Life has a malicious way of dealing with great potential.

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T2 Trainspotting

Identifying Marks and Anonymity in Video

Lawyer So, are you the woman in the video?

Veronika My face is not seen.

Lawyer Do you have any identifying marks? Tattoos on your buttocks?

Veronika Certainly not.

Lawyer On your ]?

[[w:Perineum|perineum; ''Veronika looks confused and Mark leans over to whisper'']

Mark It's the bit of skin between your ] and your ].

[[w:vagina|vagina; [w:anus|bumhole]

Viktoria That's disgusting.

Lawyer So you're not ]. May I ask, what is your relationship with the accused?

[[w:Vajazzle|vajazzled]

Veronika We are friends.

Lawyer Mark.

[''Mark walks back over'']

Lawyer She's too young for you.

[''Mark walks away unimpressed'']

Mark Here it is. "EU Small Business Development Loans. Zero-interest loans distributed regionally towards projects that stimulate regeneration of formerly industrial areas. Loans are available of up to 100,000. Applications should be made online, which may be followed by an invitation to present a business plan.

[''Reading off laptop'']

Simon Blah, blah, fucking blah.

Mark I'm trying to help you, Simon. We're blowing all that cashpoint money on lawyer's fees.

Simon You could've got someone cheaper.

Mark Well, I wouldn't have had to get anyone at all if you hadn't engaged in fucking blackmail. Is there anything left of your 4,000 I gave you?

Simon No, I've got expenses, just like everyone else.

Mark What, all of it? You snorted the whole fucking wad?

Simon It's called debt, Mark.

Mark The point is, we need cash now, not in six months time.

Simon And you realize what's at stake here? I promised to set up a sauna for Veronika. And if I don't get it up and running soon, she's gonna leave me.

Mark Fucking leave you anyway.

Simon No, it's not gonna happen.

Mark Is she actually even with you?

Simon She's my girlfriend.

Mark You've never ever been a normal junkie.

Simon I have fucked her, and I'll fuck her again.

Mark What? When she was working at the sauna?

Simon That's not fair. You know, since we're having this conversation, I can tell you that fully consensual, emotionally driven, not-for-profit sexual intercourse has been attained.

Mark Simon, you're a romantic.

Simon Veronika and I have had our rough patches. I'll be the first to admit that.

Mark Shall we submit this application?

Simon Do what you want, but I need someone on-site working. I need progress. Now.

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Æon Flux

Conflict Over Control and Responsibility

Trevor Goodchild I'm getting worried about you, Oren. This edge you've taken. Displays like that aren't helpful to us.

Oren Goodchild I believe in protecting what we've created. I don't apologize for that.

[shrugs]

Trevor Goodchild This was created to allow me to do my work. I can't do that if you can't control yourself. Understood?

Oren Goodchild Yes, it is.

Trevor Goodchild And what of the test results?

Oren Goodchild All negative…sorry.

[lying]

Trevor Goodchild Find me a new test group by morning.

Oren Goodchild Maybe it's time to give up on the tests, Trevor. We're living the solution already. This is perfection. Why can't you just embrace it?

Trevor Goodchild You see what's happening to people. You know how desperate this has become.

Oren Goodchild It can be controlled. Contained.

Trevor Goodchild I think your forgetting that this was all meant to be temporary.

Oren Goodchild You've always said that, but why should it be?

Trevor Goodchild Because it's wrong.

Oren Goodchild Things change…but I know you won't.

Trevor Goodchild You know me.

[smiling]

Oren Goodchild Been your brother a long time.

Oren Goodchild You're right about that.

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T2 Trainspotting

A Midnight Revelation of Excess and Deception

Mark And it's midnight. Start again.

Renton So, there's this room service guy, right? And he comes into the room, and there is ] lying on the bed with two ]. Three in a bed, ] and a little bit of Charlie, and there's banknotes. But they're lying on the banknotes.

[[w:George Best|Georgie Best; [w:Playboy Playmate|Playboy models; [w:champagne|champagne]

Veronika Lying on the money?

Mark Yes.

Veronika Why?

Mark I don't know. Because he has a lot of money. Or at least he had a lot of money at the time, anyway. The room service guy, he comes in, and he sees this scene that I just described to you, and he says, "George Best...

Simon Greatest footballer of all time.

Mark Exactly. "The greatest footballer of all time, I have to ask you, "'Where did it all go wrong?'" Where did it all go wrong? Where did it all go wrong? Where did it all go wrong, George Best?

Veronika Yeah, but... I think that the room service guy, you know... I think he makes a very good point. No?

Mark He played for ] in 1979 between stints for the ] and the ]. I went to see him play, apparently. My dad took me. He said, "You've got to see this. You've got to see this player. "Got to see this greatest footballer of all time." So it was a big game, it was a big crowd, and a big guy in front of me. I couldn't see a thing. Not a single thing. Not for 90 minutes. But I've got the program, so... I mean, I've always got that, you know?

[[w:Hibernian F.C.|Hibs; [w:Fort Lauderdale Strikers|Fort Lauderdale Strikers; [w:San Jose Earthquakes|San Jose Earthquakes]

Mark Thin. Thin. Nobody was fat back then.

Simon It's not just the football, is it?

Mark It's the end of austerity. There was no such thing even as a calorie till 1974.

Simon Welcome to the new age of ], ].

[[w:Civil Rights|civil rights; [w:space exploration|space exploration]

Mark You know what happened in 1974? The first ] in the UK.

[[w:List of countries with McDonald's restaurants|McDonald's]

Simon He's basically ] with ].

[[w:John Barry|John Barry; [w:football boots|football boots]

Mark See, look at that guy. He would be scrawny today.

Simon A great, swaggering, filthy piece of music.

Mark But then... That was totally normal till 1974. It's insurrection!

Simon That's the beauty of what he does.

Mark You know what happened in 1974? First McDonald's. ]. ].

[[w:South London|South London; [w:Woolich|Woolwich]

Simon Cheers. Up your ass.

Mark Placebo.

Simon There's a fucking...

Mark Do it. Let's do it. Fuck off.

Simon Yeah!

Mark Yeah!

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T2 Trainspotting

Secrets and Confessions Among Friends

Mark I didn't know.

Simon Okay, okay. I might've heard something. I'm sorry I didn't mention it.

Mark You might've heard something?

Simon All right, fuck it. I knew. I knew, and I could have served you up to him on a plate any time I wanted to.

Mark I bet you were fucking looking forward to it, too, weren't you?

Simon Yeah, yeah, I was. I was looking forward to it.

Mark I ought to fucking kill you.

Mark Fuck is this?

Doyle It's Mark and Simon, right? Do you know who I am? Good. So you know that I own a couple of saunas in the north of Edinburgh. In fact, you boys should know, I own all the saunas in Edinburgh. So your venture was never gonna happen, was it? I couldn't have you on my doorstep in competition for my members of staff, for my clientele. It was never gonna happen, Simon, was it?

Simons No, Mr. Doyle.

Doyle Right answer. I wouldn't let it happen. And it's not gonna happen, right? Thankfully for you two, I've done some due diligence on you, and what I hear is you're a couple of losers. Two absolute losers. How's that sound, Simon?

[''Scene of Doyle is showing their picture on his phone to sauna girls who nod in recognition'']

Simon Yeah, yeah, that's probably right enough.

Doyle Aye. "Probably right enough." Right answer. Take your clothes off. All of them. Fuck's sake.

Mark Probably right enough, Mr. Doyle.

Simon If you groveled a bit more, we might not be going home in the buff.

Mark At least I have my dignity.

Simon Is that what you're calling it?

Mark Are you ready?

Simon No.

Mark Come on.

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T2 Trainspotting

Reconnecting After Two Decades Apart

Simon Hello Mark.

Mark Simon.

Simon So what you've been up to... for 20 years?

Mark I've been in ].

[[w:Amsterdam|Amsterdam]

Simon Nice.

Mark Alright.

Simon So what else? Married?

Mark Aye.

Simon Nice.

Mark Dutch woman.

Simon Kids?

Mark Two.

Simon Boys or girls?

Mark One of each.

Simon Wee mark ey? Raise a chip off the old block.

Mark James actually, and Lora. How about you?

Simon I have a son. He is in London with his fucking whore mother.

Mark See him?

Simon Pretty regular, currently once every ten years!

Mark Alright.

Sick Boy Job?

Mark Aye. I did an accounting course. I work for a small business. Stock management software for the retail sector.

Simon Very nice. Well, as you can see I run my old aunty's pub. Very few customers, then they don't spend much. Sometimes I... I wonder if it's worth opening. The great wave of gentrification is yet to engulf us. There we go, eh? My lotted life!

Mark I see.

Simon six...teen...thousand...pounds! You thieving fucking bastard!

[While beating mark]

Mark You missed the trick, that's what hurts isn't it? I had the brains and fucking balls to steal the money, and you didn't!

T2 Trainspotting

Unexpected Reunion Between Simon and Franco

Simon Hello, Franco.

Franco Simon.

Simon But you're not...

Franco I'm out.

Simon Out"?

Franco Aye. Fucking shut up.

Simon Yeah, sorry if I seemed a little shocked to see you, Frank. It's just... Well, I was gonna... I was gonna deal with this myself and then give you the good news, but... You're not gonna believe this. So, two days ago, I got a call from an old friend of mine. Gav Temperly. You remember him?

Franco Aye.

Simon Anyway. He's on business in Amsterdam. And he's in a café one morning, and he hears this voice beside him. A whiny, cunty voice.

Franco No.

Simon So he turns around, right? This is two fucking days ago. I'm just getting over it myself. There he is.

Franco Holy fucking moly.

Simon Hasn't changed in 20 years. Very same smug, little cunty grin across his ugly face.

Franco For fuck's sake!

Simon Aye, Renton. Mark fucking Renton. Living in Amsterdam all this time on our money.

Franco Cunt. Did Renton clock him?

Simon No. So Gav followed him. He went into an office block not far from the center of town. And Gav had to split then, but he's gonna go back. He's gonna hang out, he's gonna follow Renton home, and then...

Franco And we're gonna pay him a visit.

Simon Exactly.

Franco I need a passport.

Simon I can get you one. I'll take some weapons. Well, we can probably get weapons there, Franco.

Franco Aye. Probably. They've got that kind of stuff in Amsterdam, eh?

Simon Aye. Now, the important thing is for you to keep your head down. Low profile till the passport comes through, till I get the tickets. Cause this is an opportunity, Frank.

Franco Right.

Simon I'm gonna fucking tear him to pieces.

Franco You most definitely fucking will.

Simon Simon and I do not sleep together.

Franco No? I had wondered.

Simon Once, but...

Trainspotting

The Elusiveness of Success and Talent

Sick Boy It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of life.

Renton What do you mean?

Sick Boy Well, at one time, you've got it, and then you lose it, and it's gone forever. All walks of life: ], for example. Had it, lost it. Or ]. Or ].

[[w:George Best|George Best; [David Bowie; [Lou Reed]

Renton Lou Reed, some of his solo stuff's not bad.

Sick Boy No, it's not bad. But it's not great either, is it? And in your heart you kind of know that although it sounds all right, it's actually just...shite.

Renton So who else?

Sick Boy ], ], ], ]...

[[w:Charlie Nicholas|Charlie Nicholas; [w:David Niven|David Niven; [w:Malcolm McLaren|Malcolm McLaren; [Elvis Presley]

Renton Okay, okay, so what's the point you're trying to make?

Sick Boy All I'm trying to do, Mark, is help you understand that ] is merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory.

[[w:The Name of the Rose (film)|The Name of the Rose]

Renton What about ]?

[[The Untouchables]

Sick Boy I don't rate that at all.

Renton Despite the Academy Award?

Sick Boy That means fuck all. It's a sympathy vote.

Renton Right. So we all get old and then we can't hack it anymore. Is that it?

Sick Boy Yeah.

Renton That's your theory?

Sick Boy Yeah. Beautifully fucking illustrated.

Renton Give me the gun. Give me the gun.

Sick Boy Do you see the beast? Have you got it in your sights?

[affects a Sean Connery accent]

Renton Clear enough, Miss Moneypenny! This should present no significant problems!

[aiming the pellet gun at a dog; shoots the dog, which starts attacking its owner]

Sick Boy For a vegetarian, Rents, you're a fuckin evil shot!

Trainspotting

A Miscommunication Over Lost Cards

Begbie Did you bring the cards?

Sick Boy What?

Begbie The cards, the last thing I told you was to mind the cards!

Sick Boy Well, I've not brought them.

Begbie It's fucking boring after a while without the cards.

Sick Boy I'm sorry.

Begbie Bit fucking late, like.

Sick Boy Why didn't you bring them?

Begbie Cause I fucking told you to bring them, you doss cunt!

Sick Boy Christ...

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