Director
Paul McGuigan
Starring
Stephen McCole, Maurice Roëves, Garry Sweeney, Kevin McKidd, Michelle Gomez, Ewen Bremner, Martin Clunes
Run Time
112 mins
Release Year
1998
Country of Origin
UK
Language
English
Director of Photography: Alasdair Walker
Editor: Andrew Hulme
Produced by: David Muir, Alex Usborne
Music: Dan Mudford
Screenplay by: Irvine Welsh
Production Designer: Richard Bridgland, Mike Gunn
Sound Production: Andrew Hulme
The Acid House
Part of the 4 Views of Scotland Strand
Irvine Welsh’s gritty adaptation of three tales from his own bestselling short-story collection, directed by Paul McGuigan (Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, Lucky Number Slevin) and filmed on location in Edinburgh, featuring an abundance of Scottish talent. The Granton Star Cause (EIFF 1996), Boab (Stephen McCole in his first film role) has a very bad day; A Soft Touch, cuckolded Johnny (Kevin McKidd) struggles with his wife Catriona’s (Michelle Gomez) flagrant affair; and The Acid House, a drug-fuelled fantasy with Ewen Bremner and Martin Clunes. [18]