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Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy

Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy

An agonisingly watered-down imitation of Welsh's short story

(2 stars)19 Apr 2012

Nothing dates faster than drug culture, and writer-director Rob Heydon’s Irvine Welsh adaptation arrives nearly two decades after the era of the dedicated pill-popper. Taken from Welsh’s story 'The Undefeated', part of the 1996 compilation that provides…

Film adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy to premiere at Toronto Film Festival

Film adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy to premiere at Toronto Film Festival

20 Aug 2011

The premiere of Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy will take place at the Toronto Independent Film Festival WHEN, which takes place from 8–18 September. The film is directed by music video director Rob Heydon, making his big screen debut, and stars Scottish actors…

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse's death caused by ecstasy tablet?

Music Gossip

24 Jul 2011

Amy Winehouse is believed to have died from a mix of ecstasy and alcohol. The tragic singer died at her home in North London yesterday (23.07.11) and although police have said it would be "inappropriate" to speculate before the post-mortem is…

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Clubbing onstage

Chemical Romance

31 Jul 2008

As an experience that thrives on the spontaneity of the moment, and, often, some kind of altered state of consciousness, clubbing is a difficult subject to translate into drama. Since the mid-90s, the much-trumpeted drug movie or novel has largely…

Rough Cuts - film news

Rough Cuts

15 Jan 2007

It seems the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel Ecstasy has run into a heap of bother on its way to the big screen. Production was supposed to start in November but clashes between the Scottish production manager and the line producer and Rob…

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