{"id":703,"date":"2011-09-01T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T00:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=703"},"modified":"2015-11-09T13:18:42","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T18:18:42","slug":"irvine-welshs-ecstasy-film-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"Irvine Welsh&#8217;s Ecstasy film adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ecstasy is the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh&#8217;s 1996 book,\u00a0Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, which is a collection of three novellas.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5ls2TegJ60?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>The film is produced and directed by Rob Heydon. With Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk, Billy Boyd, and Carlo Rota with cameos by Irvine Welsh and Alex Lifeson from Canadian music legends, Rush.\u00a0Alex Lifeson plays the role of a Dr. Fig who does not appear in the book.<\/p>\n<p>The film will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10th. For more information, visit the official <a title=\"Ecstasy The Movie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecstasymovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ecstasy The Movie\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ecstasy is the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh&#8217;s 1996 book,\u00a0Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, which is a collection of three novellas. The film is <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=703\" title=\"Irvine Welsh&#8217;s Ecstasy film adaptation\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6,15,27,37],"tags":[414,634,3208,1240],"class_list":["post-703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-film","category-movie","category-trailer","tag-ecstasy","tag-irvine-welsh","tag-movie","tag-toronto-international-film-festival"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/irvine-welsh-s-ecstasy-pstr01.jpg?fit=2000%2C1414&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-bl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35514,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=35514","url_meta":{"origin":703,"position":0},"title":"Tom Furse (The Horrors) shares \u2018A Journey In Ecstasy\u2019  video","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"February 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"To\u00a0coincide with the release of a\u00a0new album on\u00a0Lo Recordings, The Horrors\u2019 co-founder and synthesist,\u00a0Tom Furse\u00a0has shared\u00a0a special self-made video for the\u00a0lead single. 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