Why is it called 200 cigarettes???

I personally think you're probably right with your second theory, although I've also considered the first. As for whether or not it's an important enough detail to warrant becoming the title - it may well be that the carton of cigs played a bigger part in the original script.

Titles being an odd thing in movies - the example that springs to mind is 'Trainspotting'. Different in that obviously it's the title of the book also, but for viewers who'd not read the book, the fact that the film-makers decided to cut the scene which explaine the title is probably a source of mystery.

okay just to prove that i am a true loser, i have counted the cigarettes they smoke in the movie, they being the people with legitimate speaking roles and they smoke far more than 200, it was in the 300's when i counted about two years back. why did i do that you might ask, it would be because i truly love this movie! it has the greatest cast and possibly the best soundtrack i've ever scene though some of the music was of the mid-80's not of pre-1981, and also the whole the movie was shot in 1998 and it took place in 1981, and you can see the cars in the background that are 1996 crown victoria's but it takes a true movie buff to see that kind of thing though...

the second theory is correct. and im pretty sure they call it that because at the end paul rudd's character talks about how people smoke to hide their inner feelings, and during the whole movie the characters are going through some time of change and sorta hide their emmotions. plus lucy gave paul rudd a pack of 200 cigs at the beginning.




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Yeah. I didn't really get why Trainspotting had that title. I knew it was a book, but I didn't read it, so I was confused. You only see one train in it.

As for 200 Cigarettes, I think it had to do with the box of cigarettes Lucy gives to Kevin. I'm not sure, but it might be. Or.. what queenmab71 said, maybe all together the cast smoked 200 cigarettes.
By the way, queenmab71, I'm guessing your name is from Merlin? That was a good movie, Queen Mab was the best character! I love Miranda Richardson. Then again, your name might be from something completely different. Oh well.

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It might also be because at the end Kevin points out that everyone hid behind their cigarettes at the party, so it's like a moral or something.

-Josh

It might also be because at the end Kevin points out that everyone hid behind their cigarettes at the party, so it's like a moral or something.

-Josh

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Ok trainspotting is not a hobby in the uk it is a hobby in england!! not in scotland . and the person was right when they said it just showed how people who are on heroin value their life so little that they find trianspotting a non-pointless exercise

Like someone said, Kevin's dialogue at the end of the movie says it all.

People will go to great lengths to remain on the surface of life. They'll deny very real feelings for each other out of fear, like Lucy and Kevin did, while doing demeaning things like running around like rats on New Year's Eve to get to a party (or throw a party!) and/or get laid, merely to confirm to their egos that their lives aren't completely lacking.

In the end, you see everyone had a blast, you got some warm fuzzies from the poloroids, but none of these people are going to see each other again.

There's a song in there somewhere, and its title is listed at the end, "I smoked 200 cigarettes". Ergo the movie title.