The Commitments

1991

They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.

Alan Parker
1h 58m
August 14, 1991 · Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Overview

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: August 14, 1991
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English, Irish
Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Beacon Communications,Beacon Pictures,Dirty Hands Productions,First Film Company
Cast: Robert Arkins,Michael Aherne,Angeline Ball,Maria Doyle Kennedy,Dave Finnegan,Bronagh Gallagher,Félim Gormley,Glen Hansard,Dick Massey,Johnny Murphyand 60 more
Director: Alan Parker
Writer: Dick Clement,Ian La Frenais,Roddy Doyle
Producer: Lynda Myles,Roger Randall-Cutler,Tom Rosenberg,Souter Harris,Armyan Bernstein
Cinematography: Gale Tattersall
Music: Wilson Pickett
Budget: $12,000,000
Revenue: $14,919,570
Homepage: Official site
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