The Commitments

"They had nothing to lose, they risked it all."

Sep 13 1991 R 1h 58m
Comedy, Drama, Music

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.

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Plot

Funny, musical and occasionally dramatic, this is the story of tumultuous rise and fall of a Dublin Soul band, The Commitments. Managed by Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed wheeler and dealer with a vision to create "The Worlds Hardest Working Band".

Written by

Roddy Doyle, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais

Directed by

Alan Parker

Cast

Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom, Ireland

Production Companies

20th Century Fox, Dirty Hands Productions, First Film Company, Beacon Communications, Beacon Pictures

Languages

Gaeilge, English

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 12 nominations total

Trailers
THE COMMITMENTS - Trailer ( 1991 )
UK Re-Release Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
42,413
Average Rating
7.6 out of 10
Metascore
73
Popularity
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