Movie
The Commitments
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
- Release date
- 1991-08-14
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Beacon Communications, First Film Company, Dirty Hands Productions
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Arkins as Jimmy Rabbitte
- Michael Aherne as Steven Clifford
- Angeline Ball as Imelda Quirke
- Maria Doyle Kennedy as Natalie Murphy
- Dave Finnegan as Mickah Wallace
- Bronagh Gallagher as Bernie McGloughlin
- Félim Gormley as Dean Fay
- Glen Hansard as Outspan Foster
- Dick Massey as Billy Mooney
- Johnny Murphy as Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
- Ken McCluskey as Derek Scully
- Andrew Strong as Deco Cuffe
Crew
- Alan Parker - Director
- Ian La Frenais - Screenplay
- Dick Clement - Screenplay
- Roddy Doyle - Screenplay
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