The Commitments
“They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.”
1991•R•1h 58m•7.3•Released
ComedyDramaMusic
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.
Director
Alan Parker
Writer
Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle
Budget
$12M
Revenue
$15M
Languages
English, Irish
Studio
Beacon Communications
Cast
Robert Arkins
Jimmy Rabbitte
Michael Aherne
Steven Clifford
Angeline Ball
Imelda Quirke
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Natalie Murphy
Dave Finnegan
Mickah Wallace
Bronagh Gallagher
Bernie McGloughlin
Félim Gormley
Dean Fay
Glen Hansard
Outspan Foster
Dick Massey
Billy Mooney
Johnny Murphy
Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
Ken McCluskey
Derek Scully
Andrew Strong
Deco Cuffe
Colm Meaney
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
Anne Kent
Mrs. Rabbitte
Andrea Corr
Sharon Rabbitte
Production
Company
Beacon Communications
Company
First Film Company
Company
Dirty Hands Productions
Producer
Roger Randall-Cutler
Producer
Lynda Myles
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