Film
The Commitments
1991· R· 1h 58m· Comedy· Drama· Music
“They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.”
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.
1991-08-14
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Key Crew
DirectorAlan Parker
ScreenplayDick Clement
ProducerLynda Myles
Director of PhotographyGale Tattersall
Original Music ComposerWilson Pickett
EditorGerry Hambling
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Details
Released1991-08-14
Runtime1h 58m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosBeacon Communications · First Film Company · Dirty Hands Productions
Budget$12M
Box office$15M
LanguagesEnglish · Irish
CountriesUnited States of America · United Kingdom
Rating7.3/10 · 615 votes
Original languageen
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