The Commitments (1991)
They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.
118 min
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.
- Release date
- October 17, 1991
- Country of origin
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $14,919,570
Trailer
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
Crew
- Alan Parker · Director
- Roddy Doyle · Writer
- Dick Clement · Writer
- Ian La Frenais · Writer
- Lynda Myles · Producer
- Roger Randall-Cutler · Producer
- Wilson Pickett · Composer
- Gale Tattersall · Cinematographer
- Gerry Hambling · Editor
- John Hubbard · Casting director
- Ros Hubbard · Casting director
- Brian Morris · Production designer