The Commitments
– Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Bar..
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick 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.
13 Sep 1991
English, Irish
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Alan Parker
Roddy Doyle (novel), Dick Clement (screenplay), Ian La Frenais (screenplay), Roddy Doyle (screenplay)
Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy
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".
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 10 nominations.
20th Century Fox Film Corporation