The Commitments
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.
Crew and Cast
Alan ParkerDirector
Robert ArkinsJimmy Rabbitte
Michael AherneSteven Clifford
Angeline BallImelda Quirke
Maria Doyle KennedyNatalie Murphy
Dave FinneganMickah Wallace
Bronagh GallagherBernie McGloughlinFélim GormleyDean Fay
Glen HansardOutspan Foster
Dick MasseyBilly Mooney
Johnny MurphyJoey 'The Lips' Fagan
Ken McCluskeyDerek Scully
Andrew StrongDeco Cuffe
Colm MeaneyJimmy Rabbitte · Sr.
Anne KentMrs. Rabbitte
Andrea CorrSharon RabbitteGerard CassoniDarren Rabbitte
Ruth FaircloughRabbitte Twin
Lindsay FaircloughRabbitte Twin
Michael O'ReillyGreg
Liam CarneyDuffy
Ger RyanPawnbroker
Mark O'ReganFather Molloy
Phelim DrewRoddy the Reporter
Sean HughesDave from Eeijit RecordsPhilip BredinRay
Aoife LawlessImelda's Sister
Lance DalyKid with HarmonicaConor MaloneProtest Song Singer
Jezz BellHeavy Metal Singer
Colm MacConiomareFiddler
Part of theThe Barrytown TrilogyView the collectionYou Might Also Like
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 14 August 1991
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 7.3 / 10 (634 votes)
Production
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Writers
- Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle
- Studios
- Beacon Communications, First Film Company, Dirty Hands Productions
- Countries
- United States of America, United Kingdom
Box Office
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Revenue
- $14.9M
- Profit
- $2.9M
- Return
- 1.2×
- Collection
- The Barrytown Trilogy
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English, Irish