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The Commitments (1991)

Directed by Alan Parker

Music | Comedy | Drama

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 118 minutes

Actors

Robert Arkins | Michael Aherne | Angeline Ball | Maria Doyle Kennedy | Dave Finnegan | Bronagh Gallagher | Glen Hansard | Félim Gormley | Johnny Murphy | Dick Massey | Andrew Strong | Ken McCluskey | Colm Meaney | Anne Kent | Andrea Corr | Gerard Cassoni | Ruth Fairclough | Lindsay Fairclough | Ger Ryan | Liam Carney | Mark O'Regan | Phelim Drew | Sean Hughes | Philip Bredin | Aoife Lawless | Lance Daly | Conor Malone | Jezz Bell | Colm MacConiomare | Emily Dawson | Dave Kane | Kristel Harris | Maria Place | Brian MacAodha | Tricia Smith | Canice William | Patrick Foy | Jody Campbell | Allan Murray | Eanna MacLiam | Philomena Kavanagh | Peter Rowen | Eamonn O'Conner | Maura O'Malley | Blaise Smith | Derek Herbert | Owen O'Gorman | Pat Leavy | John Cronin | Rynagh O'Grady | Sheila Flitton | Michael Bolger | Mick Nolan | Eileen Reid | Bob Navan | Derek Duggan | Paddy O'Connor | Jim Corr | Larry Hogan | Bernard Keelan | Ronan Hardiman | Mikel Murfi | Josylen Lyons | Winston Dennis | Alan Parker | Paul Bushnell | Sharon Corr | Caroline Corr | Michael O'Reilly | Gilbert White

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Thanks to SpoutBlog for tipping me to Glen Hansard’s role in The Commitments. I was unaware so it made for a more than pleasant re-watch of a film I hardly remember from my college days. My g/f at the time would play the OST like all the time that I came to resent the thought of this film and naturally repressed it. Glad to see it now; it’s terrific.

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