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The Commitments (1991)
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Runtime118 min
Rating15
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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.
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The Commitments, Alan Parker's 1991 comedy-drama about a ragtag group of Dublin musicians forming a soul band, was met with critical acclaim. The film received numerous accolades, including two BAFTA Awards. With an IMDb rating of 7.5/10 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94%, The Commitments has been widely praised by both critics and audiences for its energetic musical performances and compelling characters.
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The Commitments is a 1991 musical comedy-drama film based on the 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle. It was directed by Alan Parker from a screenplay written by Doyle, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Set in the Northside of Dublin, the film tells the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young music fanatic who assembles a group of working-class youths to form a soul band named "The Commitments". The film is the first in a series known as The Barrytown Trilogy, followed by The Snapper (1993) and The Van (1996).
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