The Commitments
1991/08/14 • $12,000,000 • Released • Irish, English
They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.
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.
Director : Alan Parker
Casts
Robert Arkins
Jimmy Rabbitte
Michael Aherne
Steven Clifford
Angeline Ball
Imelda Quirke
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Natalie Murphy
Dave Finnegan
Mickah Wallace
Bronagh Gallagher
Bernie McGloughlin
Glen Hansard
Outspan Foster
Johnny Murphy
Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
Dick Massey
Billy Mooney
Andrew Strong
Deco Cuffe
Ken McCluskey
Derek Scully
Colm Meaney
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
Anne Kent
Mrs. Rabbitte
Andrea Corr
Sharon Rabbitte
Ger Ryan
Pawnbroker
Liam Carney
Duffy
Mark O'Regan
Father Molloy
Phelim Drew
Roddy the Reporter
Sean Hughes
Dave from Eeijit Records
Lance Daly
Kid with Harmonica
Eanna MacLiam
Failed Drug Buyer
Maura O'Malley
Joey's Mother
Owen O'Gorman
Duffy's Sidekick
John Cronin
Kid with Horse
Sheila Flitton
Church Cleaner
Jim Corr
Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band
Alan Parker
Eejit Record Producer
Sharon Corr
Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Caroline Corr
(uncredited)
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