The Commitments
They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.
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8/14/1991Runtime
118 minsOverview
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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A scrappy, energetic Dublin band comes together with unpolished charm and infectious spirit, mixing comedy with the genuine struggles of musicians trying to make it from the margins. It's a feel-good film that never lets you forget the grind beneath the joy.
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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
Félim Gormley
Dean Fay
Johnny Murphy
Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
Dick Massey
Billy Mooney
Andrew Strong
Deco Cuffe
Ken McCluskey
Derek Scully
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