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The Commitments(1991)
Status: Released
Date: 1991-08-14
73%
556 Votes
Time: 1h 58m
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.
Languages: English, Irish.
Countries:
Ireland,
United Kingdom,
United States of America
Budget: $12,000,000.00
Revenue: $14,919,570.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Beacon Communications
First Film Company
Dirty Hands Productions
Movie: The Commitments
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Video Trailer The Commitments
Video: THE COMMITMENTS - Trailer ( 1991 )
THE COMMITMENTS - Trailer ( 1991 )
UK Re-Release Trailer
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UK Re-Release Trailer - Trailer
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