An Alan Parker Film.
The Commitments released
in 1991, follows the fortunes of Jimmy Rabbitte a man with a vision - to
bring soul music to Dublin. His friends Derek and Outspan ask him to manage
their band and Jimmy agrees, but only on his terms.
He places an ad in
the local paper which simply reads:" Have you got soul? If so, the World's
Hardest Working Band is looking for you ".
And so were born THE
COMMITMENTS.
Award winning Alan
Parker's visionary movie about the rise and fall of a Dublin soul band
has taken the UK by storm, a No1 box office smash, attracting rave reviews
and producing one of the hottest new musical talents in years.
Starring Robert
Arkins as Jimmy Rabbitte and Michael Aherne,
Angeline Ball,
Maria Doyle, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher,
Felim Gormley,
Glen Hansard, Dick Massey, Johnny Murphy,
Kenneth McCluskey
and Andrew Strong as The Commitments .
Also look out for appearances
from a young Andrea Corr as Jimmy Rabbitte's sister
and Colm Meany (Star
Trek's Chief O'Brien) as Jimmy's ,Elvis -loving father.
Screenplay by
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle, based on Doyle's novel .
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