The Commitments
The Commitments
Release: 1991-08-14
·Runtime: 118m
·★ 7.3
Comedy
Drama
Music
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.
Production Countries
Ireland
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
Beacon Pictures
Beacon Communications
First Film Company
Dirty Hands Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Phelim Drew
as Roddy the Reporter
Robert Arkins
as Jimmy Rabbitte
Maria Doyle Kennedy
as Natalie Murphy
Sean Hughes
as Dave from Eeijit Records
Bronagh Gallagher
as Bernie McGloughlin
Liam Carney
as Duffy
Maura O'Malley
as Joey's Mother
John Cronin
as Kid with Horse
Caroline Corr
as (uncredited)
Johnny Murphy
as Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
Anne Kent
as Mrs. Rabbitte
Andrew Strong
as Deco Cuffe
Jim Corr
as Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band
Glen Hansard
as Outspan Foster
Lance Daly
as Kid with Harmonica
Owen O'Gorman
as Duffy's Sidekick
Colm Meaney
as Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
Ger Ryan
as Pawnbroker
Eanna MacLiam
as Failed Drug Buyer
Sharon Corr
as Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Angeline Ball
as Imelda Quirke
Dave Finnegan
as Mickah Wallace
Dick Massey
as Billy Mooney
Sheila Flitton
as Church Cleaner
Michael Aherne
as Steven Clifford
Ken McCluskey
as Derek Scully
Mark O'Regan
as Father Molloy
Andrea Corr
as Sharon Rabbitte
Alan Parker
as Eejit Record Producer
Crew
Cliff Lanning
Third Assistant Director
Alan Parker
Director
Ian La Frenais
Screenplay, Co-Producer
Armyan Bernstein
Executive Producer
Dick Clement
Screenplay, Co-Producer
Roddy Doyle
Screenplay, Novel
Wilson Pickett
Original Music Composer
John Hubbard
Casting
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Tom Rosenberg
Executive Producer
Ros Hubbard
Casting