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