Overview
Plot
Fresh out of school, Jimmy Rabbitte decides to form a soul band in his Dublin neighborhood. He recruits three talented female singers, a wedding singer named Deco, and an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
- Directors
- Alan Parker
- Cast
- Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Félim Gormley, Glen Hansard, Dick Massey, Johnny Murphy, Ken McCluskey, Andrew Strong, Colm Meaney, Anne Kent, Andrea Corr, Gerard Cassoni, Ruth Fairclough, Lindsay Fairclough, Michael O'Reilly, Liam Carney
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Release date
- 1991-08-14
- Studios
- Beacon Communications, First Film Company, Dirty Hands Productions
Plot
Warning: spoilers
The Commitments Plot and Cast
Set in Barrytown, a working-class area of north Dublin, the story follows Jimmy Rabbitte, who has just left school and hatches a plan to assemble a soul band. His search for musicians and singers gradually pays off when he discovers three gifted female vocalists close to home, spots Deco singing at a wedding, and gains an experienced trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan, who answers his advertisement.
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