The Commitments (1991)

Movie"They had nothing to lose, they risked it all."
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R 1 hr 58 minAug 14th, 1991Drama, Comedy, MusicThe Barrytown Trilogy PosterPart of The Barrytown Trilogy
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.
StarringRobert ArkinsMichael AherneAngeline Ball
DirectorAlan Parker

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:August 14th, 1991 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:January 1st, 1991 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$12,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$14,919,570 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Tom Rosenberg, Souter Harris, Armyan Bernstein
Production Companies:Beacon Pictures, Beacon Communications, First Film Company, Dirty Hands Productions
The Commitments on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
irelanddublin, irelandbandsoul musicwilson pickettthe barrytown trilogy

The Barrytown Trilogy

The Barrytown Trilogy is an Irish comedy-drama media franchise centered on the Rabbittes, a working-class family from Barrytown, Dublin. It began in 1988 when Beacon Pictures and 20th Century Fox bought the rights to the 1987 novel The Commitments by Roddy Doyle shortly after it was published. The book was successful, as was Alan Parker's 1991 film adaptation. The film received cult status and is regarded as one of the best Irish films ever made. In 1999, the British Film Institute ranked the film at number 38 on its list of the "100 best British films of the century", based on votes from 1,000 leading figures of the film industry. A sequel novel, The Snapper, was published in 1990, followed by a film adaptation in 1993. A third novel, The Van, was published and shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, followed by a film adaptation in 1996.