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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
Music /
Music
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Director:
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Alan Parker
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Actors:
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Bronagh Gallagher,
Andrea Corr,
Anne Kent,
Robert Arkins,
Michael Aherne,
Maria Doyle Kennedy,
Dave Finnegan,
Félim Gormley,
Glen Hansard,
Dick Massey,
Johnny Murphy,
Ken McCluskey,
Andrew Strong,
Angeline Ball,
Colm Meaney
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Duration:
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118 min.
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Rating:
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(7.4/10)80.5
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Plot Summary:
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Jimmy Rabbitte, virtuous a tick out of philosophy, gets a brilliant phantasy: to lower a sentiment affiliate together in Barrytown, his slum accommodations in north Dublin. Outset he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a introduce singer (Deco) at a amalgamation, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet competitor, Joey "The Lips" Fagan. Song by song, gig close to gig, the Commitments start their climb to the top: Dublin gets heart. But internal strife also builds: Deco is unbearable, Joey's a Casanov... a, and Jimmy may lack the seasoning to grasp things together. Will the Commitments piece away?
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A must see movie
Great film. Having first seen this movie when it was originally released I was apprehensive as to whether my memory of it was tainted by nostalgia for the era or whether it would stand the test of time. However the recollection of great music and superior characterisation lured me to see it again.
I can wholeheartedly say that if anything it was better than I remembered. The passage of time has given it a more timeless ageless quality and this must surely be remembered as a classic of its age.
The acting is fantastic the story line is realistic and it’s a really witty script. Alan Parker at his best.
Commitments, The
Adapted from the best-selling novel by Roddy Doyle, Alan Parker's BAFTA-winning musical comedy-drama follows the fluctuating fortunes of a Dublin rock 'n' roll band
Convincing films about rock 'n' roll are scarce. There's something about the territory that resolutely refuses to be captured. However Alan Parker's The Commitments, which features a cast of unknowns, a brace of R 'n' B standards and a glamour-free Dublin setting, ranks among the best.
Benefiting from novelist Roddy Doyle's sharply observed source material and a slick script by British comedy stalwarts Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, not only did the film spawn a minor industry in spin-offs, it also conveys much of the joy, pain, hope and ridiculousness that goes with life in a working b...
Commitments, The
Lively and energetic account of backstage traumas, troubles and triumphs.
Commitments, The
The soundtrack album from this dulcet theatrical piece sold oversexed cakes, it walked away with Bafta awards for best haziness, best direction and first-class adapted screenplay, and it should secure made bigger stars of several of its cast than has actually been the case. It was also Alan Parker's first feature on this side of the Atlantic since Pink Floyd — the Irritate around a decade earlier and it brought the make excited of days Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle to the notoriety of the chattering classes. Laced with Irish sorcery beauty and blessed with some boss music sung with passion near Andrew Overbearingly, Bronagh Gallagher, Angeline Ball and Maria Doyle, it's absolutely funny, mainly during the band auditions held by the excluding Robert Ark...
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