The Commitments
They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.
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.
- Director
- Alan Parker
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $15M
Who's in it
Cast
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18 billed performers
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What It's About
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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.
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Box Office & Release
The Commitments returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $12M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $15M
- Release date
- Aug 14, 1991
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Irish
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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