The Commitments

The Commitments

118 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Aug. 14, 1991

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick 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.

The Commitments

118 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Aug. 14, 1991

The Commitments
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick 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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Beacon Communications, Beacon Pictures, First Film Company, Dirty Hands Productions
Original title The Commitments
Directors Alan Parker
Writers Roddy Doyle, Ian La Frenais, Dick Clement

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

FĂ©lim Gormley

as Dean Fay

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

Gerard Cassoni

as Darren Rabbitte

Ruth Fairclough

as Rabbitte Twin

Lindsay Fairclough

as Rabbitte Twin

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

Philip Bredin

as Ray

Aoife Lawless

as Imelda's Sister

Lance Daly

as Kid with Harmonica

Conor Malone

as Protest Song Singer

Jezz Bell

as Heavy Metal Singer

Colm MacConiomare

as Fiddler

Emily Dawson

as Punk Girl Singer

Dave Kane

as Coconuts Trio

Kristel Harris

as Coconuts Trio

Maria Place

as Coconuts Trio

Brian MacAodha

as Uileann Pipe Player

Tricia Smith

as Les Miserables Singer

Canice William

as Smiths' Song Singer

Patrick Foy

as Cajun Trio

Jody Campbell

as Cajun Trio

Allan Murray

as Cajun Trio

Eanna MacLiam

as Failed Drug Buyer

Philomena Kavanagh

as Rabbittes Neighbour

Peter Rowen

as Shy Skateboard Auditioner

Eamonn O'Conner

as Only De Lonely Singer

Maura O'Malley

as Joey's Mother

Blaise Smith

as Pool Hall Manager

Derek Herbert

as Duffy's Sidekick

Owen O'Gorman

as Duffy's Sidekick

Pat Leavy

as Unemployment Official

John Cronin

as Kid with Horse

Rynagh O'Grady

as Bernie's Mother

Sheila Flitton

as Church Cleaner

Michael Bolger

as Community Centre Kid

Mick Nolan

as Imelda's Father

Eileen Reid

as Imelda's Mother

Bob Navan

as Regency Pub Barman

Derek Duggan

as Photographer

Paddy O'Connor

as Rock Salmon Man

Jim Corr

as Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band

Larry Hogan

as Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band

Bernard Keelan

as Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band

Ronan Hardiman

as Dancehall Manager

Mikel Murfi

as Music Journalist

Josylen Lyons

as Deco's Fan

Winston Dennis

as Man in Limo

Alan Parker

as Eejit Record Producer

Paul Bushnell

as Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band / Eejit Engineer

Sharon Corr

as Fiddle Player (uncredited)

Caroline Corr

as (uncredited)