

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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12M
- Box office
- $14.9M
- Language
- English
- rock 'n' roll
- dublin, ireland
- ireland
- soul music
- irish
- band
- the barrytown trilogy
- wilson pickett
- cheerful
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United States of America, United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR14 Aug 1991
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical154 Oct 1991
- Physical15Blu-ray & DVD2 Sept 2024
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM27 Sept 1991
BrazilBR
- TV12TV Record3 Mar 2005
- Physical12Bluray/DVD6 Mar 2009
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-71 Nov 1991
FranceFR
- Theatrical28 Aug 1991
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray12 Feb 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1217 Oct 1991
GreeceGR
- TheatricalRe-Issue17 Jul 2025
IrelandIE
- Theatrical154 Oct 1991
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1214 Feb 1992
- Physical12DVD2 Jan 2003
- TV12RTL 826 Feb 2008
New ZealandNZ
- TheatricalPG10 Sept 1991
TürkiyeTR
- Theatrical13 Dec 1991
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The Commitments was released on 14 August 1991.
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CinemaSerf
3/14/2024
"Jimmy" (Robert Arkins) is a bit of a restless, creative, spirit and a man who is bored with the Dublin music scene. To rectify matters, he and his pal "Joey" (Johnny Murphy) - aka 'The Lips" decide to hold auditions to create a band. A band with an unique sound to challenge the prevailing mediocrity. After some frankly hilarious auditions that pitch the tone deaf straight into the arms of the fashion police, the pai…
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