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.

Release Date

August 14, 1991

Status

Released

Original Title

The Commitments

Runtime

1h 58min

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$14,919,570

Language

English, Irish

The Barrytown Trilogy

Part of

The Barrytown Trilogy

Includes: The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van