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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Commitments
is a 1991 film adaptation of a novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle. It
tells of unemployed Dubliners who form a soul band. It was directed by
Alan Parker from a screenplay adapted by Dick Clement, Ian Le Frenais
and Doyle himself. The film was an international co-production between
companies in Ireland, the UK, and the United States. It was filmed on
location in Dublin. The Commitments stars Robert Arkins as Jimmy
Rabbitte, Johnny Murphy as Joey "The Lips" Fagan, and Colm Meaney as
Jimmy Rabbitte Sr. The members of the band are played by Michael Aherne,
Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Félim
Gormley, Glen Hansard, Dick Massey, Kenneth McCluskey, and Andrew Strong
as Deco. Jimmy Rabbitte aspires to manage the world's greatest band,
with only one music in mind: soul. Disgusted with bands in Ireland, he
assembles a soul band in the tradition of Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin,
James Brown and Wilson Pickett. Jimmy auditions at his parents' house
and assembles young musicians. Unlike his idols, Jimmy's band is all
white.
