The Commitments - Drama Classic Movies on DVD (1991) Starring Robert Arkins; Directed by Alan Parker; 20th Century Fox : OLDIES.com

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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
Featurette
Music Video

Additional Products:

CD Sampler

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - 09/05/1991

"...Doyle has a haunting loveliness..."

New York Times - 08/14/1991

"...A group of talented newcomers....A hyperkinetic jumble, filling the air with song..."

USA Today - 08/14/1991

"...An infectious little movie....Robust performances..."

Los Angeles Times - 08/30/1991

"...There's no resisting THE COMMITMENTS....When that band starts to sing, the screen fills with genuine life..."

Uncut - 08/01/2000

"[With] a stirring soundtrack and exuberant performances."

Product Description:

Alan Parker's THE COMMITMENTS, based on Roddy Doyle's buoyant debut novel, follows the enjoyable travails of a band cobbled together by young Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), whose vision is to bring soul music to Dublin. After putting an ad in the local paper, Jimmy assembles an unlikely group of musicians who, though nervous, raw, and rough, make music that speaks to something very near the heart of their audience of curious kids and sharp-tongued, sarcastic relatives. As the band nears its big break, egos clash and expectations of fame and fortune start to tear them apart, forcing Jimmy to fight desperately to keep them together.

THE COMMITMENTS bubbles over with life, largely on the strength of the young, mostly unknown cast. Andrew Strong shines in the role of the lead singer exuding a volatile and irresistible charisma as he transforms rapidly from an unsure adolescent into an egotistical spotlight hogger. Colm Meaney contributes a hilarious cameo as Jimmy's father (a role that would expand in two later film adaptations of Doyle novels, THE SNAPPER and THE VAN). Pumped along by killer 1960s soul tunes and crackling throughout with quick-witted dialogue, THE COMMITMENTS is an effervescent, affecting tour through working-class Dublin.

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Exerpts:

"The Irish are the blacks of Europe. Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. North Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin" -- Jimmy Rabbitte (ROBERT ARKINS)

"Elvis was not a Cajun!" Jimmy's dad (COLM MEANY)

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Robert Arkins
Directed by		Alan Parker
Produced by		Lynda Myles & Roger Randall-Cutler
Music by		Paul Bushnell
Featured		Kenneth McCluskey, Alan Parker, Andrea Corr & Jim Corr
Screenwriting by		Roddy Doyle, Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais
Director of Photography		Gale Tattersall
Performer		Michael Aherne, Angeline Hall, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Felim Gormley, Glen Hansard, Dick Massey, Johnny Murphy & Andrew Strong

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