The Commitments
“They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.”
ComedyDramaMusic
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.
VIBE
A raw, energetic blast of Dublin working-class life. It’s about the messy, often hilarious, process of creating something beautiful out of nothing, fueled by pure passion and the power of soul music.
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dublinirelandirelandsoul musicbandthe barrytown trilogywilson pickett
