Information
- BFI identifier358502
- Date1991 (Copyright)
1991-09-27 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisA story of a band of young Dubliners playing American 60's soul. Set in the working-class north side of contemporary Dublin. (Synopsis)
- Work historyFilmed entirely on location in Ireland.
- Genre
- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Alan Parker
©: Inc. Beacon Communications
a First Film Company, Dirty Hands production: First Film Company
view all - CastRobert Arkins (Jimmy Rabbitte)
Michael Aherne (Steven Clifford)
Angeline Ball (Imelda Quirke)
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Title
The Commitments (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/68F8-557D-62BB-3934-0675-BCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Doyle, Roddy - SCR-1263
Script - Script type: Shooting script dated 10-08-1990, amended 20-08-1990, and an undated addendum - SCR-5766
Ephemera: publicity - PBU-358502
Commitments (1991) - Documentation - Material relating to the film 'The Commitments' directed by Alan Parker, about the formation of a Dublin based soul band, which was written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle from Doyle’s 1987 novel. The film was shot in Dublin in 1990 and premiered on the 14th August 1991. It won 5 BAFTAs and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar. Includes scripts, correspondence, photographs and stills, posters, press kit, advertising, tour and merchandising. See also: http://alanparker.com/film/the-commitments/ and Chapter 11 in 'The Films of Alan Parker, 1976-2003 by David F Gonthier, Jr. and Timothy M. O'Brien. McFArland & Company Inc. 2015 - PKR-1-18
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view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-s14
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-s13
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00m-svk
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-mgt
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00m-mgs
view all - ArticlesFilm Ireland n121 Mar/Apr 2008 - ArticleScreen International n1559 18 Aug 2006 - Note, Tablesview all
- Books
- +The Commitments
Work - 358502 - 1991 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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