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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.

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Nominated for the Oscar for Best Film Editing (1992)
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Box office
Grossed $14.9M worldwide, about 1.2 times its $12M budget
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Based on
Based on The Commitments
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Setting
Set in Dublin
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Collection
Part of The Barrytown Trilogy
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Music
Music by Wilson Pickett
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Gale Tattersall
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Director: Alan Parker
Writers: Ian La FrenaisScreenplay
Roddy DoyleNovel, Screenplay
Dick ClementScreenplay
Status: Released
Release date: August 14, 1991
Original language: English
Budget: $12M
Revenue: $14.9M
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom
Collection: The Barrytown Trilogy

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