The Commitments DVD 1991 / Directed by Alan Parker / Starring: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle, Dave Finnegan

UPC 5996255719949

REGION 2 PAL DVD 

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO:  English 5.1, Polish 5.1, Turkish 5.1

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian, Turkish, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Portuguese, Croatian, Slovenian

Total Runtime: 113 minutes

English Summary:

The Commitments is a 1991 musical comedy-drama film based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle. It was directed by Alan Parker from a screenplay written by Doyle, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Set in the Northside of Dublin, the film tells the story of Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), a young music fanatic who assembles a group of working-class youths to form a soul band named "The Commitments".

In the Northside of Dublin, Ireland, Jimmy Rabbitte is a young music fanatic who aspires to manage an Irish soul band in the tradition of 1960s African-American recording artists. He places an advert in the local newspaper and holds auditions in his parents' home. After being deluged by scores of disastrous performers, Jimmy decides to put together a band consisting of friends and people he encounters—lead singer Deco Cuffe, guitarist Outspan Foster, pianist Steven Clifford, saxophonist Dean Fay, bassist Derek Scully, drummer Billy Mooney, and female backup singers Bernie McGloughlin, Natalie Murphy and Imelda Quirke. Jimmy then meets Joey "The Lips" Fagan, a veteran musician who offers his services, and has unlikely stories about meeting and working with famous musicians. Joey names the band "The Commitments".

After purchasing a drum set and acquiring a piano from Joey's mother, Jimmy secures the remainder of the band's musical equipment from Duffy, a black market dealer. The band rehearses on the second floor above a snooker hall, and after much practice, they convince a local church community centre to give them a gig, under the pretence of it being an anti-heroin campaign. Jimmy then hires Mickah Wallace, a hot-tempered bouncer, to act as the band's security. The band draws a good crowd, but after Deco inadvertently hits Derek with his microphone stand, the amplifiers explode, resulting in a power outage.

Hungarian Summary:

A film egy különös ír zenekar elbővölő története. Az Észak-Dublin legszegényebb negyedében élő Jimmy Rabbitte azt tanácsolja rockzenész barátainak, hogy alapítsanak soulzenekart. Rabbitte logikája kikezdhetetlen. Szerinte ugyanis az írek Európa feketéi, a dubliniak Írország feketéi, az észak-dubliniak pedig Dublin feketéi, logikus tehát, hogy éppen ők alapítsanak soul-zenekart...

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