The Commitments Director: Alan Parker Cast: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy
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- DVD Release Date: 03/16/2004
- Original Release: 1991
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- Sales Rank: 2,227
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Features
Closed Caption; Full-length audio commentary by director Alan Parker; "The Commitments: Looking Back" documentary; All-new "Dublin Soul" featurette; Two behind-the-scenes making-of featurettes; Music video "Treat Her Right" with introduction by Alan Parker and Robert Arkins; Two new songs "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Taking on the World"; Still photo gallery; Theatrical trailer; TV/radio spots
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Side #1 -- The Feature
1. Main Titles [1:27]
2. How it All Began [4:57]
3. Dublin Soul [1:19]
4. The Ad [1:03]
5. Potential Stars [2:17]
6. Getting Some Singers [1:05]
7. Studying the Master [5:01]
8. A Godsend [2:08]
9. The Commitment-ettes [:41]
10. The Society of Soul [1:26]
11. Black and Proud [4:17]
12. Rehearsals [:34]
13. An Unemployed Musician [2:03]
14. The Go-Ahead [3:50]
15. Too Many Fish in the Sea [1:15]
16. Natalie's Older Man [1:06]
17. Preparations [4:01]
18. Ladies and Gentlemen...The Commitments [2:52]
19. Bye Bye Baby [3:51]
20. Show Me [:18]
21. A Shocking Experience [1:22]
22. It's Alive! [1:14]
23. A Prior Commitment [1:54]
24. Talkin' Elvis [:47]
25. Commited [2:30]
26. Take Me to the River [2:31]
27. The Dark End of the Street [1:16]
28. Billy Quits [:26]
29. The Mister Chippy Van [1:15]
30. Hard to Handle [:23]
31. Chain of Fools [3:59]
32. Jimmy's Savior [:41]
33. A Celebrity Jam? [2:20]
34. Mustang Sally [1:41]
35. I Never Loved a Man [:58]
36. Try a Little Tenderness [:49]
37. In the Midnight Hour [1:50]
38. No Problems With the Band [4:05]
39. Where Are They Now? [:32]
40. End Titles [2:41]
Editorial Reviews
This unassuming little import from the United Kingdom exploded on U.S. movie screens in 1991, gleaning surprisingly enthusiastic reviews and -- despite an unknown cast with nearly impenetrable Irish brogues -- delighting American audiences. Director Alan Parker, whose films tend toward being overwrought, hit all the right notes in Roddy Doyle's engaging story about working-class youths who form a band to bring '60s-style soul music to their native Dublin. The group's ambitious manager (Robert Arkins) has to contend with an insufferably egotistical lead singer (Andrew Strong) and a bed-hopping trumpet player (Johnny Murphy) while fending off the amorous advances of a backup singer (Maria Doyle), but he manages to get "the world's hardest-working band" into a trendy nightclub nonetheless. The cast members -- many of whom made their film debuts in this movie -- still register appealingly in sharply defined roles, and their musical performances still impress as not only accomplished but exhilarating. Not yielding to his normal melodramatic predilections, Parker depicted the milieu with near-documentary fidelity, and he made the characters vivid and engaging. Still beguiling, The Commitments is every bit as entertaining today as it was when it premiered. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble
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