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The Commitments poster
B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 66.2 / 100
1991·Comedy / Drama / Music·1h 58m

THE COMMITMENTS

“They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.”

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.

Above the Line
Alan Parker·DirectorIan La Frenais·ScreenplayDick Clement·ScreenplayGale Tattersall·Director of PhotographyWilson Pickett·Original Music ComposerGerry Hambling·Editor
Cast
Robert Arkins·Jimmy RabbitteMichael Aherne·Steven CliffordAngeline Ball·Imelda QuirkeMaria Doyle Kennedy·Natalie MurphyDave Finnegan·Mickah WallaceBronagh Gallagher·Bernie McGloughlinFélim Gormley·Dean FayGlen Hansard·Outspan FosterDick Massey·Billy MooneyJohnny Murphy·Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
Full Crew
(29 credits)
Directing· 2
Alan Parker·DirectorCliff Lanning·Third Assistant Director
Writing· 4
Ian La Frenais·ScreenplayDick Clement·ScreenplayRoddy Doyle·ScreenplayRoddy Doyle·Novel
Camera· 2
Gale Tattersall·Director of PhotographyDavid Appleby·Still Photographer
Editing· 1
Gerry Hambling·Editor
Sound & Music· 2
Wilson Pickett·Original Music ComposerTom Perry·Sound
Art & Design· 6
Mark Geraghty·Art DirectionBrian Morris·Production DesignArden Gantly·Art DirectionPenny Rose·Costume DesignKaren Brookes·Set DecorationPeter Frampton·Makeup Supervisor
Production· 11
Lynda Myles·ProducerRoger Randall-Cutler·ProducerTom Rosenberg·Executive ProducerArmyan Bernstein·Executive ProducerSouter Harris·Executive ProducerDick Clement·Co-ProducerRos Hubbard·CastingJohn Hubbard·CastingDavid Wimbury·Line ProducerMarc Abraham·Co-ProducerIan La Frenais·Co-Producer
Other Departments· 1
Gilbert White·Animal Wrangler
By the Numbers
66.2
OF 100
Master Score
7.6
OF 10
IMDb
90%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$15M
ROI 24%
Worldwide Gross
0
1 NOMS
Oscar Wins
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THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind The Commitments's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
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Mood
Energetic, Gritty, Lively
Composition
Layered
Era
1990s
Visual Style
Photographic

“A group of eleven people, mostly young adults, are arranged on what appears to be a street or alleyway with brick buildings and a smokestack in the background. ”

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Key Elements
Album Cover (the Commitments Saviours + Soul)
Atmosphere
Gritty, Warm
Color Mood
Warm
Setting
Urban
Design Score
7/10
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