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In 1991, a gritty Irish music film about an unlikely soul band became one of the most beloved rock movies of its era. Based on the novel by Roddy Doyle, the film follows a group of working-class ...
Bizarre but true: For all its raucous soul sound, “The Commitments” turns out to be a reinvention of old-fashioned Mickey-and-Judy musicals. But where they “put the show on right here,” this is Roddy ...
Cathal McGuinness is a recent college graduate from Dublin, Ireland. He has been writing short stories and articles from the age of 15. He was awarded the George Dempsey prize for English Prose ...
In 2015, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Alan Parker revealed that he was hanging up his director's chair. "Directors do not improve with age," he explained of his decision. "They repeat themselves. And ...
On this day in 1991, The Commitments opened in U.S. theaters. The music film follows an ambitious young fan from working-class Dublin who assembles an unlikely group of local misfits and sets out to ...
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When Alan Parker was casting his wildly popular 1991 film The Commitments, about a group of struggling North Dublin rockers covering American soul classics, he emphasized musicianship over acting ...
Bizarre but true: For all its raucous soul sound, “The Commitments” turns out to be a reinvention of old-fashioned Mickey-and-Judy musicals. But where they “put the show on right here,” this is Roddy ...