THE COMMITMENTS (film) - WikiVidi Documentary

The Commitments is a 1991 Irish-British-American musical comedy-drama film based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle. The film was directed by Alan Parker, and written by Doyle, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Set in the Dublin Northside, the story follows Jimmy Rabbitte , a young music fanatic who assembles a group of working-class youths to form a soul band named "The Commitments". Producers Lynda Myles and Roger Randall-Cutler acquired the film rights to the novel in 1988, and commissioned Doyle, a first-time screenwriter, to write an adaptation. Doyle spent one year working on the script before Myles brought in veteran screenwriters Clement and La Frenais to help complete it. Upon reading the novel, Parker signed on as the film's director in 1989. The Commitments was the first film to be produced by Beacon Communications, which provided an estimated budget of $12–15 million. The film's young lead actors were mostly inexperienced, and were cast due to their musical b...

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