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The Commitments is a 1991 comedy-drama film directed by Alan Parker with a screenplay adapted by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, and Doyle himself. [10] The Commitments was an international co-production between companies in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was filmed on location in Dublin.
Barrytown is an Irish comedy-drama media franchise centred on the Rabbittes, a working-class family from the fictional suburb of Barrytown, in Dublin.It began in 1988 when Beacon Pictures and 20th Century Fox bought the rights to the 1987 novel The Commitments by Roddy Doyle shortly after it was published.
The Commitments received mostly positive reviews. [1] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes sampled 48 reviews, and gave the film an approval rating of 90%, with an average score of 7.4/10. The critical consensus reads, "The Commitments is a vibrantly funny and blissfully heartfelt ode to the power of music". [67]
The Quirke series of crime novels, written by Irish novelist John Banville, centres on the titular character, a pathologist in 1950s Dublin. The first seven volumes in the series (published 2007–2016) appeared under the pen name Benjamin Black: subsequent volumes have appeared under Banville's own name.
Andrew Strong as Declan "Deco" Cuffe in The Commitments [5] Angeline Ball as Imelda Quirke in The Commitments; Maria Doyle Kennedy as Natalie Murphy in The Commitments; Bronagh Gallagher as Bernie McGloughlin in The Commitments; Richard Harris as 'Bull' McCabe in The Field; Seán Bean as Tadhg McCabe in The Field; John Hurt as The 'Bird' O ...
Hallmark's new movie in collaboration with the NFL, Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, premiered on Saturday, Nov. 30. The new extended cut of the film premieres tonight, Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. ET ...
A scary, sobering look at fatal domestic violence in the United States
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