The Commitments is a 1991 Irish-British-American musical comedy-drama
film directed by Alan Parker. It is based on the 1987 novel of the same
name by Roddy Doyle, with a screenplay written by Doyle, Dick Clement and
Ian La Frenais. Set in the Dublin Northside, the film follows Jimmy
Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), a young music fanatic who assembles a group of
working-class youths to form a soul band named "The Commitments".
In the Northside of Dublin, Ireland, Jimmy Rabbitte is a young music fanatic
who aspires to manage an Irish soul band in the tradition of 1960s African-
American recording artists. He places an advert in the local newspaper and
holds auditions in his parents' home. After being deluged by scores of
disastrous performers, Jimmy decides to put together a band consisting of
friends and people he encounters—lead singer Deco Cuffe, guitarist Outspan
Foster, pianist Steven Clifford, saxophonist Dean Fay, bassist Derek Scully,
drummer Billy Mooney, and female backup singers Bernie McGloughlin, Natalie
Murphy and Imelda Quirke. Jimmy then meets Joey "The Lips" Fagan, a veteran
musician who offers his services, and has unlikely stories about meeting and
working with famous musicians. Joey names the band "The Commitments".