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The Commitments
Summary: Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
Release Date: September 13, 1991
Director:
Alan Parker
Runtime: 1 h 58 min
MPAA: R
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 12,000,000
Domestic: $ 14,919,570
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