208 The Commitments
The Cine-Files
Steve Morris & John Rocha
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2020
⏱️ 123 minutes
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This week on The Cine-Files, we honor Director Alan Parker with the film that brings us more joy and more great music than any other North Dublin Soul movie you can think of.
If you haven't seen this incredible film you can buy or stream it right here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi this is Steve. On July 31st we lost director Alan Parker. |
| 0:04.3 | Now Parker has one of the most diverse filmographies of any director I can think of |
| 0:08.8 | from the ridiculous comedy of Bugsy Malone to the intense midnight express heavy historical dramas |
| 0:15.4 | like Mississippi burning the personal and heartfelt birdy and the epic musical |
| 0:20.3 | Avita. But for us when it came time to honor this great director, there was no question |
| 0:25.2 | about which movie we wanted to explore. Funny, heartfelt, quirky, and real. The commitments |
| 0:31.7 | is a movie unlike any other. |
| 0:33.8 | It's the story of a great band coming together and falling apart. |
| 0:37.4 | It is an ensemble of young actor musicians who seem as honest and real as the film's Dublin setting, and above all there's the music. |
| 0:46.4 | Who would have thought that a bunch of Irish kids in the early 90s could connect so deeply |
| 0:50.8 | to American soul, but that is exactly what happens in this totally unique film, |
| 0:56.2 | and its chart-topping soundtrack is a testament to the enduring power of this incredible music. So if you haven't seen this great film, |
| 1:04.0 | take your musical journey to Cinefiles.net |
| 1:06.0 | where you can buy or stream the commitments |
| 1:09.0 | along with every other movie we've ever reviewed. |
| 1:11.0 | And if you support the show on Patreon.com slash the |
| 1:14.8 | cinephiles, right now you could be hearing a cinephile short on the rise of home |
| 1:18.9 | video and how home entertainment is shaping the movie world of the future. So that's home video |
| 1:25.7 | on Patreon tomorrow and Alan Parker's The Commitments this Friday on the Cinephiles. |
| 1:31.7 | The Irish are the blacks of Europe, |
| 1:35.0 | and Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland, |
| 1:37.0 | and the Northside Dublin are the blacks of Dublin. |
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