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11 things about The Commitments that you might not have known
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God might have sent Joey The Lips Fagan on a f ing Suzuki, but it was Roddy Doyle and Alan Parker that brought magic to The Commitments.
30 years ago, a small Irish movie about a group of young Dubliners who form a band to play American soul music opened with little fanfare.
Whether zipping across the universe as Star Trekâs Chief OâBrien or swearing up a streak in his many memorable turns on the big screen, Colm Meaney makes for consistently convivial company. That is once again the case as he marks the 30th anniversary of Alan Parkerâs adaptation of Roddy Doyleâs The Commitments with an hour of turbo-charged nostalgia.
The first of a three-part celebration of the movie versions of Doyleâs Barrytown novels,
Back to Barrytown (RTÃ One, Sunday) doesnât bite off more than it can chew. There is no deep analysis of Doyleâs work, let alone any mild criticism of his portrayal of working-class Dubliners. This is nothing more or less than a hagiography â and, as is the way with hagiography, itâs a breezy watch.
RTE Back to Barrytown viewers all saying same thing about Roddy Doyle and Colm Meaney
People have taken to social media to praise the Back to Barrytown documentary that aired on RTE 1 last night.
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Viewers have taken to social media to praise the Back to Barrytown documentary that aired on RTE 1 last night.
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Rock star Glen Hansard tells how making The Commitments movie was tainted by bust-up with late director Alan Parker
Updated: 16 May 2021, 12:32
ROCK star Glen Hansard has spoken of how the experience of making feel-good movie The Commitments was tainted for him because of a bust-up with late director Alan Parker.
The Frames singer has revealed how the six-time Oscar-winner took him aside, as they were wrapping on the 1991 movie, to tell him something awful.
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Original Commitments’ author Roddy Doyle
Glen said: “I was shocked . . Alan said to me, ‘There’s always one on every movie I do’, and he said a word, an awful word I won’t repeat, it was something very rude, and he said, ‘I didn’t think it would be you’.”