The Commitments (1991)

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Basic facts

Original title The Commitments
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
  • United Kingdom
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1991-10-18

Cast

Robert Arkins
Jimmy Rabbitte

Michael Aherne
Steven Clifford

Angeline Ball
Imelda Quirke

Maria Doyle
Natalie Murphy

Dave Finnegan
Mickah Wallace

Bronagh Gallagher
Bernie McGloughlin

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Links and resources

Download the study guide for this film (in Swedish)

Titles

Original title
  • The Commitments
Swedish release title
  • The Commitments

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Art Director
Film Editor
Co-producer
Music Supervisor

Cast

Robert Arkins Jimmy Rabbitte
Michael Aherne Steven Clifford
Angeline Ball Imelda Quirke
Maria Doyle Natalie Murphy
Dave Finnegan Mickah Wallace
Bronagh Gallagher Bernie McGloughlin
Félim Gormley Dean Fay
Glen Hansard Outspan Foster
Dick Massey Billy Mooney
Johnny Murphy Joey "The Lips" Fagan

Companies

Production Company Beacon Communications Corp.
First Film Company
Dirty Hands Productions
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Svensk Filmindustri
Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet 1994
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) SF Home Entertainment 2001

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 130908
Date 1991-07-30
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 3225 meters
Notes Aktindelning: 533-528-569-540-474-581 = 3225 m.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio Widescreen (unspecified)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24


Original work

Original title The Commitments (Novel)
Author Roddy Doyle


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1991-10-18 Spegeln Stockholm Sweden 118 min
1991-10-18 Downtown Gothenburg Sweden 118 min
1991-10-18 Downtown Malmö Sweden 118 min
TV showing 1996-07-15 TV4 Sweden 113 min
1997-09-21 Kanal 5 Sweden 113 min
1998-12-26 TV4 Sweden 113 min
2000-11-14 TV3 Sweden 113 min
DVD release 2001-10-03 Sweden
TV showing 2004-02-09 TV3 Sweden 113 min
2004-04-04 TV3 Sweden 113 min
2021-12-29 SVT1 Sweden
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Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3215


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3189


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 8
Colour prints 8
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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