In 2013, the novel was adapted into a musical for the London stage. In 1996, several of the actors in the film were featured – in character – on an Irish postage stamp. Indeed when casting the film, the filmmakers were looking for individuals who could both act and sing or play an instrument. In a 2005 poll, it was voted the best Irish film of all time and is credited with launching a generation of Irish musicians and actors (one of the band members in the film is played by Glen Hansard who found great success a decade later with the film Once). While a modest hit here in the United States, The Commitments was a huge hit in Ireland. Featuring covers of classic American soul songs such as “Try A Little Tenderness” and “In the Midnight Hour”, The Commitments is a massively entertaining, often very funny film featuring music that is to die for.
Originally written as a novel in 1987 and then adapted for the screen by director Alan Parker (with a screenplay co-written by Doyle) in 1991, The Commitmentstells the story of the rise and fall of a young, working class soul band in Dublin. Doyle and interview him about one of his best known works, The Commitments. This year, we have decided to turn the tables on Mr. Last year the prominent Irish author Roddy Doyle wrote a beautiful essay for Intelligent Life Magazine about his favorite museum to visit: the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
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