Alan parker’s cult musical comedy based on the novel by roddy doyle. Slick young dubliner jimmy rabbitte puts together a soul band made up of dublin’s out of work misfits. Jimmy rabbitte robert arkins knows he's the world's greatest band manager.... Now he just needs a band. Auditioning everyone he can find, jimmy gathers ten of the most talented, least experienced musicians from the rough streets of working class dublin with a plan to launch the greatest irish soul band in the world. It's a joyful mixture of great characters, super dialogue and wonderful music the sun, foul mouthed, fast talking and very funny time out, with a soundtrack from soul paradise daily telegraph. One of the greatest films in the last 50 years bbc movie connections, ladies and gentlemen, please put your working class hands together for the saviours of soul... The commitments. 25th anniversary special edition comes with a digital copy to download, watch and own. Special features digital copy 25 years later all new interviews with alan parker and cast, audio commentary with alan parker, four behind the scenes featurettes, music video, image galleries, collectible booklet. Running time 113 minutes region region 2 subtitles english release date 19 sept. 2016