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Dublin's wildest musical experiment came to life through Roddy Doyle's 1987 novel before Alan Parker brought the story screaming onto cinema screens in 1991. The Commitments weren't a real band in the traditional sense, but the fictional north Dublin soul collective became as culturally significant as many acts with decades of touring behind them. The film assembled genuine musicians to portray the working-class characters, with Andrew Strong's jaw-dropping raspy vocals stealing every scene he appeared in. The kid was only sixteen and sounded like he'd been gargling whiskey and heartbreak for forty years.
