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Persistent Vision : The Commitments

A 1991 film based on the 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle. It was directed by Alan Parker from a screenplay written by Doyle, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Set in the Northside of Dublin, the film tells the story of Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), a young music fanatic who assembles a group of working-class youths to form a soul band named "The Commitments".

( This screening is in place of 24 Hour Party People which has been deferred pending resolution of licensing issues)

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