Robert Arkins
Robert Arkins is an Irish musician and actor who played the role of Jimmy Rabbitte, the manager of the eponymous soul band, in the internationally successful 1991 film" The Commitments" directed by Alan Parker.
A native of Drumcondra, Dublin, Arkins has been a professional musician from the age of 15.
He left school at 17 to front his band, Housebroken.
He is a vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who counts piano, bass and trumpet in his repertoire.
Housebroken won the Sunday World Bandslam competition in 1988, after only having been established for three months.
With no prior acting experience, Arkins heard of the filming of" The Commitments" from his sister.
Following seven auditions, Arkins was cast as" Deco Cuffe", the band's lead singer, but was replaced in that role after Parker discovered newcomer Andrew Strong.
Despite not featuring as a singer in the film Arkins did provide lead vocals for two tracks –" Treat Her Right" and" Slip Away" – on the accompanying soundtrack album.
Following the release of" The Commitments" Arkins moved back into music and signed a record deal with MCA Records in 1993, although he did not finish recording the consequent album.
He has composed and produced work for a number of commercial clients, television projects, and for two short films.
In 1998, he briefly returned to acting, in a short film entitled" What Are You Looking At?"
In 2011, he joined fellow various cast members from" The Commitments" to perform a series of concerts across Ireland, to celebrate the film's 20th anniversary.
This was followed by three dates in the UK in 2012.
The Stars from the Commitments
The Stars From
The Commitments is a nine- piece Dublin based soul band.
Featuring original cast members and musicians from the BAFTA Winner, Golden Globe& Oscar® nominated smash hit Sir Alan Parker film" The Commitments" and multimillion selling sound track.
Alan Parker
Sir Alan William Parker( born 14 February 1944) is an English filmmaker.
Parker's early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements.
After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films.
Parker is noted for having a wide range of filmmaking styles and working in differing genres.
He has directed musicals, including" Bugsy Malone"( 1976)," Fame"( 1980)," Pink Floyd – The Wall"( 1982)," The Commitments"( 1991) and" Evita"( 1996); true- story dramas, including" Midnight Express"( 1978)," Mississippi Burning"( 1988)," Come See the Paradise"( 1990) and" Angela's Ashes"( 1999); family dramas, including" Shoot the Moon"( 1982), and horrors and thrillers including" Angel Heart"( 1987) and" The Life of David Gale"( 2003).
His films have won nineteen BAFTA awards, ten Golden Globes and six Academy Awards.
Parker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the British film industry and knighted in 2002.
He has been active in both British cinema and American cinema, along with being a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain and lecturing at various film schools.
In 2013 he received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest honour the British Film Academy can give a filmmaker.
Parker donated his personal archive to the British Film Institute's National Archive in 2015.
Seabiscuit (film)
Seabiscuit is a 2003 American equestrian sports film co-produced, written and directed by Gary Ross and based on the best- selling non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand.
The film is loosely based on the life and racing career of Seabiscuit, an undersized and overlooked Thoroughbred race horse, whose unexpected successes made him a hugely popular media sensation in the United States during the Great Depression.
" Seabiscuit" was nominated for seven Academy Awards.
Andrew Strong
Andrew Strong( born 14 November 1973) is an Irish singer and the son of Irish musician and singing coach Robert( Rob) Strong.
He grew up in Omagh, County Tyrone( where his father lived while performing with showbands), and Naas, County Kildare.
He starred as Deco Cuffe in the 1991 cult film" The Commitments" based on the book by Roddy Doyle.
In 1991 he was nominated for a Grammy Award as a member of The Commitments.
Since then, Strong has released a number of albums, including a platinum disc, and toured with artists including The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Prince, Lenny Kravitz and Bryan Adams.
Strong does not tour with the official tribute act to the Commitments, although he did perform with the original cast for the 20th anniversary concert in the O2 Arena in Dublin in March 2011.
List of Uruguayan films
A list of films produced in Uruguay.
The Commitments (film)
The Commitments is a 1991 musical comedy- drama film based on the 1987 novel of the same name 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".
Producers Lynda Myles and Roger Randall- Cutler acquired the film rights to the novel in 1988, and commissioned Doyle, a first- time screenwriter, to write an adaptation.
Doyle spent one year working on the script before Myles brought in veteran screenwriters Clement and La Frenais to help complete it.
Upon reading the novel, Parker signed on as the film's director in 1989.
An international co-production between Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom," The Commitments" was the first film to be produced by Beacon Pictures, which provided an estimated budget of$ 12–15 million.
The film's young lead actors were mostly inexperienced, and were cast because of their musical backgrounds and resemblance to the characters in the novel.
Principal photography commenced in Dublin, from late August 1990 to October of that year.
Upon release," The Commitments" grossed$ 14.9 million during its North American theatrical run.
Reviewers praised the music, performances and humour, while criticism was aimed at the pacing and direction.
The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing, and won four BAFTA Awards for Best Film, Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing.
While only a modest success with North American audiences," The Commitments" has gained cult status and is regarded as one of the best Irish films ever made.
It is the first in a series of films known as" The Barrytown Trilogy", followed by" The Snapper"( 1993) and" The Van"( 1996).
The film resulted in two soundtrack albums, the first reaching# 8 on the" Billboard" 200 album chart and achieved triple- platinum status, while the second album achieved gold status sales.
The Commitments
The Commitments may refer to:
Andrew Strong
Andrew Strong( born 14 November 1973) is an Irish singer and the son of Irish musician and singing coach Robert( Rob) Strong.
He grew up in Omagh, County Tyrone( where his father lived while performing with showbands), and Naas, County Kildare.
He starred as Deco Cuffe in the 1991 cult film" The Commitments" based on the book by Roddy Doyle.
In 1991 he was nominated for a Grammy Award as a member of The Commitments.
Since then, Strong has released a number of albums, including a platinum disc, and toured with artists including The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Prince, Lenny Kravitz and Bryan Adams.
Strong does not tour with the official tribute act to the Commitments, although he did perform with the original cast for the 20th anniversary concert in the O2 Arena in Dublin in March 2011.
Gary Ross
Gary Ross( born November 3, 1956) is an American film director, writer, and producer.
He is best known for writing and directing the fantasy comedy- drama film" Pleasantville"( 1998), the sports drama film" Seabiscuit"( 2003), the sci- fi action film" The Hunger Games"( 2012), and" Ocean's 8"( 2018).
He also wrote the screenplay for the fantasy comedy film" Big"( 1988) and the political comedy film" Dave"( 1993).
Ross has been nominated for four Academy Awards.

Question: Are the directors of films Seabiscuit (Film) and The Commitments (Film) both from the same country?
Answer: no