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Destination Anywhere!

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The Commitments

Every five years or so I make a point of re-watching this movie, and last night was it. Once again I laughed, I cried, and I was nostalgic.

What a good movie, and my god is the music superb.

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Here's one for @deanwinchesterswitch . From 1991, it's The Commitments with Mustang Sally. I wore this cassette out way back when.

Hope you are enjoying you day

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✨ a film for every year of my life ✨ | The Commitments (1991) dir. Alan Parker

Soul is the music that people understand. Sure it’s basic and it’s simple, but it’s something else, something special. ‘Cause it’s honest, that’s it. It’s honest. There’s no fucking bullshit. It sticks its neck out and says it straight from the heart. Sure there’s a lot of different music you can get off on but soul is more than that. It takes you somewhere else. It grabs you by the balls and lifts you above the shite.

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Andrew Strong observes Alan Parker’s direction on the set of The Commitments. Angeline Ball and Maria Doyle can be seen in the background

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The Commitments - Try A Little Tenderness

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This movie. Haven’t seen in ages. Big smile.

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John was aged just 12 when he shot the hilarious scene back in 1990, when Robert Arkins' character Jimmy Rabbitte was startled to see the youngster leading the horse into a lift.

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This movie. Haven’t seen in ages. Big smile.

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Der naheliegende Gedenkfilm für den verstorbenen Alan Parker: Die härteste Arbeiterband der Welt rettet kurz, aber poetisch den Soul.

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“Great cinema is as much about ideas and possibilities as it is about facts. The mixing of the objective and subjective can be a lethal cocktail in storytelling - but it’s not always to everyone’s taste.”

Alan Parker (pictured during the making of The Commitments)