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The Commitments
1991 · Film · 118 min
Directed by Alan Parker
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
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“And And! And.” was Outspan Foster’s band before joining “The Commitments”[0] and later The Frames (as Glen Hansard). The screenplay was written before gDocs.
[0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101605/quotes/qt0310982
I'm going to answer about band movies, here are my favorites: The Commitments, Josie and the Pussycats, Begin Again.
The Commitments for the scene where the venue tries to screw them on pay. Josie had me at "Take the Chevy to the levy." Begin Again for that second pass through the song. All three are great throughout, but I love those particular scenes.
There is a (very good) movie about that analogy: The Commitments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commitments_(film)
Folks interested in this world might enjoy the documentary "Eleven Minutes"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149584/
"It's been two long years since the sharp-witted Jay McCarroll was dubbed 'the next great American designer' on season one of reality TV's Project Runway, and he's anxious to finally show his first line of clothing. The feature documentary, "Eleven Minutes," chronicles his year-long journey preparing his first independent runway show for New York's Fashion Week in Bryant Park and the subsequent selling of his line to stores. The result is an in-depth, painfully raw and humorous exploration of the creative process and the constant conflict of balancing commerce with art, fame with talent, and reality-TV with actual reality."
BTW, if incessant use of variations on the word "fuck" bother you, this may not be the film for you. I don't usually care about it, but after a while it gets more tedious than shocking or whatever the intent might be.
I think it ranks with "The Commitments" on F-Word count. :)