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Article: The soul survivors 10 years on; EXCLUSIVE: DID THEY HAVE COMMITMENT TO SUCCEED?(News)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 6, 2001
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Byline: PAUL MARTIN
IT'S 10 years since The Commitments first hit the big screen - and made international stars of its inexperienced but talented cast.
The young guns were tipped for Hollywood fame after the film took more than $15million in the US alone.
But few of them were able to capitalise on their success, despite becoming household names.
While director Alan Parker and author Roddy Doyle have gone on to greater things, the actors and musicians who played the working class soul band from Dublin's northside failed to live up to ...