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About
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.
Theatrical
Aug 14, 1991
Box Office
$14.9M
Budget
$12.0M
Return
1.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 1, 1991
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
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Music
Studio
Beacon Communications, First Film Company, Dirty Hands Productions
Quotes
See all →Unlikely Encounters Among Friends and Family
Jimmy Rabbitte
Hi Imelda, You're Looking Deadly.
Imelda
What are you doing here Jimmy Rabbitte?
Jimmy Rabbite
Friend in the band.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Confrontation Over Insults in a Band Rehearsal
Billy
And you... George Michael... you ever call me a fuckin eejit again, you'll go home with the drumsticks stuck up your hole... the one you don't sing out of.
Deco
That'll be the day.
Billy
I'm tellin ya it's coming, so keep your Vaseline handy.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Barrytown Trilogy
The Barrytown Trilogy is an Irish comedy-drama media franchise centered on the Rabbittes, a working-class family from Barrytown, Dublin. It began in 1988 when Beacon Pictures and 20th Century Fox boug...
Cast
Full credits →R
Robert Arkins
Jimmy Rabbitte
A
Angeline Ball
Imelda Quirke
M
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Natalie Murphy
B
Bronagh Gallagher
Bernie McGloughlin
F
Félim Gormley
Dean Fay
G
Glen Hansard
Outspan Foster
J
Johnny Murphy
Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
K
Ken McCluskey
Derek Scully
A
Andrew Strong
Deco Cuffe
C
Colm Meaney
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
A
Anne Kent
Mrs. Rabbitte
A
Andrea Corr
Sharon Rabbitte
M
Michael O'Reilly
Greg
L
Liam Carney
Duffy
G
Ger Ryan
Pawnbroker
M
Mark O'Regan
Father Molloy
P
Phelim Drew
Roddy the Reporter
S
Sean Hughes
Dave from Eeijit Records
L
Lance Daly
Kid with Harmonica
E
Emily Dawson
Punk Girl Singer
