The Commitments

I Was VB

Watched it again for the 1000th time last nite, but i still cant place where the flats/houses that Jimmy lived in.

Usuall places like Ballymun, Darndale, Smithfield, Killbarrak flats look familiar in the movie.

Does anybody know for defo where it was filmed?

Dick Turnip

not 100%, but I always thought it was Kilbarrack.

BigDuffman

Raheny, Darndale and Kilbarrack AFAIK most of the areas have changed so much as that they are unrecognisable today! Alot of the shots where in Darndale. Any film of that era / roddy doyle tend to of been shot in the above areas!

I Was VB

Dick Turnip wrote: »

not 100%, but I always thought it was Kilbarrack.

Well i know The Van and The Snapper was shot in Killbarrck around Briarfield and Thornville ave.

I Was VB

Double post

bruce wayne

the shots of Jimmy's house were done in Darndale, those houses in particular are at the bottom of the Darndale road, just near the Malahide Road junction/roundabout.

Lux23

Imagine that film is 20 years old this year. I am so old.

admiralofthefleet

I Was VB wrote: »

Well i know The Van and The Snapper was shot in Killbarrck around Briarfield and Thornville ave.

yeah the house in the snapper is on briarfield road right oppposite kilbarrack dart station, the area has changed immensely over the years though, the pubs used were the cedars in raheny and the foxhound in greendale. one scene is filmed in dun laoghaire shopping centre, the bit where burgess says ' did you not see me over by the vegetables'

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admiralofthefleet wrote: »

yeah the house in the snapper is on briarfield road right oppposite kilbarrack dart station, the area has changed immensely over the years though, the pubs used were the cedars in raheny and the foxhound in greendale. one scene is filmed in dun laoghaire shopping centre, the bit where burgess says ' did you not see me over by the vegetables'

Is that not The Square?

WindSock

Also parts of the Snapper were filmed in Howth. When they are in the club it was Zeniths 'look at his arse, like 2 eggs in a hankie' :pac:

But the next scene when they are outside, they are at the front of The St. Laurence Hotel (aka Goodtime Charlies).

AnonoBoy

Des wrote: »

Is that not The Square?

It always looked like Dun Laoghaire shopping centre to me. But then again I have a history of presuming I spot locations in films that turn out to be completely wrong.

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AnonoBoy wrote: »

It always looked like Dun Laoghaire shopping centre to me. But then again I have a history of presuming I spot locations in films that turn out to be completely wrong.

In the shopping centre scene when Sharon is on the escalator and Georgie is shouting after her "I'll always love ye Sharrdin" you can see the signs and logos on the walls and signposts, they are kind of navy blue with a wavy pattern, I'm sure The Square used them.

Although, thinking about it now, a blue wavy pattern would certainly fit more with Kingstown than Tallaght.

But the whole general feel of the film is a lot more Tallaght than Dun Laoghaire

Econoline Van

Des wrote: »

Is that not The Square?

I'm pretty sure I remember the excitement of them filming in the Dun Laoghaire shopping centre when I was a lad, as we lived up the road from it.

There's an episode of Father Ted where he's getting his book signed by the female author shot in Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre too. It must lend itself well to filming!

WindSock

Econoline Van wrote: »

I'm pretty sure I remember the excitement of them filming in the Dun Laoghaire shopping centre when I was a lad, as we lived up the road from it.

There's an episode of Father Ted where he's getting his book signed by the female author shot in Dun Laoghaire Shopping Centre too. It must lend itself well to filming!

Indeed. There is a simultaneous thread running on this at the moment in the TV forum


http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055895198

admiralofthefleet

Des wrote: »

Is that not The Square?

nope, its 1000% dun laoghaire sc, look at the bit where she is walking away shouting back and you see in the background 'georges mall' which leads out onto georges street, plus i have been in that shopping centre hundreds of times, it hasnt really changed much since then

Pines

WindSock wrote: »

Also parts of the Snapper were filmed in Howth. When they are in the club it was Zeniths 'look at his arse, like 2 eggs in a hankie' :pac:

But the next scene when they are outside, they are at the front of The St. Laurence Hotel (aka Goodtime Charlies).

And when Georgie has his wicked way with Sharon, it's in the car park of the Old Shieling in Raheny.

admiralofthefleet

Pines wrote: »

And when Georgie has his wicked way with Sharon, it's in the car park of the Old Shieling in Raheny.

and when he does a legger after seeing her in the street she is looking into the window of the chemist beside the inn on main street raheny

A Disgrace

Also, obviously the gig shots were filmed in the Palace on Camden Street, but the occassional bits where they descend some steps on an old laneway were filmed on a recently modenerised lane leading onto Kevin Street, you can see the Jacobs factory in the backround, which was mostly demolished for the Aungier St DIT

Econoline Van

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

nope, its 1000% dun laoghaire sc, look at the bit where she is walking away shouting back and you see in the background 'georges mall' which leads out onto georges street, plus i have been in that shopping centre hundreds of times, it hasnt really changed much since then

Jaysis, I'd struggle to think how that place has changed at all in the 20 years since I've been going there.
I do love the place in a strange way though.