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Sister Act is a 1992 American musical crime comedy film directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Paul Rudnick (billed as Joseph Howard). It stars Whoopi Goldberg as a lounge singer forced to join a convent after being placed in a witness protection program.
With Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nunn. When a nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent, she ends up turning the convent choir into a soulful chorus complete with a Motown repertoire, until the sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity.
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- Comedy, Family, Music
- Emile Ardolino
- 1992-05-29
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Sister Act - Full Cast & Crew. After witnessing her gangster boyfriend commit a murder, lounge singer Deloris evades capture and the police hide her in a convent. While adjusting to her new...
- Emile Ardolino
- Jami Ganz
- Whoopi Goldberg (Deloris) Oscar-winning comedy legend Whoopi Goldberg has an incredibly prolific career, which is especially evident over the past few decades, with roles in favorites like The Lion King (1994), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), Girl, Interrupted (1999), and Toy Story 3 (2010), to name a few.
- Maggie Smith (Mother Superior) Dame Maggie Smith was already a legend before taking on the role of Mother Superior in Sister Act. The actress won Oscars for her performances in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and California Suite (1978), with three additional nominations ahead of the 1992 film.
- Kathy Najimy (Mary Patrick) Hocus Pocus (1993) hit theaters mere months after Sister Act, and, with it, what is probably Kathy Najimy's most notable role as the bumbling witch Mary Sanderson.
- Wendy Makkena (Mary Robert) Wendy Makkena, who also appeared in the Sister Act sequel, had roles in Air Bud (1997), State of Play (2009), and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019).
Scott Rudin. Teri Schwartz. Marc Shaiman. Paul Rudnick. A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns.
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Feb 6, 2023 · Scroll down to see what the Sister Act cast has been up to since the film’s release: View comments. Sister Act pulled back the curtain on what it’s like to be a nun — and gave life to a...
