Sister Act
Sister Act is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Paul Rudnick (as Joseph Howard). It stars Whoopi Goldberg as a lounge singer forced to join a convent after being placed in a witness protection program. It also features Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, and Harvey Keitel.
Plot
In 1968, Deloris Wilson is a young Catholic school student, who does not take her studies seriously and greatly embarrasses her nun teachers while showing an affinity for music.
Cast
- Beth Fowler
- Bill Nunn
- Carmen Zapata
- Ellen Albertini Dow
- Guy Boyd
- Harvey Keitel
- Jenifer Lewis
- Jim Beaver
- Joseph Maher
- Kathy Najimy
- Maggie Smith
- Mary Wickes
- Max Grodénchik
- Michael Durrell
- Nicky Katt
- Pat Crawford Brown
- Richard Portnow
- Rose Parenti
- Ruth Kobart
- Susan Browning
- Susan Johnson
- Toni Kalem
- Wendy Makkena
- Whoopi Goldberg
More details
author | Paul Rudnick |
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contentLocation | Reno San Francisco |
director | Emile Ardolino |
editor | Colleen Halsey Richard Halsey |
genre | comedy crime |
keywords | abbess catholic school church convent follow gospel gospel music habit hail holy queen helicopter pilot hide hide out i will follow him married mass monsignor my guy novice sister novitiate one night parish priest police lieutenant pope john paul ii religious habit reverend mother rock and roll sing standing ovation struggle tour trap witness protection |
musicBy | Marc Shaiman |
publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
recordedAt | California Los Angeles San Francisco Santa Monica |
theme | children's comedy crime comedy musical musical comedy |