Sister Act
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 hide in 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 |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Reno San Francisco |
| director | Emile Ardolino |
| editor | Colleen Halsey Richard Halsey |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | abbess catholic guilt catholic school church convent follow gospel gospel music guilting habit hail holy queen helicopter pilot hide i will follow him id married mass monsignor my guy novice sister novitiate nun one night parish pope john paul ii priest religious habit reverend mother rock and roll salve regina shout sing standing ovation struggle tour true identity witness protection |
| musicBy | Marc Shaiman |
| producer | Teri Schwartz |
| productionCompany | Touchstone Pictures Touchwood Pacific Partners I |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | California Los Angeles San Francisco Santa Monica |
| theme | children's children's comedy crime comedy gangster musical musical comedy |