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Sister Act
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6.8When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.
Cast
- Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence
- Maggie Smith as Mother Superior
- Kathy Najimy as Sister Mary Patrick
- Wendy Makkena as Sister Mary Robert
- Mary Wickes as Sister Mary Lazarus
- Harvey Keitel as Vince LaRocca
Themes
- concert
- nun
- church choir
- dark comedy
- witness protection
- gospel
- singer
- murder
- singing nun
- fish out of water
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Emile Ardolino
- Written by
- Paul Rudnick (as Joseph Howard)
- Produced by
- Teri Schwartz
- Starring
- Whoopi Goldberg Maggie Smith Harvey Keitel
- Cinematography
- Adam Greenberg
- Edited by
- Colleen Halsey Richard Halsey
- Music by
- Marc Shaiman
- Production companies
- Touchstone Pictures Touchwood Pacific Partners I
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Release date
- May 29, 1992 ( 1992-05-29 )
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $31 million
- Box office
- $231.6 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Receiving mixed to favorable reviews, Sister Act was one of the most financially successful comedies of the early 1990s, grossing $231.6 million worldwide against a $31 million budget. Its success extended to the home video market, and it was the most rented film of 1993 in the United States. The film spawned a franchise, which consists of the critically panned 1993 sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit and a musical adaptation, which premiered in 2006. A third film is in development for Disney+.
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