Sister Act
Sister Act
“ No booze. No sex. No drugs. No way. ”
CINEMA1992-05-28
DIGITAL2014-12-05
RegionUS
Runtime100 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Whoopi Goldberg brings joyous energy to a beloved comedy about a lounge singer turning a convent choir into a sensation.”
Storyline
When 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.
DIRECTOR / Director
Emile Ardolino
KEYWORDS
concertnunchurch choirwitness protectiongospelsingermurdersinging nunfish out of waterwitness to murdermother superiormonasteryroman catholic churchmob boss
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Whoopi Goldberg brings joyous energy to a beloved comedy about a lounge singer turning a convent choir into a sensation.
Collection: Sister Act Collection
Sister Act is a 1992 American comedy film released by Touchstone Pictures. Directed by Emile Ardolino, it features musical arrangements by Marc Shaiman and stars Whoopi Goldberg as a Reno lounge singer who has been put under protective custody in a San Francisco convent and has to pretend to be a nun when a mob boss puts her on his hit list. Also in the cast are Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, and Harvey Keitel. The film was followed by a 1993 sequel, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.
