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{{MovieInfobox|Release Date=May 29, 1992|Directed By=[[Emile Ardolino]]|Written By=[[Paul Rudnick]] (as Joseph Howard)|Starring=* [[Whoopi Goldberg]] * [[Maggie Smith]] * [[Kathy Najimy]] * [[Wendy Makkena]] * [[Mary Wickes]] * [[Harvey Keitel]]|Cinematography=[[Adam Greenberg (cinematographer)|Adam Greenberg]]|Editor=* Colleen Halsey * [[Richard Halsey]]|Music composer=[[Marc Shaiman]]|Production studio=* [[Touchstone Pictures]] * [[Touchwood Pacific Partners I]]|Distributed By=[[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]|Runtime=100 minutes|Country=United States|Language=English|Budget=$31 million|Box Office=$231.6 million|Picture=Sister Act.jpg}} '''''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. ''Sister Act'' was one of the most financially successful comedies of the early 1990s, grossing $231 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 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+. == 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. Twenty-four years later, in 1992, Deloris (performing as Deloris Van Cartier) is a lounge singer in Reno, Nevada, in a club owned by her married gangster boyfriend Vince LaRocca. She receives a shallow gift from Vince and attempts to return it, only to witness Vince executing an informant. When Vince sets out to murder her as well, Deloris goes to the police for help. == Cast == * Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris Wilson-Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence ** Isis Carmen Jones as Young Deloris Wilson * Maggie Smith as Reverend Mother * Harvey Keitel as Vince LaRocca * Bill Nunn as Lieutenant Eddie Souther * Mary Wickes as Sister Mary Lazarus * Kathy Najimy as Sister Mary Patrick * Wendy Makkena as Sister Mary Robert (singing voice: Andrea Robinson) * Joseph Maher as Monsignor O'Hara * Richard Portnow as Willy * Robert Miranda as Joey * Rose Parenti as Sister Alma * Jenifer Lewis as Michelle * Charlotte Crossley as Tina * Jim Beaver as Clarkson * A.J. Johnson as Lewanda * Lois de Banzie as Immaculata * Max Grodénchik as Ernie * Joseph G. Medalis as Henry Parker * Michael Durrell as Larry Merrick * Toni Kalem as Connie LaRocca * Eugene Greytak as Pope John Paul II * Guy Boyd (uncredited) as Detective Tate ; Choir nuns * Pat Crawford Brown * Susan Browning * Georgia Creighton * Edith Diaz * Ellen Albertini Dow * Beth Fowler * Prudence Wright Holmes * Sheri Izzard * Susan Johnson * Ruth Kobart * Darlene Koldenhoven * Carmen Zapata
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