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Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), French, Dubbed
A second-rate lounger singer in a Reno casino, Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) is a Diana Ross wannabe who accidentally witnesses a murder at the hands of her mobster/lover, Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel). Now, this sequined songbird must take flight--or wind up a dead duck. Deloris has always been an easy act to follow, but thanks to the police witness protection program, she goes underground and ends up cloistered in the last place anyone on Earth would think to look for her--a convent of devout nuns! In no time, Deloris goes from chased--to chaste. But with an imperious Mother Superior (Maggie Smith) breathing down her wimple, Deloris finds that this refuge is more reformatory than sanctuary--until she picks up the baton of the convent choir and coaxes the blues right out of their souls and into ecclesiastical comedy history.
"...some genuinely funny moments and good performances..." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
"A hilariously divine comedy!" ABC Radio Network
"...a plum part...for Whoopi." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
On-the-run after witnessing her Las Vegas mobster boyfriend kill someone, a tacky lounge singer (Whoopi Goldberg) enters the Witness Protection Program - as a nun. Now the convent needs protection, from the new Sister Mary Clarence and her Vegas-style ideas on how to run the choir. A charming comedy and one of Goldberg's best movies.
Plot Summary
A lounge singer, specializing in the enthusiastic performance of Motown classics, has to hightail it out of Reno when she witnesses her gangster boyfriend icing an unfortunate stool pigeon. The cops want her testimony so that they can put her ex-lover behind bars, but they know he'll be trying to silence her permanently.| The Witness Relocation Program eventually hides her in the last place they think anyone would look: a convent. With nothing to do but lay low and kill time, the feisty, incognito nun starts to go a little stir-crazy -- that is, until the Mother Superior puts her in charge of the convent's choir. It's a hopeless group musically, but the former lounge lizard realizes she's found her calling and quickly whips her recruits into top R&B form. Meanwhile, her ex has found out where she's hiding and plans a visit with a few of his more "influential" friends.
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Access | | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16x9 TVs | | Production Featurette "Inside Sister Act" | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, French |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 6/1/2004 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1992 | | Catalog ID: 23231 | | UPC: 00786936159295 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Golden Globe (1993) | | | Whoopi Goldberg, Nominee, Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical | |
MTV Award (1993) | | | Kathy Najimy, Nominee, Best Breakthrough Performance | | | Whoopi Goldberg, Nominee, Best Comedic Performance | | | Whoopi Goldberg, Nominee, Best Female Performer |
| Memorable Quotes| "If this turns into a nun's bar. I'm out of here." ---- said by a tough--looking biker. |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...The choral scenes [are] skillfully done..." 05/29/1992 p.5DEntertainment Weekly
"...Sidesplittingly funny....It's a new-style feel-good movie...Goldberg's voice -- a flat, gravelly drone of skepticism -- is a great comic instrument..." 05/29/1992 p.46-7 Los Angeles Times
"...Graced with a clever script, a cast that will make you smile until you ache, and a snappy sense of pace....[It is] one of those rare occasions where everything almost magically falls into place..." 05/29/1992 p.F1 |
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