Sister Act

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American film film musical comedy film

Sister Act is a popular 1992 musical comedy film in which Whoopi Goldberg plays a lounge singer who hides in a convent under witness protection, leading to comedic and musical chaos.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	3
Sister Act (stage production)	1
“Sister Act”	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ film ⓘ musical comedy film ⓘ
basedOn	original screenplay ⓘ
character	Deloris Van Cartier ⓘ Mother Superior ⓘ Sister Mary Clarence ⓘ Sister Mary Patrick ⓘ Sister Mary Patrick ⓘ surface form: Sister Mary Robert Lenny Venito ⓘ surface form: Vince LaRocca
cinematographyBy	Adam Greenberg ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Emile Ardolino ⓘ
distributedBy	Buena Vista International ⓘ surface form: Buena Vista Pictures Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	Richard Halsey ⓘ
featuresSong	Hail Holy Queen ⓘ I Will Follow Him ⓘ
followedBy	Sister Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
genre	comedy ⓘ music film ⓘ musical comedy ⓘ
hasTheme	friendship ⓘ identity concealment ⓘ power of music ⓘ redemption ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadActor	Whoopi Goldberg ⓘ
mpaaRating	PG ⓘ
musicBy	Marc Shaiman ⓘ
nominatedFor	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	revitalizing interest in choir-based musical comedies ⓘ
plotSummary	A lounge singer hides in a convent under witness protection and revitalizes the convent choir. ⓘ
producer	Teri Schwartz ⓘ
productionCompany	Interscope Communications ⓘ Touchstone Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate	1992-05-29 ⓘ
releaseYear	1992 ⓘ
runningTime	approximately 100 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Joseph Howard ⓘ Paul Rudnick ⓘ
setIn	San Francisco ⓘ
starred	Bill Nunn ⓘ Harvey Keitel ⓘ Kathy Najimy ⓘ Maggie Smith ⓘ Wendy Makkena ⓘ Whoopi Goldberg ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Four Daughters → basedOn → Sister Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Sister Act”

Sister Act → followedBy → Sister Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Jenifer Lewis → notableWork → Sister Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Maggie Smith → notableWork → Sister Act ⓘ

Sheila Hancock → notableWork → Sister Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sister Act (stage production)

Whoopi Goldberg → notableWork → Sister Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit