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For those of you who remember Fame (the TV show about the artsy New York high school where kids danced their way through English and math), Sister Act 2 is Fame plus a few nuns. In the sequel the sisters have become the operators of a high school in San Francisco's inner city. As usual, the sisters are in a bind. They need a new music teacher, so off they go to Vegas to find Sister Mary Clarence (Goldberg).
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Directed by Emile Ardolino, Sister Act is an American comedy film released by Touchstone Pictures in 1992. Written by Joseph Howard, the film is produced by Scott Rudin and Teri Schwartz. Whoopi Goldberg stars as a Reno lounge singer who has to impersonate a nun in a San Francisco convent as she is on a hit list of a mob boss.
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In the sequel to the hit comedy Sister Act, Whoopie Goldberg reprises her role of Deloris Van Cartier, a Las Vegas entertainer who hid out with in a convent of nuns to avoid a nasty bunch of gangsters. In Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Deloris is persuaded to return to the convent by the Mother Superior (Maggie Smith), because her help is needed in teaching their choral students at St. Francis High in San Francisco. However, St. Francis is in a crisis, since the administrator running the school (James Coburn) is threatening to shut the place down. If the gospel choir wins first place in a singing contest in Los Angeles, St. Francis will be saved from the priest's plans. Though the plot is rather thin and derivative, Sister Act 2 is lighthearted fun, thanks to good musical numbers and winning performances from the cast. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
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Relive all the fun, laughter and irresistible music of Sister Act - the inspired comedy hit that packed pews everywhere! Whoopi Goldberg stars as a sassy, low-rent lounge singer forced to hide out from the mob in the last place anyone would ever look for her - a convent. While she's there, her irreverent behavior attracts a flock of faithful followers and turns the nuns' tone-deaf choir into a soulful chorus of swingin' singin' sisters. But when the group earns rave reviews, her sudden celebrity jeopardizes her hidden identity. Harvey Keitel and Kathy Najimy join a heavenly cast in this habit-forming comedy bursting with '60s Motown hits.
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Sister Act is set in the mid 20th century. The scene opens in a Catholic elementary school where a young girl, Delores, is causing trouble in class upsetting the Sister who is teaching the class. In the next scene, Whoopi Goldberg is seen as Deloris Van Cartier, who is the same girl but has grown up to be a Reno, Nevada lounge singer. Deloris is dating a married mobster, Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel), but is unaware of his criminal connections.
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The film was followed by a 1993 sequel, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. It ... inspired a musical stage version that premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California in 2006.
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