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    Sister Act (1992)

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    Ghost (1990) may have won Whoopi Goldberg an Oscar, but it was this comedy (directed by Emile Ardolino of Dirty Dancing fame) that turned her into a huge Hollywood star.

    Goldberg plays Reno lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier who accepts a police offer of protection that entails hiding out in a San Francisco convent after she witnesses gangster boyfriend Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel) killing a man.

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    That’s about it for plot in this comedy from the Disney stable, and the remainder of the movie follows our heroine as she tries to bring the nuns and Maggie Smith’s strict Mother Superior into the 20th century.

    Relying on some great songs and a superb cast (including Kathy Najimy as sunny Sister Mary Patrick), this successfully gets past the slight story to become a hugely enjoyable movie.

    Deloris Van Cartier
    Whoopi Goldberg
    Mother Superior
    Maggie Smith
    Sister Mary Patrick
    Kathy Najimy
    Sister Mary Robert
    Wendy Makkena
    Sister Mary Lazarus
    Mary Wickes
    Vince LaRocca
    Harvey Keitel
    Eddie Souther
    Bill Nunn
    Joey
    Robert Miranda
    Willy
    Richard Portnow
    Sister Alma
    Rose Parenti
    Bishop O’Hara
    Joseph Maher
    Clarkson
    Jim Beaver

    Director
    Emile Ardolino

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