Sister Act - Una svitata in abito da suora

Titolo originale: Sister Act
Regia: Emile Ardolino |
Anno: 1992
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Musica Commedia
Tag: concert | nun | church choir | witness protection | gospel | singer | murder | singing nun | fish out of water | witness to murder | mother superior | monastery | roman catholic church | mob boss |
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg | Maggie Smith | Kathy Najimy | Wendy Makkena | Mary Wickes | Harvey Keitel | Bill Nunn | Robert Miranda | Richard Portnow | Ellen Albertini Dow | Carmen Zapata | Pat Crawford Brown | Prudence Wright Holmes | Ruth Kobart | Susan Browning | Edith Diaz | Beth Fowler | Joseph Maher | Jenifer Lewis | Charlotte Crossley | A.J. Johnson | Michael Durrell | Mike Jolly | Jeremy Roberts | Jim Beaver | Toni Kalem | Nicky Katt | Desreta Jackson | Zatella Beatty | Skye Bassett | Lois de Banzie | Susan Johnson | Robert M. Jimenez |

Deloris Van Cartier è una vulcanica cantante in un casinò di Reno, ed è l'amante del boss Vince LaRocca. Una sera assiste casualmente ad un omicidio, e l'assassino è proprio Vince. A quel punto Deloris è costretta a fuggire, minacciata di morte. La polizia, per proteggerla in attesa del processo, nasconde la donna in un austero convento retto da una rigida madre superiora, ma Deloris, insofferente alle regole, rivoluzionerà tutto...

Approfondimenti

Italian censorship visa # 88330 delivered on 8 January 1993. D
The soundtrack includes "Rescue Me". The same song is on the soundtrack to another Whoopi Goldberg m [...] D
In the closing scene, the drape hanging in front of the Pope's chair bears the arms of John Paul II. D
When Eddie (Bill Nunn) takes Deloris (Whoopi Goldberg) to the church, she asks him, "What am I gonna [...] D
This movie was later turned into a stage musical. Whoopi Goldberg appeared in a limited run of the L [...] D
Whoopi Goldberg acted in a West End adaptation of this movie in 2010, where she played the role of M [...] D
During the shoot, "sisters" Kathy Najimy and Wendy Makkena decided to order wine and fries to their [...] D
Screenwriter Paul Rudnick wrote the original script back in 1987 and Bette Midler was supposed to be [...] D
The key scene in which the choir of nuns begins "Hail Holy Queen" as a hymn and, in the second refra [...] D
Included amongst the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the five hundred movies nominated for th [...] D
Deloris' girl group is named the Ronelles, a combination of the names of two other girl groups from [...] D
Mother Superior (Dame Maggie Smith) dubs Deloris (Whoopi Goldberg) "Sister Mary Clarence". She state [...] D
Whoopi Goldberg and Max Grodénchik have played supporting characters on Star Trek series. Goldber [...] D
Emile Ardolino had previously directed Three Men and a Little Lady (1990), the sequel to Three Men a [...] D
When the casting was changed from Bette Midler to Whoopi Goldberg, the main location was changed fro [...] D
During the "My God" Number, Sister Lazarus has a solo and sings "As a matter of fact." After that, a [...] D
The movie never explains were Delores gets the last name "Van Cartier" from. In the opening of the f [...] D
Whoopi Goldberg hired Carrie Fisher to re-write her dialogue, which led to many arguments with Disne [...] D
On June 10, 1993, Donna Douglas and her partner Curt Wilson in Associated Artists Entertainment, Inc [...] D
When the marquee for the Moonlight Lounge is first shown at the beginning of the movie, the featured [...] D
Lauren Holly auditioned for the role of Sister Mary Robert. D
The Rolling Stone Magazine cover shown during the closing credits is real. D
Pedro Almodóvar turned down an offer to direct the movie. D
The Reno, Nevada police station shown is the main post office in downtown Reno, with some real patro [...] D
Wendy Makkena's singing voice was dubbed by Andrea Robinson. D
During the concert for the Pope scene, there are several shots taken from the choir's viewpoint at t [...] D
The dog outside the convent is credited as Al Finney. The actor Albert Finney played Pope John Paul [...] D
Theatrical movie debut of Beth Fowler (Choir Nun). D
In the scene where Deloris (Sister Mary Clarence) (Whoopi Goldberg) is to be shot by two of Vince's [...] D
The Mexican and the Brazilian titles translate as "Change of Habit". D
Is one of two movies released in 1992 that starred Harvey Keitel and featured the sisterhood. The ot [...] D
It is against government policy to hide agents or witnesses in identities posing as members of the c [...] D
Sr. Mary Roberts is wearing a different habit to the other nuns. This is because she is not a full n [...] D
The church in which Whoopi Goldberg takes refuge is St. Paul's Catholic Church located at 221 Valley [...] D
Deloris, like Whoopi Goldberg, has no eyebrows throughout the film. D
An opening scene shows Deloris as a young girl, played by Isis Carmen Jones. Later the same year, Jo [...] D
While Paul Rudnick was writing the screenplay, Bette Midler (who was attached to star at the time) s [...] D
One of the neighborhood teenage girls was played by Desreta Jackson, who played the young version of [...] D
Paul Rudnick, the original screenwriter, got his pseudonym "Joseph Howard" from the name of a charac [...] D