Sister Act is a 1992 American musical crime comedy film directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Paul Rudnick. It stars Whoopi Goldberg as a lounge singer forced to join a convent after being placed in a witness protection program. It also features Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, and Harvey Keitel.
Theatrical release poster
St. Paul's Catholic Church in San Francisco, used in the film as Saint Katherine's
Whoopi Goldberg figure at Madame Tussauds London
A musical based on the film played at The Broadway Theatre in Times Square, Manhattan, beginning in 2011.
Emile Ardolino was an American television and film director and producer, best known for his work on the films Dirty Dancing (1987) and Sister Act (1992). He won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983).
Ardolino at the 56th Academy Awards