Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
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| Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | |
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| Directed by | Bill Duke |
| Produced by | Scott Rudin, Dawn Steel |
| Written by | James Orr Jim Cruickshank Judi Ann Mason |
| Starring | Whoopi Goldberg Maggie Smith Lauryn Hill James Coburn Ryan Toby Kathy Najimy Wendy Makkena Barnard Hughes |
| Music by | Miles Goodman |
| Cinematography | Oliver Wood |
| Editing by | John Carter |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 10 December 1993 |
| Running time | 107 mins |
| Language | English |
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit is a 1993 movie starring Whoopi Goldberg, directed by Bill Duke, and released by Touchstone Pictures. It is a sequel to the successful 1992 movie Sister Act. Most of the original cast reprise their roles in the sequel, including Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, and Mary Wickes. Like the original, Sister Act 2 contains several musical performances, which are integrated into the main plot.
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[edit] Plot
In this movie Deloris Van Cartier, the singer played by Goldberg, is given the task of being the music teacher at a religious school with rowdy and noisy students. She organizes the music class into a successful gospel choir, and has them enter a competition. In the end the students win the competition and Deloris and the students save the school from closing. Finally Deloris's students find out that she is not a nun, but a Las Vegas showgirl - s'cuse me, headliner - posing as a nun.
It has historical significance as the first Hollywood blockbuster sequel headed by an African-American film director. It was also a breakout role for singer/actress Lauryn Hill. It also features Jennifer Love Hewitt before she became well known for her later roles in movies and television, and Ryan Toby who went on to be part of the musical group City High.
The movie is popular for its (often altered) gospel songs and R&B classics and soul versions of church hymns such. These songs include
- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell/Diana Ross's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" "[1];
- Martha & The Vandellas)'s "Dancing in the Street";
- The Supremes' "Stop! In the Name of Love";
- "Joyful, Joyful" (the choir's version features a rap break and an interpolation of Janet Jackson's "What Have You Done For Me Lately");
- '"Oh Happy Day" [2].
Aretha Franklin scored a worldwide hit single from the film's soundtrack with "A Deeper Love," featuring a backing vocal by Lisa Fischer.
[edit] Cast
- Whoopi Goldberg - Dolores Van Cartier/Sister Mary Clarence
- Kathy Najimy - Sister Mary Patrick
- Barnard Hughes - Father Maurice
- Mary Wickes - Sister Mary Lazarus
- James Coburn - Mr. Crisp
- Michael Jeter - Father Ignatius
- Wendy Makkena - Sister Mary Robert
- Sheryl Lee Ralph - Florence Watson
- Robert Pastorelli - Joey Bustamente
- Thomas Gottschalk - Father Wolfgang
- Maggie Smith - Mother Superior
- Lauryn Hill - Rita Louise Watson
- Brad Sullivan - Father Thomas
- Alanna Ubach - Maria
- Ryan Toby - Wesley Glen 'Ahmal' James
- Ron Johnson - Richard 'Sketch' Pinchum
- Jennifer Love Hewitt - Margaret
[edit] Trivia
- Whoopi Goldberg's daughter, Alex Martin, appears in this movie as one of the classroom children. She says the "Yo Mama" line about Skittles.
- Deedee Magno, one of the music students Sister Mary Clarence (Whoopi Goldberg) teaches, was once a member of the early 90s pop group The Party - a group manufactured by Disney, who also produced Sister Act 2.
- Whoopi Goldberg was very unhappy making the first film[citation needed] and made this sequel only after Disney decided to finance her dream project, Sarafina!
- Great care was taken to either partially or completely hide James Coburn's hands, which are obviously suffering the effects of arthritis.
- When the students are on the basketball court, Lauryn Hill's character, Rita, starts rapping. Her rap wasn't a part of the script.
- Thomas Gottschalk (Father Wolfgang) who is a famous German TV host starred as a consequence of Whoopi Goldberg losing a bet in Thomas's gameshow "Wetten, dass..?"
- During the reintroduction for Dolores, She is singing in a show referred to on the soundtrack as 'The Greatest Medley Ever Told'. This one section, only 4 minutes long, is notable for going through roughly 15 different songs or music styles without a break in the music.
