Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)

Director:

Bill Duke

Writers (WGA):

Joseph Howard (characters)
James Orr (written by) ...
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Release Date:

10 December 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Plot:

The sisters come back to Delores's show to get her back as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a...

Plot Keywords:

School | Nun | Choir | Catholic School | Monk

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg	...	Deloris 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	...	Westley Glen 'Ahmal' James
Ron Johnson	...	Richard 'Sketch' Pinshum
Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Margaret (as Jennifer 'Love' Hewitt)
Devin Kamin	...	Frankie
Christian Fitzharris	...	Tyler Chase
Tanya Blount	...	Tanya
Mehran Marcos Sedghi	...	Marcos
Valeria Andrews	...	Classroom Kid
Dionna Brooks-Jackson	...	Classroom Kid
Monica Calhoun	...	Classroom Kid
Martha Gonzalez	...	Classroom Kid
Deondray Gossett	...	Classroom Kid
Frank Howard	...	Classroom Kid
David Kater	...	Classroom Kid
Riley Weston	...	Classroom Kid (as Kimberlee Kramer)
Deedee Magno	...	Classroom Kid
Patrick Malone	...	Classroom Kid
Alex Martin	...	Classroom Kid
Jermaine Montell	...	Classroom Kid
Sacha Thomas	...	Classroom Kid
Ashley Thompson	...	Classroom Kid
Pat Crawford Brown	...	Choir Nun
Susan Browning	...	Choir Nun
Georgia Creighton	...	Choir Nun
Edith Diaz	...	Choir Nun
Ellen Albertini Dow	...	Choir Nun
Beth Fowler	...	Choir Nun
Prudence Wright Holmes	...	Choir Nun
Sheri Izzard	...	Choir Nun
Susan Johnson-Kehn	...	Choir Nun
Ruth Kobart	...	Choir Nun
Darlene Koldenhoven	...	Choir Nun
Rose Parenti	...	Choir Nun
Carmen Zapata	...	Choir Nun
Andrea Robinson	...	Sister Mary Robert (singing) (voice)
Jenifer Lewis	...	Vegas Backup Singer #1
Pamela Tyson	...	Vegas Backup Singer #2
Sharon Brown	...	Vegas Backup Singer #3
Regan Patno	...	Dancer
Kevin Alexander Stea	...	Dancer
John Jacquet Jr.	...	Dancer
Sebastian La Cause	...	Dancer
Luca Tommassini	...	Dancer
Michael Gregory Gong	...	Dancer
Gabriel Trupin	...	Dancer
Raymond Del Barrio	...	Dancer (as Raymond G. del Barrio)
Frank Williams	...	Dancer
Lacy Darryl Phillips	...	Dancer
Paul Michael Thorpe	...	Dancer 'Please, Mr. Postman' (as Paul Thorpe)
Paul Genick	...	Dancer 'I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)'
Aaron Baker	...	Dancer 'Teeny Bikini'
Warren Frost	...	Archdiocese Person #1
Robin Gammell	...	Archdiocese Person #2
Revalyn T. Golde	...	Archdiocese Person #3 (as Revalyn Golde)
Yolanda Whittaker	...	Sondra (as Yolanda Whitaker)
Bill Duke	...	Mr. Johnson
Sydney Lassick	...	Competition Announcer
Michael Taliferro	...	Security Guard (as Michael 'Bear' Taliferro)
Kai Bowe	...	Stage Manager
William S. Turchyn II	...	Assistant Stage Manager
John Fontana	...	Flying Tech #1
Michael A. Tice	...	Flying Tech #2
Robert Simokovic	...	Flying Tech #3
Iris Graves	...	Iris Choir
Pamela Taylor	...	Iris Choir
Robert J. Benson	...	Iris Choir
Juliette Hagerman	...	Iris Choir
Christina Royster	...	Iris Choir
Kwaku A. James	...	Iris Choir
Roy M. Crayton	...	Iris Choir
Kwame James	...	Iris Choir
Latesha Crayton	...	Iris Choir
Erica Atkins	...	Iris Choir
Jennifer Reeves	...	Iris Choir
William D. Hall	...	Chapman Choir Leader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robby George	...	Student (uncredited)
Ryal Haakenson	...	Man at Show (uncredited)
Bill Irwin	...	Unnamed Brother #1 (uncredited)
Jason Menz	...	LAPD Officer (uncredited)
Tanya Newbould	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)
David Ulmer	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Terri J. Vaughn	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Bill Duke

Writing credits (WGA)
Joseph Howard		(characters)
James Orr		(written by) &
Jim Cruickshank		(written by) and
Judi Ann Mason		(written by)

Produced by
Mario Iscovich	....	executive producer
Laurence Mark	....	executive producer
Christopher Meledandri	....	co-executive producer
Scott Rudin	....	producer
Marc Shaiman	....	associate producer
Dawn Steel	....	producer
Ron Stacker Thompson	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Miles Goodman

Cinematography by
Oliver Wood		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
John Carter
Pembroke J. Herring		(as Pem Herring)
Stuart H. Pappé		(as Stuart Pappé)

Casting by
Aleta Chappelle		(as Aleta Chapelle)

Production Design by
John DeCuir Jr.

Art Direction by
Louis M. Mann

Set Decoration by
Bruce A. Gibeson		(as Bruce Gibeson)

Costume Design by
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck

Makeup Department
Michael Germain	....	key makeup supervisor (as Perry M. Germain)
Carol Schwartz	....	makeup artist
Robert L. Stevenson	....	hair stylist (as Robert Louis Stevenson)
Julia L. Walker	....	key hair stylist
Michael F. Blake	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Nina Kent	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Dale Miller	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Paul Moen	....	unit production manager
Jack L. Murray	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nandi Bowe	....	second assistant director
Hilbert Hakim	....	second second assistant director
Mark Hansson	....	second assistant director: second unit
Ernie F. Orsatti	....	second unit director (as Ernie Orsati)
Dan Perri	....	second unit director
Carlos Piñero	....	dga trainee
Barry K. Thomas	....	first assistant director (as Barry Thomas)
Eddie Ziv	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Tom Altobello	....	assistant property master
Marc Baird	....	illustrator
Will Blount	....	property master
Monica Castro	....	assistant property master (as Monica Ragan)
Hugh Conlon	....	construction coordinator
Lauren Cory	....	set designer
Sandy Getzler	....	set designer
Stephen Howard	....	set foreman
Robin L. Kolb	....	construction foreman (as Robin Kolb)
Randy Legaspi	....	murals (as Randy 'Relic' Legaspi)
Michael Mikita	....	stand-by painter
Gene Molnar	....	leadman
Doug Levy	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)
Héctor López	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Karen Sorum	....	painter: San Francisco local (uncredited)
Doug E. Williams	....	propmaker: San Francisco (uncredited)

Sound Department
Lisa Alexander	....	assistant sound editor
Petra Bach	....	adr supervisor
Jeff Clark	....	sound editor
Zack Davis	....	adr editor
David Gertz	....	foley mixer
David J. Hudson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Adam Johnston	....	sound editor
Dale Johnston	....	sound editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Joseph Magee	....	additional sound recordist
William L. Manger	....	sound editor (as Bill Manger)
Harrison D. Marsh	....	boom operator
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Phillip W. Palmer	....	cable person (as Phil Palmer)
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kelly J. Quinn	....	assistant adr editor (as Kelly Quinn)
Tony Sheppard	....	additional sound recordist
John Stacy	....	supervising sound effects editor (as John M. Stacy)
Dan Thomas	....	sound editor
Robert Ulrich	....	adr editor
James E. Webb	....	sound mixer (as Jim Webb)
Bill Weinman	....	assistant sound editor
David A. Whittaker	....	sound editor (as Dave Whittaker)
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Curtis Choy	....	production sound mixer: second unit (uncredited)
Michael Meier	....	cable person (uncredited)

Special Effects by
James Fredburg	....	special effects supervisor (as James Karl Fredburg)
Michael A. Tice	....	special effects technician

Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunts (as Bruce Barbour)
Carl Ciarfalio	....	stunts
Candace Crump	....	stunts (as Candace Lynn Crump)
Paul Dallas	....	stunts
Greg Wayne Elam	....	stunt coordinator (as Greg Elam)
Greg Wayne Elam	....	stunts (as Greg Elam)
Zak Gilbert	....	stunts
Melvin Jones	....	stunts
David Kincaid	....	stunts
Steven Lambert	....	stunts (as Steve Lambert)
Denver Mattson	....	stunts
Jay McCarthy	....	stunts
Noon Orsatti	....	stunts
Pat Romano	....	stunts
Greg Walker	....	stunts
Alphonse Walter	....	stunts
Kym Washington	....	stunts
Big Daddy Wayne	....	stunts
Jim Wilkey	....	stunts
John M. Woodward	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
John Agalsoff Jr.	....	video playback operator (as John Agalsoff)
Jamie Barber	....	first assistant camera (as James Barber)
William D. Barber	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as William Barber)
Rick A. Benedetto	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as Richard Benedetto)
James B. Crawford	....	chief lighting technician (as Jim Crawford)
Jay Davis	....	key rigging grip
Martin Glover	....	camera loader
Suzanne Hanover	....	still photographer
Beth Horton	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Glenn Kershaw	....	director of photography: second unit
Scott Kidner	....	lighting technician
Louis Mawcinitt	....	lighting consultant
Louis Mawcinitt	....	lighting designer
Bob Munoz	....	key grip (as Robert Munoz)
George Papanickolas	....	dolly grip
Víctor Pérez	....	rigging gaffer (as Victor Perez)
Bill Roe	....	camera operator
Tim Roe	....	second assistant camera
Baird Steptoe	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Michael T. Travers	....	second grip (as Mike Travers)
Eric Blum	....	lighting technician: San Francisco (uncredited)
Ron Newburn	....	best boy electric (uncredited)
Louis Niemeyer	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Frank Perl	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Carissa Blix	....	extras casting: Media Casting, San Francisco
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Marshall Peck	....	event extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ronald V. Barry	....	set costumer (as Ron Barry)
Amanda Chamberlin	....	costumer: Ms. Goldberg (as Mandy Chamberlin)
Odessa McDuffie	....	set costumer
Frank Ross	....	key set costumer
Betty Jean Slater	....	key set costumer
Andrea E. Weaver	....	costume supervisor (as Andrea Weaver)
Donna Beltran	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jeff Bradley	....	assistant editor (as Jeffrey S. Bradley)
Scott Conrad	....	additional film editor
Karen Dale Greene	....	apprentice editor (as Karen Greene)
Moonstar Greene	....	assistant editor
Craig Herring	....	assistant editor
Kevin Lindstrom	....	assistant editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Paisley Pappé-Iredell	....	assistant editor (as Paisley C. Pappé)
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Angela Robinson	....	assistant editor
Lynne Southerland	....	post-production coordinator (as Lynn Sutherland)
Kathy Virkler	....	post-production coordinator
Neil Greenberg	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Rick Tuber	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Daniel Allan Carlin	....	production music supervisor
Oscar Castro-Neves	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
Nancy Fogarty	....	music editor
Bonnie Greenberg	....	soundtrack consultant
Jim Harrison	....	music editor
Charles Martin Inouye	....	supervising music editor
Sidney James	....	consultant: competition music
Daryl B. Kell	....	assistant music editor (as Daryl Kell)
Darlene Koldenhoven	....	choir nun vocal coach and contractor
Joel Moss	....	music mixer
Joel Moss	....	music recordist
Marc Shaiman	....	music adaptor: songs
Marc Shaiman	....	music supervisor
Nick Vidar	....	music programmer (as Nic Vidar)
Jimmy Vivino	....	assistant music supervisor
Fred Vogler	....	music playback operator
Mervyn Warren	....	composer: additional score material
Mervyn Warren	....	music adaptor: songs
George Doering	....	musician (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Ted Moser	....	transportation captain
John M. Woodward	....	transportation coordinator (as John Woodward)

Other crew
Petra Alexandria	....	assistant: Mr. Mark
Davor Atles	....	production assistant
Christy Block	....	stand-in
Brandon Camp	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin
Chanel	....	production assistant
Wade Chinoy	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin
Mary Courtney	....	production coordinator
Candace Crump	....	stand-in: Ms. Goldberg
Bridget D. Davis	....	assistant: Mr. Duke (as Bridget Davis)
Charles R. Eulo Jr.	....	production assistant
Joe Everett	....	unit publicist
Dominic Fidelibus	....	supervising copyist
Jill Rene Gilbert	....	assistant: Mr. Iscovich
Dawn Gilliam	....	script supervisor
Robbie Goldstein	....	location manager
Lynette Graves	....	production assistant
Carolyn Hagan	....	production office coordinator: re-shoots
Jamie Kehoe	....	craft service (as James P. Kehoe)
Eric Layne	....	payroll accountant
Sergio Lopez-Rivera	....	assistant: Mr. Duke
Kathy Nagaya	....	assistant accountant
Peter Pav	....	production assistant
Dan Perri	....	title designer: main titles
E.D. Perry	....	production assistant
Michael Peters	....	choreographer
Caryl Pine	....	studio teacher
Kelly Richards Ralston	....	first assistant accountant (as Kelly Stitt)
Brian Rankel	....	assistant: Mr. Mark
Eartha Robinson	....	assistant choreographer
Christina Royster	....	production assistant
Otis Sallid	....	stager and director: end sequence
Garrison Singer	....	production accountant
Eleva Singleton	....	production assistant (as D. Eleva Singleton)
Bill Turchyn	....	production assistant
Martine White	....	location associate
Joe Wilson	....	production assistant
Darrell Woodard	....	production assistant
Jesse Merz	....	market researcher (uncredited)
Francesca Prada	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Steven T Puri	....	title producer: end titles (uncredited)
Korey Washington	....	background key set supporter (uncredited)

Thanks
Iris Stevenson	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Touchstone Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1993) (USA) (theatrical)
• Touchstone Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Touchstone Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Fox Network (1997) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista International (Sweden) (1994) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (1994) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Gativideo (1994) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Laurenfilm (Spain)

Other Companies

• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Hollywood Camera  additional camera
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Pacific Studios Inc.  chromatrans background
• Walt Disney Pictures and Television  for purposes of copyright law in the United Kingdom this picture was created by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:G (Quebec) | South Korea:12 | New Zealand:G | Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Peru:PT | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (original rating) | Australia:PG (cable rating) | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bank of America Building - 555 California Street, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

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 (also the producer of Sister Act 2).

Goofs:

Continuity: Before the kids go out onto the stage to perform in the competition, Father Maurice speaks to them backstage. During that scene the kids' positions change several times, when they are shot to look like they are in the same position throughout the scene.

Quotes:

Sister Mary Clarence:You lied to me and you're gonna go to hell.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (1998) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Good...For A Sequel

Compared to most sequels, this is in the top 20. But as for comparison to the first, there is almost no relation. The first was a good movie. Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit does not compare to most movies. Some cheap independent films, if well acted, are better. But some commercial movies are worse than this movie. It had no great acting. Some things were funny. But why didn't the nuns sing again? That would seem most logical to do in this film. And kids? Ok, I guess. But the story line could be changed, and then everything re-vamped, without the practically psychotic men from the monastery, and you have a great movie.