Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Page #10

Synopsis: The sisters come back to Delores's show to get her back as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of students in their parochial school which is doomed for closure. One of the girls, who is the most talented of the bunch, is forbidden to sing by her mother, although the choir has made it to the state championship. A group of stereotypical incompetent monks tries to stop them.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Director(s): Bill Duke
Production: Buena Vista
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
7%
PG
Year:
1993
107 min
1,829 Views


- Is this the green room?

- I guess it is. Yeah.

- Wow!

Yoo-hoo. Hello!

- Father Thomas! It's us.

- Hi!

Oh. My goodness!

You're here!

Well. Colour me surprised!

We weren't expecting you.

The kids are gonna burst

when they find out you've come

to support them. Come on.

I'm here with the other Fathers. But we

didn't come to support the children.

Father Maurice and Mr Crisp...

are going to pull them

out of the competition.

- Well. Why?

- Why... Why would they want to do that?

Because it turns out Sister Mary

Clarence isn't a sister at all.

She's a Las Vegas showgirl.

- A showgirl! Well!

- Can you believe it?

Who'd have thunk? Ha... She has

so many nunlike qualities.

Not to mention

the whole outfit. Ha.

- Yeah!

- Yeah. She d...

Father Maurice and Mr Crisp

are looking for them right now.

Oh. My! Really.

Well. That's. Uh. That's interesting.

I think that's a very good idea.

and I think that we should

go look for her. Too.

- Good idea. I do. Too. Oh. I agree.

- You two coming? Yeah.

- Okay. Bye-bye.

- See ya.

Ever singing

march we onward

- Yo. They got it goin' on.

- And look at those robes. Man.

We gonna look like suckers. Man.

You know what? All of a sudden

I don't feel so good.

In the triumph

Song of life

Yes. Very good. Yes.

Please welcome

the Captain High School...

Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey.

Why aren't you guys ready?

- Well. You saw that other choir.

- We can't win against them.

Mary Clarence.

Yo. He's right. If we go out there.

we'll be laughed off the stage.

And I didn't come this far

to be embarrassed.

And they sang our number.

and they sang it much better.

We're not goin' on.

We're goin' home.

So because you think

they sang it better...

y'all are ready to leave

'cause you got scared.

Oh. Yeah. No. That's your M.O.

See. That's how y'all operate.

"Ooh. Somethin' new.

Better run away."

Forget about all the people

who busted their butt...

to get you here

'cause they believed in you.

Let me remind you

of somethin'. Okay?

If you wanna go somewhere

and you wanna be somebody...

you better wake up

and pay attention.

Because if every time something scary

comes up you decide to run...

y'all are gonna be runnin'

for the rest of your lives.

Damn.

You guys. She is right.

Yeah. And if we gonna do this. We gotta

be slammin'. You know what I'm saying?

In the still of the night

Shoo-wop shoo-wah

Shoo-wop shoo-wah

Shoo-wop shoo-wah

- Bum-bum-bum bum-bum-bum

- St Francis Academy? Get ready.

Ooh ooh ooh ooh

In the still of the night

Forgive me. I'm...

I'm terribly sorry.

What a sea of humanity!

Sorry.

Yo. Father Maurice.

We thought you wasn't coming.

What's happenin'. Man?

What's up?

- How are you?

- Well!

- How are you?

- Yes.

- Well. We glad you here.

- Thank you.

Father. We need all the help

we can get.

- We're sure to win with you here.

- Oh. Well. I'm...

I'm very glad to be here to.

uh. Support the choir and. Uh...

But I'm afraid something

has just been brought to my attention.

Something that I'm afraid... Well.

I don't know how to say this exactly.

But I just have to say that...

Well. You...

You children are amazing!

I. L... I almost

didn't recognize you.

Why... Why. There's such a glow

in all of you!

Remarkable! You...

You just all look like angels!

Wait till you hear 'em sing.

All right. You guys.

Places. Let's go.

Ah. Yeah. Good luck.

Good luck.

Father Maurice.

what are you doing?

Well I. I decided

to let them sing.

Oh. G...! Do you know

what you've done?

- Well. What'd I do?

- Well. I mean. D-didn't you tell...

the Archdiocese people when you

called them about Sister Mary Fake?

Uh. Well. I thought

I'd tell them when I saw them.

- Well. A-are they here?

- Uh. Well. L-I think they're here.

- Yes. I think they're here.

- But you haven't told them?

- Uh. Well. Uh. Not yet.

- Ah. Well. I'm going to tell them.

I'm gonna make sure they know about her.

Where the hell are they?

- Uh. Uh. Uh. Mr Crisp.

- What?

Uh. We'll help you find them.

won't we. Guys?

As a matter of fact.

just a few minutes ago I saw them.

- They were headed in that direction.

down the hallway.

- Are you sure?

- Yes. Well.

- I saw. Too.

- I saw w... him.

- Well. Let's go!

- This way! Yes!

- Down here?

- We just came from down here.

- I saw 'em right down the hall there.

- Right?

- No. No. Really. Mr Crisp. I saw them...

and they were. They were

saying something about. Uh.

the ventilation system.

Ventilation system! What have

you been drinking? Some of that

sacramental wine again. Father?

Uh. Uh. Mr Crisp.

Uh. They're right in here.

- I can hear voices.

- Oh. I'm sure you can hear voices.

- Oh. There they are! After you.

- What the hell are you talking about?

- Forgive me!

- Wait a minute! Hey!

Hurry! Get something

to hold this door with!

- Hurry. I mean.

'cause he's a big guy. C'mon.

- Hey. Let me outta here.

Not this!

This is dessert.

- We need something to bar the door with.

- Give me that thing!

- A genuine Hamus Alabamus.

- Open the door!

- Hey. It's dark in here.

- In nomine Patris. Father. Forgive us.

We know exactly

what we do!

That last choir was rather good.

don't you think?

You know. What she's done with those

children is nothing short of amazing.

Well. Sister Mary Clarence

is no ordinary nun.

Oh. You don't have

to tell me that.

You're not angry with me

for misleading you?

Not at all.

As a matter of fact...

you're free to fool me

anytime you want.

And now.

ladies and gentlemen...

from San Francisco. The choir

of St Francis High School...

under the direction

of Sister Mary Clarence...

also singing

"Joyful. Joyful."

Joyful, joyful

Lord

We adore Thee

God of glory

Lord of love

Hearts unfold

like flowers

Before Thee

Your teacher says

take off your robes.

- Huh? What?

- Take off your robes.

Do it quickly. C'mon.

- What?

- I don't know.

Just take off your robes.

Put on anything you want.

If we're gonna go out there...

we're gonna go out there comfortable.

some of us.

And fear and sadness

Drive the dark of doubt

Away

Giver of immortal

Gladness

Fill us with the light

Fill us with the light

Oh, fill us

With the light

Of day

Joyful, joyful

Lord, we adore Thee

God of Glory

Lord of Love

Hearts unfold

like flowers before Thee

Hail Thee

as the sun above

Melt the clouds of sin

Sin and sadness

Drive the dark of doubt away

Drive it all away

Giver of immortal gladness

Fill us

Fill us with the light of day

- Light of day

- Check the rhyme

Hey, Chaka, joyful, joyful

Lord, we adore Thee

- And in my life I put none before Thee

- Yeah

But since I was a youngster I came

to know that You was the only way to go

So I had to grow up and

to come to an understanding

And I'm down with the King

so now I'm demanding

That you tell me

who you're down with, see

'Cause all I know is

that I'm down with G-O-D

- You down with G-O-D

- Yeah, you know me

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Paul M. Rudnick (born December 29, 1957) is an American playwright, novelist, screenwriter and essayist. His plays have been produced both on and off Broadway and around the world, and Ben Brantley, when reviewing Rudnick’s The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told in The New York Times, wrote that, “Line by line, Mr. Rudnick may be the funniest writer for the stage in the United States today. more…

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