From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 6pm Saturday in NZ, 4pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described Movies Sister Act from 1992, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit from 1993 and Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! from 1986.
Sister Act is a 1992 American comedy film, directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Paul Rudnick (as Joseph Howard), with musical arrangements by Marc Shaiman.
The film stars Whoopi Goldberg as a lounge singer forced to join a convent after being placed in a witness protection program, who in turn helps them to rejuvenate the surrounding neighbourhood by transforming their troubled choir.
The cast included Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, and Harvey Keitel.
Sister Act was one of the more financially successful comedies of the early 1990s, grossing $231 million worldwide.
The film spawned a franchise, which consists of the 1993 sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit and a musical adaptation, which premiered in 2006.
A remake of Sister Act is in the works.
On December 7, 2018, it was confirmed that Regina Y. Hicks and Karin Gist were hired to write the script to Sister Act 3 to be released on Disney+.
Directed by: Emile Ardolino.
Written by: Paul Rudnick (as Joseph Howard).
Produced by: Scott Rudin and Teri Schwartz.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith and Harvey Keitel.
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg.
Edited by: Colleen Halsey and Richard Halsey.
Music by: Marc Shaiman.
Production Companies: Touchstone Pictures and Touchwood Pacific Partners I.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Release date: 29 May 1992.
File Length: 100 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $31 million.
Box office: $231.6 million.
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit is a 1993 American musical comedy film, directed by Bill Duke, and released by Touchstone Pictures.
The film is the sequel to the 1992 film Sister Act, and is loosely based on life of Crenshaw High School choir instructor Iris Stevenson.
The story sees Whoopi Goldberg reprising her role as Deloris van Cartier, as she finds herself coming to the aid of her nun friends who need her help to save her old school.
Most of the original cast reprise their roles in the sequel, including Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, and Mary Wickes.
The film was less commercially successful than its predecessor, and received generally negative reviews, but proved popular with fans of the first film.
Directed by: Bill Duke.
Written by: James Orr, Jim Cruickshank and Judi Ann Mason.
Based on Characters by : Joseph Howard.
Produced by: Scott Rudin and Dawn Steel.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, James Coburn and Maggie Smith.
Cinematography: Oliver Wood.
Edited by: John Carter and Pem Herring.
Music by: Marc Shaiman and Miles Goodman.
Production Company: Touchstone Pictures.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Release date: 10 December 1993.
Running time: 107 minutes.
Country: United States.
Language: English.
Budget: $38 million.
Box office: $57.3 million (US).
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! is the 30th prime-time animated television special based upon the popular comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz.
It aired on the CBS network on 1 January 1986.
The special focuses on Charlie Brown's difficulty finishing a book report over the holidays.
A new New Year's special Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne was released on Apple TV+ on 10 December 2021.
Genre: Animation.
Created by: Charles M. Schulz.
Written by: Charles M. Schulz.
Directed by: Bill Melendez and Sam Jaimes.
Voices of: Chad Allen, Jeremy Miller, Melissa Guzzi, Elizabeth Lyn Fraser, Aron Mandelbaum, Jason Mendelson, Kristie Baker and Bill Melendez.
Composers: Ed Bogas and Desirée Goyette.
Country of origin: United States.
Original language: English.
Executive producers: Lee Mendelson and Charles M. Schulz.
Producer: Bill Melendez.
Camera setup: Nick Vasu.
File Length: 24 minutes.
Production company: United Feature Syndicate.
Original network:
CBS.
Original release: 1 January 1986.
Preceded by: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1985).
Followed by: Snoopy!!! The Musical (1988).
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