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Produced for Touchstone Pictures, a Disney offshoot offering slightly more mature fare, this smash-hit musical comedy stars Whoopi Goldberg as Reno lounge singer Deloris Wilson, who, on the run from the mob, joins a cloister of nuns in San Francisco. Unsure how best to apply her real-world skills, Deloris—now called Sister Mary Clarence—starts leading the choir, whose overnight success brings her unwanted attention. With an uplifting message of sisterhood, chosen family, and the importance of art in everyone’s life, Sister Act became one of the highest-grossing films of 1992 and was eventually adapted for the stage in 2006.

Adapted from the 1977 Tony Award–winning Broadway musical by director John Huston (The Maltese Falcon), this Depression-era story finds iconic Little Orphan Annie on the big screen for the first time. As realized by newcomer Aileen Quinn, Annie’s indefatigable gumption is put to the test as she navigates daily insults from the cruel Miss Hannigan (Carol Burnett) and works her way into the heart of Daddy Warbucks (Albert Finney). Nominated for its art direction and adapted score, the enduring classic brings songs like “It’s The Hard Knock Life” and “Tomorrow” to vivid life, planting them firmly in the popular American consciousness.

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