Nun Movies- Page 2

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 3:05am

It's only a short, but I think I like "Sister Mary Ignacious Explains it all for You."

[BwayLover]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 3:22am

Drama wise, I love "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" and "Black Narcissus". Yep- Deborah Kerr was the best nun....

Comedy wise, ya can't beat "Sister Act". Ah, just to see Dame Maggie Smith's facial reactions to Whoopie...priceless.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 7:11am

The Singing Nun.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 7:15am

BERNADETTE. It's a the French movie based on the life of Bernadette Soubirous. I saw most of it last week in Lourdes but the projector broke down one third of the way through it. Will have to scour E-Bay for an American-compatible video. What I saw was magnificent. It was far more accurate than THE SONG OF BERNADETTE (which I love).

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 8:51am

I've always thought that Song of Bernadette would make a wonderful musical - even the name sings...it is such a beautiful and touching story. I cry every time I see it.

[sabrelady]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 12:52pm

Def Lilies of the Field! Harry Belafonte hadda teach Sydney Poitier to sing- Apparently Sydney couldn't sing for beans & Mr Belafonte despaired: "this is gonna put our whole race back YEARS" "we are coing to build a SCHAP el!"

[GTP]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 12:56pm

I loved the scene where one of the Sister's teaches novice Flavia how to masturbate.

-Jerry
FLAVIA THE HERETIC

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 2:05pm

What about the tv show The Flying Nun?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 3:08pm

Jean and Walter Kerr turned SONG OF BERNADETTE into a musical. It played in London and was an ignominious flop.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 4:12pm

wow - thats too bad - I think is it excellent material to work with.
PS I LOVE the flying nun!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 4:37pm

I'm torn between Change of Habit and Where Angels Go - Trouble Follows, which is the sequel to The Trouble with Angels. Mary wicks was the bus driving nun in this film too!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 6:07pm

The Flying Nun is a CLASSIC!


I LOVE Sister Act.

[mominator]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 7:26pm

Have always loved "Song of Bernadette" would love to see the French movie that Dollypop spoke of.
BTW who also loved Vincent Price in Song of Bernadette? He played yet another nasty so wonderfuly!

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 7:30pm

Both Sister Act movies were great.
My favorite nun show on stage is without a doubt Nunsense...Amen

[Glebb]

Posted: 9/4/04 at 11:25pm

Loved Marge Redmond in THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS (the math nun who teaches math through horse racing.) She was also on THE FLYING NUN.

[shira467]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 6:01am

Not to kill the happy theme, but "The Magdalene Sisters" is an excellent (but not in the happy sense) movie.

On to the happy movies. I love Sister Act. And Sound of Music. And that's all I know of that I've seen.

[BwayLover]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 6:41am

OMG I don't think I've ever been so moved by a movie the way "The Magdalene Sisters" moved me. It was....definitely an experience.

[Marquise]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 7:07am

sister act and sister act II..thats it for me and nuns.

[Glebb]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 7:48am

I need to see "The Magdalene Sisters".
I remember being shocked when I saw "The Nun's Story".
She didn't sing and wasn't funny and I was not sure she was going to live happily ever after.

[VIETgrlTerifa]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 1:48pm

The Nun Story with Audrey Hepburn. The best movie about nuns and Catholicism I've seen.

Black Narcisiss is pretty good too, albiet pretty creepy.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 3:18pm

I go to Saint Mary's College.
Our mascot?
We're the Belles.

So I have to say "The Bells of Saint Mary's".

But yeah, I love "Sister Act".
And "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit"
And the "The Sound of Music".


Does "Mermaids" count?
Or "Mommy Dearest"?
How about "Superstar"?

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 3:44pm

Sister Act
Sister Act:2
Nuns on the Run
Sound of Music (if that counts)
The Singing Nun

[Glebb]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 6:38am

Glynis as a feisty nun!

[Glebb]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 9:04am

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/19/06 at 9:31am

This is an old thread that started before I was even posting... but I would just like to weigh in now and agree with bwaylover that "Black Narcissus" is the BEST for drama, and one of the most beautifully, hauntingly photographed movies ever made (by legendary cinematographer Jack Cardiff of "The Red Shoes" fame).






And of course, the Sound of Music!