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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305081821
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305081824
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: August 12, 1998
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 7869
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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Description:
Join a live audience to watch the Little Sisters of Hoboken display their divine talents in a zany benefit revue. In an effort to raise money for their fallen Sisters--unfortunate victims of a convent cooking accident--Mother Superior (The Golden Girls' Rue McClanahan) and her order of eccentric and endearing nuns show the lighter side of being Catholic. With riotous dance numbers, show-stopping songs and side-splitting wit, you'll swear Nunsense was heaven-sent! This video of the long-running hit musical features scenes not included in the television broadcast. Rue McClanahan, Christine Anderson, Semina De Laurentis, Christine Toy. 112 minutes.
Amazon.com essential video:
The Little Sisters of Hoboken, residents of Mt. St. Helens Convent and teachers at the school, have a problem. It seems Sister Julia (Child of God) has accidentally killed off 52 sisters with a botulism-laced vichyssoise. But even worse, the remaining nuns only had enough cash to bury 48 of the dearly departed; the other four are in the freezer. Nunsense is a benefit concert staged by the Little Sisters to raise money for a proper burial (before the health inspector comes).
Mother Superior Mary Regina (Rue McClanahan) is determined to put on a good show and raise some money with the help of her faithful followers Sister Robert Anne (Christine Anderson), Sister Mary Amnesia (Semina De Laurentis), Sister Mary Leo (Christine Toy), and Sister Mary Hubert (Terri White). McClanahan knows how to work a live audience and keeps them laughing. Though she's not a singer, she admirably talks her way through Dan Goggin's songs. The other sisters have terrific voices; while most of the songs are chorus style, each does get a chance to shine. Streetwise Sister Robert Anne's number 'I Just Want to Be a Star' is particularly good, and a medley by the 'St. Andrews Sisters' exemplifies the sisters' lovely and strong harmony.
Nunsense, filmed off-Broadway in 1993, is good, clean fun filled with enthusiastic performers and well-done songs. The choreography, however, is rather unimaginative. You don't need to have attended Catholic school to enjoy Nunsense. There are a few pokes at the Catholic religion, but Nunsense is mainly a gentle send-up of the convent way of life, told through the lens of a zany musical comedy. --Dana Van Nest
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Nunsense
bought this as a birthday gift for canadian friend.. found out she's a big fan of Rue's.. so am slowly buying up the rest of the series to give her for xmas.
Rating: - It is soooo funny
We have watched this show over and over and over and we are still laughing!
Rating: - Nunsense is the funniest.
I love this show and the acting is fabulous. Rue McClanahan is extremely funny, even funnier than the Golden Girls.
Rating: - Great Comedy
If you enjoy musical comedies this is a great show. I have been involved with two productions of this show and love it. I think this video captured the spirt of the live show. The show is well acted and moves along at a good pace.
Rating: - Musical Comedy at its Best
You don't have to be Catholic to love Nunsense.
It's a brilliant show with lots of laughs and
good music. The entire cast did a fantastic job!
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