The Sting

THE STING

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The winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, The Sting, has become one of America's favorite and most critically accliamed films. Robert Redford and Paul Newman star as two con men in the 1930s out to avenge the death of a mutual friend. They seek revenge on crime lord, Robert Shaw with a "sting" that is one of the greatest double-crosses in movie history, complete with an amazing suprise finish. Directed by George Roy Hill and written by David S. Ward.

RATING: PG

STARRING:

Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1973

SCREENWRITER: David S. Ward

DIRECTOR: George Roy Hill

RUNNING TIME: 129 minutes

STUDIO: Universal

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(10 nominations and 7 wins)

Best Picture
(winner)

Best Actor - Robert Redford
(nominated)

Best Director - George Roy Hill
(winner)

Best Original Screenplay - David S. Ward
(winner)

Best Art Direction - Set Direction - Henry Bumstead and James W. Payne
(winner)

Best Cinematography - Robert Surtees
(nominated)

Best Costume Design - Edith Head
(winner)

Best Editing - William Reynolds
(winner)

Best Original Score - Marvin Hamlisch
(winner)

Best Sound - Ronald Pierce Robert R. Bertrand
(nominated)

GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

GOLDEN GLOBES
(1 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Screenplay - David S. Ward
(nominated)

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As of 12/06/2006 this movie is ranked #84 on the imdb.com list of the top 250 films of all time.
Paul Newman's card tricks were not done by him, the hands shown were actually those of technical advisor John Scarne who doubled for Newman as it was deemed it would take too long for Newman to learn all of the multiple tricks from scratch.
Although not actually credited as an adaptation many people have noted the similarities to the book The Big Con by David W. Maurer and many claim while this film is not a direct adaptation it served as inspiration for the story.
The role of Johnny Hooker was originally turned down by Robert Redford. The role was then offered to Jack Nicholson who nearly accepted the part. After Nicholson declined the film, Redford had changed his mind and agreed to do the film.
The diner seen in this film is the same diner that was used in Back To The Future. The set is located on Universal's backlot where the vast majority of the movie was filmed.
Robert Redford claims he didn't actually sit down and watch this film until June of 2004.
The music featured in this movie is mostly ragtime songs composed by Scott Joplin that were popular between 1900 and 1910, a full 25 years before this movie is supposed to take place. Regardless of this fact the movie caused a brief resurgence in popularity for the genre of music.

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