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DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 31, 1998
• R2: 11 Aug 2003
Budget $5,500,000
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
2 hours, 9 minutes
Country USA
Studio David Brown Productions, Universal
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Other Titles
• The Sting
• Der Clou (1974)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Comedy, Gangsters, Revenge, Scams And Cons, Betrayal, Murder, Police, Detectives, Period Piece, Buddies
Tagline: ...all it takes is a little Confidence.
Plot: Hoping that box-office lighting might strike twice, George Roy Hill again joined forces with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, who star as con men Henry Gondorff and Johnny Hooker in THE STING. In the Chicago of the 1930s, Johnny's partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), is fatally wounded by a victim of one of their scams who turns out to be powerful syndicate boss Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Eager for revenge, Johnny takes a tip from his dying partner and seeks out mutual friend Gondorff, a consummate master of the long con. Gondorff rouses himself from his alcoholic inertia and agrees to help Johnny take down the despicable Lonnegan, conscripting an army of grifters ready to avenge their friend's death. The labyrinthine plot, which is stuffed with false leads, red herrings, and a double-cross-a-minute, involves a fake bookie joint, a very persistent FBI agent, a bunch of corrupt cops, and one shifty dame. An extremely entertaining film, the Oscar-winning film transcends the genre through the superb acting of the three leads, the keen attention to the re-creation of period detail, and a fiendishly intricate script that cons audiences completely. The wonderful score, which became immensely popular, featured Marvin Hamlisch's orchestral transcriptions of Scott Joplin's piano rags;
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| Directed by |
George Roy Hill
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The World According to Garp, Slap Shot |
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David S. Ward
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| Cast |
Paul Newman
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 | Ray Walston
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 | Robert Shaw
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