Rating: PG
Genre:
Crime
Release Date: 03/31/1998
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: 1
Run Time: 129 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
Four years after setting box offices ablaze in
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,
Paul Newman,
Robert Redford, and director
George Roy Hill re-teamed with similar success for
The Sting.
Redford plays Depression-era confidence trickster
Johnny Hooker, whose friend and mentor
Luther Coleman (
Robert Earl Jones) is murdered by racketeer/gambler
Doyle Lonnegan (
Robert Shaw). Hoping to avenge
Luther's death,
Johnny begins planning a "sting" -- an elaborate scam -- to destroy
Lonnegan. He enlists the aid of "the greatest con artist of them all,"
Henry Gondorff (
Paul Newman), who pulls himself out of a drunken stupor and rises to the occasion.
Hooker and
Gondorff gather together an impressive array of con men, all of whom despise
Lonnegan and wish to settle accounts on behalf of
Luther. The twists and surprises that follow are too complex to relate in detail -- suffice to say that you can't cheat an honest man, and that you shouldn't accept everything at face value.
The Sting became one of the biggest hits of the early '70s; grossing 68.5 million dollars during its first run, the film also picked up seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Adapted Score for
Marvin Hamlisch's unforgettable setting of
Scott Joplin's
ragtime music.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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A reviewer
from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Butch and Sundance Together Again.
The silver screen's dynamic duo, Paul Newman and Robert Redford are together again and this time, they're duplicating their success of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid by starring in this Oscar-winning comedy-drama set in Depression-era Chicago in which they play two small-time con men, who try to put "The Sting" on a New York City high-roller, who had one of their pals killed. The movie won four Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director (George Roy Hill), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Score. Also starring Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan, Harold Gould, Dana Elcar, Sally Kirkland, Dimitra Arliss, Charles Dierkop, and Jack Kehoe.
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