The Sting (Blu-ray + DVD) PG
...all it takes is a little confidence.
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours, 9 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: June 5, 2012
- Originally Released: 1973
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Paul Newman & Robert Redford | |
Performer: | Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Harold Gould, Jack Kehoe, Robert Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, Avon Long, Arch Johnson, Ed Bakey, John Quade, Larry D. Mann, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan, Dana Elcar, Dimitra Arliss, James Sloyan, Charles Dierkop, Brad Sullivan & Joe Tornatore | |
Directed by | George Roy Hill | |
Edited by | William Reynolds | |
Screenwriting by | David S. Ward | |
Composition by | Marvin Hamlisch | |
Produced by | Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips & Tony Bill | |
Director of Photography: | Robert Surtees | |
Executive Production by | David Brown |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1973 -
Best Adapted or Musical Song/Score: Marvin Hamlisch
Academy Awards 1973 -
Best Art Direction: Henry Bumstead
Academy Awards 1973 -
Best Art Direction - Set Decoration: James Payne
Academy Awards 1973 -
Best Costume Design: Edith Head
Academy Awards 1973 -
Best Director: George Roy Hill
Academy Awards 1973 -
Best Film Editing: William H. Reynolds
Academy Awards 1973 -
Best Original Screenplay: David S. Ward
Academy Awards 1973 -
Best Picture: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
This is sheer entertainment, artfully made but without self conscious artiness. It is a picture put together by craftsmen who bring to it all their skills with only one purpose-entertainment.
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Cleveland Press
Newman and Redford pass a few facial expressions between them and try to cool each other out. If there ever was much of a script, it can be said to have gone to waste.
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TIME Magazine
Extremely handsome production values and a great supporting cast round out the virtues.
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Variety
It is a sparkling film, an American Borsalino, with sharp, clever dialogue, directed at a fine pace and with a good eye for period detail by George Roy Hill.
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The Spectator
The Sting remains the definitive con artist comedy: as irresistible and ingenious as the scheme that hooks in Doyle.
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
Two elements stand out from the immense technical aspect of the film. The impressive artistic direction and the photograph of the great Robert Surtess. [Full Review in Spanish]
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Espinof
5 stars out of 5 -- [A] masterfully smooth grift that's built on golden-age savvy but never feels like a rose-tinted throwback.
Total Film
Product Description:
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; the film led to a revival of interest in the composer. The film is one of the most entertaining films of the 1970s and lives up to its hype on repeat viewings.
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The Sting
Movie Lover: Barbara Rudolph from
YUKON, OK US -- May, 19, 2015
My husband has wanted this movie for a very long time. He was so surprised and happy,and wanted to know why it took so long to get it,my response was I just forgot , sorry. You've got it now. This movie is one of the best ever made. Paul and Robert make a great team . Thank You so much. Barbara