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The Sting [1973]
from Uca
starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston
directed by George Roy Hill

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Dubbed
• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay, this critical and box-office hit from 1973 provided a perfect reunion for director George Roy Hill and stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford, who had previously delighted audiences with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969. Set in 1936, The Sting features a pair of Chicago con artists (Newman and Redford) who find themselves in a high-stakes game against the master of all cheating mobsters (Robert Shaw) when they set out to avenge the murder of a mutual friend and partner. Using a bogus bookie joint as a front for their con of all cons, the two feel the heat from the Chicago Mob on one side and encroaching police on the other. But in a plot that contains more twists than a treacherous mountain road, the ultimate scam is pulled off with consummate style and panache. It's an added bonus that Newman and Redford were box-office kings at the top of their game, and while Shaw broods intensely as the Runyon-esque villain, The Sting is further blessed by a host of great supporting players including Dana Elcar, Eileen Brennan, Ray Walston, Charles Durning, and Harold Gould. Thanks to the flavourful music score by Marvin Hamlisch, this was also the movie that sparked a nationwide revival of Scott Joplin's ragtime jazz, which is featured prominently on the soundtrack. One of the most entertaining movies of the early 1970s, The Sting is a welcome throwback to Hollywood's golden age of the 30s that hasn't lost any of its popular charm. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• AN ALL TIME GREAT.......................
  A film I never tire of watching. Superb performances from Redford and Newman as they outwit the late Robert Shaw in the big con.
  The film twists and turns but never bores. The cast reads like "Who's Who" and they give of their best. The script is outstanding and I'll bet this one was great fun to make.
  If you have not seen it, then whatever you do, DO NOT MISS IT. You will not be disappointed.
  Must be one of the top movies of all time.

• The Heist
  'The Sting', if you like jolly heist movies, is an easy movie to like. It tells a tale of a con artist, who decides to avenge the death of his mentor and friend by cheating a notable amount of money from a man who was responsible of killing his friend. So there even is a slight moral in the story, not just stealing money from the heck of it.
  So the main players of the film are: Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford), who is the man who wants to revenge the death of his mentor with the help of Henry Gondorff... more info

• There was very little sting in this hugely overrated movie
  This is a vastly overrated movie and always has been. Saw it on its release and I enjoyed the spectacle, and the tinkly music, but I was only seven. Got to look at it more closely over the years, and its reputation, to me does seem vastly overblown. It is just so clanky, every carefully managed scene seems just that, the famously twisty plot doesn't seem so intelligent to me as just plainly contrived. The script is godawful hammed up depression era street talk that seems risibly unrealistic to me, and the... more info

• A clumsy climax
  Am I the only one who thinks this film is over-rated? Sure, the plot is pleasingly complex, the period detail is rich, and the performances are all top-notch... but where it really counts the direction falls short. The conclusion to the 'sting' itself is rushed and anti-climatic, and the end credits follow too fast on its heels. What it really needs is a Casablanca-style exit by our heroes: 'this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship' etc. The twist involving Lonegan's secret assassin is bungled... more info

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