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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 previously delighted audiences with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Set in 1936, the movie's about 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 Runyonesque 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 flavorful 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

Description of The Sting:
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 previously delighted audiences with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Set in 1936, the movie's about 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 Runyonesque 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 flavorful 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

The Sting Reviews:
The Sting
2009-11-18 - I bought this DVD for my personal enjoyment. I own it on VHS. A fun film.

I've owned the soundtrack for over 30 years, Now I finally decided to see the movie
2009-11-08 -
I think I caught part of the movie on TV back in the eighties and it didn't quite capture my attention. But, since, I've always loved Marvin Hamlisch's soundtrack, I thought that I should give it a go to see the movie in its entirety. It's pretty good. It's great to see a movie with a young Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Plus, having Charles Durning and Harold Gould really added some class to the whole concept of professional con men of the 1930's. Eileen Brennen is not the most attractive woman in Hollywood, but she really fit the part in this film because being glamorous isn't really the importance of her role here. I still think her best performance was playing opposite of Goldie Hawn in "Private Benjamin".

Pulling off the ultimate con at the end of this film was a great "feel good" moment, which is probably the wrong way to feel because, all through the movie, we are following and supporting the "bad guys." But, that's the fun of enjoying a film like this. You feel like you're participating in the crime, but you're not really guilty of anything.

You know what, I think I will watch it again today. And I'm going to keep the soundtrack CD in my car for a while. I'm glad that I finally got to see this movie.


Great movie!!!
2009-11-03 - I'd never seen this movie and it is one of my wife's all-time favorites. She refers to it often. Finally got this DVD and now I see why. What a great movie!!! This is truly one of the all-time classics and a must-see movie for generations to come.

Classic Duo
2009-10-27 - The Sting is not a sequel to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but it has all the feel of "here we go again" as the Paul Newman and Robert Redford steal the screen. A dynamic plot played by two actors in their prime leads to an amazing experience for the viewer. Get this movie, rent it, buy it, but definitely see it because it is still one of the greatest movies around. It's currently number 99 all time on IMDb's top 250 and rightfully in the top 100 36 years after its release.

The Sting DVD
2009-09-27 - Today is Saturday September 26th and I have STILL NOT received a response from the seller about my inquiry. TALK ABOUT BEING IGNORED! HORRIBLE SERVICE! I paid for the item a month ago and it has not arrived and now I am being ignored. Charlene