Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
- Won 7 Oscars
- 18 wins & 6 nominations total
Robert Earl Jones
- Luther Coleman
- (as Robertearl Jones)
James Sloyan
- Mottola
- (as James J. Sloyan)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaGeorge Roy Hill used some 1930s stylistic techniques. The film starts with a 1930s-era Universal logo, and used editing wipes to transition between scenes and iris shots.
- GoofsIn the bathroom, Hooker can be seen saying, "He didn't tell me you was a fuck-up either." This has been looped to replace it with the less profane "He didn't tell me you was a screw-up either." (The grammar error is scripted.)
- Quotes
Johnny Hooker: Can you get a mob together?
Henry Gondorff: After what happened to Luther, I don't think I can get more than two, three hundred guys.
- Crazy creditsThe opening animated logo for Universal Pictures is in 1930s style, matching the movie's setting, instead of the 1970s version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974)
Featured review
Quite good--especially the first time you see it.
It's been decades since I've seen "The Sting" and I decided to try watching it again. As a result of having seen it a couple times, I have some impressions I might not have had the first time. First, the film is awfully pretty--with some of the nicest titles and intertitle cards I've seen. It also is well-constructed--with several plots being interwoven quite well--a tribute to the director, George Roy Hill. The acting is quite nice and it's interesting that the film won seven Oscars--and none of them for acting! And, just like the first time, the Scott Joplin tunes are terrific. The only real negative is that because I'd seen it before, there were no surprises--and surprises are what makes this such an enjoyable film. Without the surprise, the film lacks something the second time--something that isn't true for all films. "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", for example, seems to get better each time you see it--but "The Sting" does because the movie is so dependent of surprise plot twists.
The bottom line is that for first-time viewers, the film is very hard to beat and it's easy to see how this $5.5 million dollar film brought in over $159,000,000 domestically--making this is mega-mega blockbuster. It's an exceptional film in every way.
The bottom line is that for first-time viewers, the film is very hard to beat and it's easy to see how this $5.5 million dollar film brought in over $159,000,000 domestically--making this is mega-mega blockbuster. It's an exceptional film in every way.
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- planktonrules
- May 5, 2014
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- Жаока
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- Budget
- $5,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $156,000,000
- Gross worldwide
- $156,000,000
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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