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Title: The Sting (1973)
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Cast
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| Robert Redford | ... | ||
| Robert Shaw | ... | ||
| Charles Durning | ... | ||
| Ray Walston | ... | ||
| Eileen Brennan | ... | ||
| Harold Gould | ... | ||
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John Heffernan | ... | |
| Dana Elcar | ... | ||
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Jack Kehoe | ... | |
| Dimitra Arliss | ... | ||
| Robert Earl Jones | ... |
Luther Coleman
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| James Sloyan | ... |
Mottola
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| Charles Dierkop | ... | ||
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Lee Paul | ... | |
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Johnny Hooker, a small time grifter, unknowingly steals from Doyle Lonnegan, a big time crime boss, when he pulls a standard street con. Lonnegan demands satisfaction for the insult. After his partner, Luther, is killed, Hooker flees, and seeks the help of Henry Gondorff, one of Luther's contacts, who is a master of the long con. Hooker wants to use Gondorff's expertise to take Lonnegan for an enormous sum of money to even the score, since he admits he "doesn't know enough about killing to kill him." They devise a complicated scheme and amass a talented group of other con artists who want their share of the reparations. The stakes are high in this game, and our heroes must not only deal with Lonnegan's murderous tendencies, but also other side players who want a piece of the action. To win, Hooker and Gondorff will need all their skills...and a fair amount of confidence. Written by headlessannie
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Recapture "the STING Experience". REMEMBER HOW GOOD THE FEEL WAS THE FIRST TIME (re-release) See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 December 1973 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$5,500,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$159,600,000Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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1.85 : 1
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Johnny Hooker: I don't know. I ain't seen anybody.
Henry Gondorff: You never do, kid.
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Just before hooker meets Billie, the camera crew is reflected in a passing vehicle. See more »Quotes
Henry Gondorff: Is Lonnegan after you too?Johnny Hooker: I don't know. I ain't seen anybody.
Henry Gondorff: You never do, kid.
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This film deserved every Oscar thrown at it. It looks good, it's funny, it's extremely complex but doesn't dwell on the fact for a moment: if you can spot the twists, you haven't got time to sit back smugly as they pop up - everything rushes on. The acting's good as is the story, one carrying the other. I can't think of a movie where people so obviously had as much fun - maybe (Soderbergh's) Ocean's Eleven, or even Some Like It Hot? The soundtrack is brilliant too, contemporaneous Joplin rags evoking the time and its contradictions artlessly.
The bit that raises this film the one notch higher though is a short, central sequence, in which the music plays as high profile a part as any character or narrative aside. It's the night before The Sting and Redford is drawn to the drugstore girl who's trying to leave town. Perfectly framed by the bittersweetest of the blues/rags he asks her out for a drink - revealing his vulnerability for the first time in a movie where everybody's pretending to be someone else: 'It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I don't know nobody.' Despite all the caper and thrill of grifting all he wants is what we all want. It's a rich, compassionate heart to a virtuosic piece of film-making. 9.5/10