Synopsis
...all it takes is a little confidence.
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
Paul Newman Robert Redford Robert Shaw Charles Durning Ray Walston Eileen Brennan Harold Gould John Heffernan Dana Elcar Jack Kehoe Dimitra Arliss Robert Earl Jones James Sloyan Charles Dierkop Lee Paul Sally Kirkland Avon Long Arch Johnson Ed Bakey Brad Sullivan John Quade Larry D. Mann Leonard Barr Paulene Myers Joe Tornatore Jack Collins Tom Spratley Kenneth O'Brien Ken Sansom Show All…
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the color palette they used to grade this is 100% just a way to make paul newman’s eyes look bluer and the blood on robert redford’s mouth look redder, and you know what? i agree.
"Your boss is quite a card player, Mr Kelly; how does he do it?"
"He cheats."
(Robert Shaw as Doyle Lonnegan to Robert Redford as Johnny Hooker)
THE BEST CON ARTIST MOVIE EVER MADE, WITH BOTH, NEWMAN AND REDFORD ON FIRE
And there it is. The Allrounder. The movie that captures and defines every single thing that provides escapism and entertainment.
When I was a kid and was learning to play the piano, one of the first things I could play by heart was Joplin's 'The Entertainer'. Hearing those notes over those fantastic opening credits of The Sting brought the type of smile to my face only nostalgia can provide. And it remained there for the entire running time.
The Sting oozes classy filmmaking. Harkening back to a time that appeals to a romantic sentiment of simplicity and hardship, it gives life to America in the Great Depression with appealing light hearted charm. The set designs are simply astounding. They perhaps…
It has:
- Robert Redford changing his hairstyle
- Robert Redford smiling
- Robert Redford running
- Robert Redford drinking
- Robert Redford playing games
- Robert Redford sitting
- Robert Redford being hot
Pristine narrative and formal economy, so classical it might as well have been actually filmed in 1936.
this may be one of the most overused phrases in the book, but I believe it's more than fitting to say that they truly don't make films like this anymore
I watched this yesterday because I saw the hashtag "trans women are con men" promoted on Twitter and couldn't stop the intrusive thought of an all transwoman remake of The Sting with a MIDI-electronic music remix of 'The Entertainer.'
Great movie too.
“someone cooked here” — me talking about when God made Paul Newman’s eyes and face and mustache and hair