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The Sting

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The Stingis a 1973 Americancaper film.Set in 1936, it involvesa complicated plotby two professionalgrifters(Paul NewmanandRobert Redford) tocona mob Boss (Robert Shaw). The film was directed byGeorge Roy Hill,[2]who had previously directed Newman and Redford in theWesternButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969). The screenplay, written byDavid S. Ward,was inspired by real-life cons perpetrated by brothers Fred and Charley Gondorff and documented byDavid Maurerin his 1940 bookThe Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man.

The Sting
Theatrical release poster (alternate design)
Directed byGeorge Roy Hill
Written byDavid S. Ward
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobert Surtees
Edited byWilliam Reynolds
Music byMarvin Hamlisch
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 25, 1973(1973-12-25)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.5 million[1]
Box office$257 million

The film plays out in distinct sections with old-fashionedtitle cardsdrawn by artist Jaroslav "Jerry" Gebr in a style reminiscent of theSaturday Evening Post.It is noted for its use ofragtime,particularly the melody "The Entertainer"byScott Joplin,which was adapted (along with other Joplin pieces) for the film byMarvin Hamlisch(and a top-ten chart single for Hamlisch when released as a single from the film's soundtrack). The film's success created a resurgence of interest in Joplin's work.[3]

Released on Christmas of 1973,The Stingwas a massive critical and commercial success and hugely successful at the46th Academy Awards,nominated for tenOscarsand winning seven, includingBest Picture,Best Director,Best Film EditingandBest Original Screenplay;Redford was also nominated forBest Actor.The film rekindled Newman's career after a series of big-screen flops. Regarded as having one of the best screenplays ever written,The Stingwas selected in 2005 for preservation in the U.S.National Film Registryof theLibrary of Congressas being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Asequel film,also written by David S. Ward, was released in 1983.

Plot

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In 1936, amid theGreat Depression,grifterJohnny Hooker and his partners Luther Coleman and Joe Erie con $11,000 in cash from an unsuspecting victim inJoliet, Illinois.Hooker loses his share of the con on a rigged roulette game, while Luther, buoyed by the windfall, decides to retire. He tells Hooker to seek out his old friend Henry Gondorff in Chicago to learn "the big con". Corrupt Joliet police lieutenant William Snyder confronts Hooker, revealing that their mark was a courier for vicious Irish-American crime Boss Doyle Lonnegan. Lonnegan's men murder Luther and the courier. After finding Luther dead, Hooker flees to Chicago.

Hooker finds Gondorff drunk and in hiding from theFBI,running a carousel that is afrontfor abrothel,and asks for help taking down Lonnegan. Initially reluctant, Gondorff relents and recruits a team of experienced con men. They decide to resurrect an elaborate, obsolete scam known as "the wire", using a large crew to create a phonyoff-track bettingparlor. Snyder and Lonnegan's men track Hooker to Chicago; Gondorff warns Hooker that if either of them find him, the con will have to fold.

Aboard the opulent20th Century Limited,Gondorff, posing as the boorish Chicagobookie"Shaw", buys into Lonnegan's private, high-stakespokergame, being facilitated by the train's conductor. "Shaw" infuriates Lonnegan with his obnoxious behavior, then cheats him out of $15,000 ($329,353 in 2023). Hooker, posing as "Shaw's" disgruntled employee "Kelly", is sent to collect the winnings and to convince Lonnegan to help him take over "Shaw's" operation. Hooker returns home to find Lonnegan's men waiting to assassinate him, but avoids their efforts; Gondorff is spooked by their attempt, but Hooker convinces him to keep the con alive.

Snyder's pursuit of Hooker attracts the attention of undercover FBI agents led by Agent Polk, who orders Snyder to bring Hooker in to entrap Gondorff. Meanwhile, Lonnegan, frustrated with his men's inability to kill Hooker for the Joliet con, orders the job to be given to Salino, his best assassin. A mysterious figure with black leather gloves begins following and observing Hooker.

"Kelly" gives Lonnegan a tip on a 7-to-1 long shot in a horse race that pays off. When Lonnegan presses him for details, he reveals that he has a partner, "Les Harmon" (actually con man Kid Twist), in the ChicagoWestern Unionoffice, who will help them topple "Shaw" by winning bets he books on horse races throughpast-posting.Lonnegan is convinced after being provided thetrifectaof another race, and agrees to finance a $500,000 bet ($11 million in 2023) to break "Shaw" and get revenge. Shortly thereafter, Snyder captures Hooker and brings him before Polk, who forces Hooker to betray Gondorff by threatening to jail Luther Coleman's widow.

Feeling despondent the night before the sting, Hooker sleeps with a diner waitress named Loretta. The next morning, as she walks toward him in an alley, the black-gloved man appears and shoots her dead before she could shoot Hooker. The man reveals to Hooker that he was hired by Gondorff to protect him and that the waitress was in fact Salino.

At "Harmon's" direction, Lonnegan bets $500,000 at "Shaw's" parlor on a horse named Lucky Dan. As the race begins, "Harmon" arrives and expresses shock at Lonnegan's bet: when he said "place it" he meant that the horse would "place" (i.e.,finishsecond). In a panic, Lonnegan rushes to the teller window and demands his money back, at which point Polk, Snyder, and a half-dozen FBI agents storm the parlor. Polk tells Hooker he is free to go. Shocked at the betrayal, Gondorff shoots Hooker. Polk shoots Gondorff and orders Snyder to get the ostensibly respectable Lonnegan away from the crime scene.

With Lonnegan and Snyder safely away, Hooker and Gondorff rise amid cheers and laughter: "Polk" is actually Hickey, a fellow con man, who has been running a con atop the con with his "FBI agents" to divert Snyder and ensure that Lonnegan abandons the money without ever realizing he was taken. As the con men strip the room of its contents, Hooker refuses his share of the money, claiming he would lose it anyway, and walks away with Gondorff.

Cast

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Production

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Writing

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ScreenwriterDavid S. Wardhas said in an interview that he was inspired to writeThe Stingwhile researching pickpockets: "Since I had never seen a film about a confidence man before, I said I gotta do this." Daniel Eagan said: "One key to plots about con men is that film goers want to feel they are in on the trick. They don't have to know how a scheme works, and they don't mind a twist or two, but it's important for the story to feature clearly recognizable 'good' and 'bad' characters." It took a year for Ward to fine-tune this aspect of the script and to figure out how much information he could keep from the audience while still making the leads sympathetic. He also imagined an underground brotherhood of thieves who assemble for a big operation and then melt away afterward.[4]

Years later, directorRob Cohenrecounted how he found the script in the slush pile when working as areaderforMike Medavoy,a future studio head, but then an agent. He wrote in his coverage that it was "the great American screenplay and… will make an award-winning, major-cast, major-director film." Medavoy said that he would try to sell it on that recommendation, promising to fire Cohen if he could not. Universal bought it that afternoon, and Cohen keeps the coverage framed on the wall of his office.[5]

AcademicDavid Maurersued for plagiarism, claiming the screenplay was based too heavily on his 1940 bookThe Big Con,about real-life tricksters Fred and Charley Gondorff. Universal settled out of court for $600,000, irking Ward, who resented the presumption of guilt implied by an out-of-court settlement done for business expediency.[6]

Writer/producerRoy Hugginsmaintained in hisArchive of American Televisioninterview that the first half ofThe Stingplagiarized the 1958Mavericktelevision seriesepisode"Shady Deal at Sunny Acres",starringJames GarnerandJack Kelly.

Casting

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Robert Redford during a break in shooting (1973)

Jack Nicholsonwas offered the lead role but turned it down.[7]He later said "I had enough business acumen to knowThe Stingwas going to be a huge hit, [but] at the same timeChinatownandThe Last Detailwere more interesting films to me. "[8]

Newman signed on the film after the producers agreed to give him top billing, $500,000 and a percentage of the profits. His previous five films had been box-office disappointments.[9]

In her 1991 autobiographyYou'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again,producerJulia Phillipswrites that Hill wantedRichard Booneto play Lonnegan. Much to her relief, Newman had sent the script toRobert Shawwhile shootingThe Mackintosh Manin Ireland to ensure his participation in the film. Phillips' book asserts that Shaw was not nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award because he demanded that his name follow those of Newman and Redford before the film's opening title.[10]

Shaw's character's limp in the film was authentic. Shaw had injured his leg while playing handball shortly before filming began. Director Hill encouraged him to incorporate the limp into his character rather than withdraw from the project.[11]

Principal photography

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Hill wanted the film to be reminiscent of movies from the 1930s and watched films from that decade for inspiration. He noticed that most '30s gangster films had no extras. "For instance", Andrew Horton's bookThe Films of George Roy Hillquotes Hill as saying, "no extras would be used in street scenes in those films:Jimmy Cagneywould be shot down and die in an empty street. So I deliberately avoided using extras. "[12]

Along with art directorHenry Bumsteadand cinematographerRobert L. Surtees,Hill devised a color scheme of muted browns and maroons for the film and a lighting design that combined old-fashioned 1930s-style lighting with some modern tricks of the trade to get the visual look he wanted.Edith Headdesigned a wardrobe of snappy period costumes for the cast, and artist Jaroslav Gebr created inter-title cards to be used to introduce each section of the film that were reminiscent of the golden glow of oldSaturday Evening Postillustrations, a popular publication of the 1930s.

Filming on location inPasadena, California.Stand-ins are used to set up the shot.

The movie was filmed on theUniversal Studiosbacklot,with a few small scenes shot inWheeling, West Virginia,some scenes filmed at theSanta Monica pier's carousel,[13]in Southern California, and in Chicago atUnion Stationand the formerLaSalle Street Station.[14][15]An antique car buff, co-producerTony Billhelped round up several period cars to use inThe Sting.One of them was his own 1935Pierce-Arrowlimousine, which served as Lonnegan's private car.

Reception

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Box office

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The film was a box-office smash in 1973 and early 1974, grossing $156 million in the United States and Canada.[16]As of August 2018,it was the 20th highest-grossing film in the United States adjusted for ticket price inflation.[17]Internationally, it grossed $101 million[18]for a worldwide gross of $257 million.

Critical response

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Roger Ebertgave the film four out of four stars and called it "one of the most stylish movies of the year".[19]Gene Siskelawarded three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "amoviemovie that has obviously been made with loving care each and every step of the way. "[20]Vincent CanbyofThe New York Timeswrote that the film was "so good-natured, so obviously aware of everything it's up to, even its own picturesque frauds, that I opt to go along with it. One forgives its unrelenting efforts to charm, if only becauseThe Stingitself is a kind of con game, devoid of the poetic aspirations that weighed downButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."[21]Varietywrote, "George Roy Hill's outstanding direction of David S. Ward's finely-crafted story of multiple deception and surprise ending will delight both mass and class audiences. Extremely handsome production values and a great supporting cast round out the virtues."[22]Kevin Thomasof theLos Angeles Timescalled it "an unalloyed delight, the kind of pure entertainment film that's all the more welcome for having become such a rarity."[23]John Simonwrote thatThe Stingas a comedy-thriller "works endearingly without a hitch".[24]

Pauline KaelofThe New Yorkerwas less enthusiastic, writing that the film "is meant to be roguishly charming entertainment, and that's how most of the audience takes it, but I found it visually claustrophobic, and totally mechanical. It keeps cranking on, section after section, and it doesn't have a good spirit."[25]

In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United StatesNational Film Registryby theLibrary of Congressas "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". TheWriters Guild of Americaranked the screenplay #39 on its list of 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written.[26]OnRotten Tomatoes,The Stingholds a rating of 92% from 101 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and director George Roy Hill prove that charm, humor, and a few slick twists can add up to a great film."[27]OnMetacritic,the film has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[28]

Awards and nominations

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Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Academy Awards Best Picture Tony Bill,Julia Phillips,Michael Phillips Won [29]
[30]
Best Director George Roy Hill Won
Best Actor Robert Redford Nominated
Best Original Screenplay David S. Ward Won
Best Art Direction Henry Bumstead,James W. Payne Won
Best Cinematography Robert Surtees Nominated
Best Costume Design Edith Head Won
Best Film Editing William Reynolds Won
Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation Marvin Hamlisch Won
Best Sound Ronald Pierce,Robert R. Bertrand Nominated
American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited Feature Film William Reynolds Won
David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Actor Robert Redford Won[a]
Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures George Roy Hill Won [31]
Edgar Allan Poe Awards Best Motion Picture David S. Ward Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Nominated [32]
Golden Screen Awards Won
Kinema Junpo Awards Best Foreign Language Film Director George Roy Hill Won
National Board of Review Awards Top Ten Films Won [33]
Best Film Won
National Film Preservation Board National Film Registry Inducted
Online Film & Television Association Awards Hall of Fame – Motion Picture Honored [34]
People's Choice Awards Favorite Motion Picture Won [35]
Producers Guild of America Awards Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures Tony Bill, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips Won [36]
Writers Guild of America Awards Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen David S. Ward Nominated [37]

Soundtrack

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The Sting (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack albumby
Marvin Hamlisch
Released1974
Recorded1973
Genre
Length36:59
LabelMCA Records
Producer
Marvin Hamlischchronology
The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording
(1974) 		The Sting (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(1974) 		The Spy Who Loved Me
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[38]
The Entertainer
A live performance of "The Entertainer", by Scott Joplin
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The soundtrack album, executive produced byGil Rodin,includes several ofScott Joplin'sragtimecompositions, adapted byMarvin Hamlisch.

According to Joplin scholarEdward A. Berlin,ragtime experienced a revival in the 1970s due to several events: abest-selling recording of Joplin ragson the classicalNonesuch Recordslabel, along with a collection of his music issued by theNew York Public Library;the first full staging of Joplin's operaTreemonisha;and a performance of period orchestrations of Joplin's music by a student ensemble of theNew England Conservatory of Music,led byGunther Schuller."Inspired by Schuller's recording, [Hill] had Marvin Hamlisch score Joplin's music for the film, thereby bringing Joplin to a mass, popular public."[3]

  1. "Solace"(Joplin) – orchestral version
  2. "The Entertainer"(Joplin) – orchestral version
  3. "The Easy Winners"(Joplin)
  4. "Hooker's Hooker" (Hamlisch)
  5. "Luther" – same basic tune as "Solace", adapted by Hamlisch as adirge
  6. "Pine Apple Rag" / "Gladiolus Rag" medley (Joplin)
  7. "The Entertainer" (Joplin) – piano version
  8. "The Glove" (Hamlisch) – a Jazz Age style number; only a short segment was used in the film
  9. "Little Girl" (Madeline Hyde, Francis Henry) – heard only as a short instrumental segment over a car radio
  10. "Pine Apple Rag" (Joplin)
  11. "Merry-Go-Round Music" medley; "Listen to the Mocking Bird","Darling Nellie Gray","Turkey in the Straw"(traditional) –" Listen to the Mocking Bird "was the only portion of this track that was actually used in the film, along with a segment of"King Cotton",aSousamarch, a segment of "The Diplomat", another Sousa march, a segment of Sousa'sWashington Post March,and a segment of "The Regimental Band", a Charles C. Sweeley march, all of which werenoton the album. All six tunes were recorded from theSanta Monica Piercarousel'sband organ.
  12. "Solace" (Joplin) – piano version
  13. "The Entertainer" / "The Ragtime Dance"medley (Joplin)

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[51] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[52] Gold 500,000^

^Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Adaptations

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Stage

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Mark HollmannandGreg Kotis(music and lyrics), writerBob Martin,and directorJohn Randocreated astage musical versionof the movie. The musical premiered at thePaper Mill PlayhouseinMillburn, New Jerseyon March 29, 2018. Henry Gondorff was played byHarry Connick Jr.,with choreography byWarren Carlyle.[53]The stage musical incorporates Joplin's music, including "The Entertainer".[54]

Novelization

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Robert Weverkaadapted the film into a full-length novel,The Sting(1974), based on the screenplay byDavid S. Ward.[55]

Home media

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The movie was issued on DVD byUniversal Studios Home Videoin 1998. "If Paul Newman really does retire, he can spend his rocking chair years feeling smug about this," enthused Bruno MacDonald forOK!"The story's not the important thing: what makes it are the quirky soundtrack, the card-sharp dialogue and two superduperstars at their superduperstarriest."[56]

A deluxe DVD –The Sting: Special Edition(part of the Universal Legacy Series) – was released in September 2005. Its "making of" featurette,The Art of the Sting,included interviews with cast and crew.

The film was released onBlu-rayin 2012 as part of Universal's 100th anniversary releases.

The Stingwas released onUltra HD Blu-rayon May 18, 2021.[57]

See also

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