We have collected together some interesting information about 1973's The Sting for you. Sites where you can stream this movie can be found at the bottom of the article, along with prices for each site.
Ever wondered who won the Best Picture Oscar in 1973? The Academy members considered The Sting to be the Best Picture of the year 1973 and awarded it a total of 7 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Did you know that Barry Fitzgerald was nominated as both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for his same role in "Going My way," in 1944? The US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been awarding Oscars since 1929. Since 2009, up to a total of 10 movies can be nominated for the Best Picture award which is presented as the final award at each year's award ceremony.
Wikipedia describes the movie The Sting like this:
The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss. The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who had directed Newman and Redford in the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
The cast of The Sting included:
- Paul Newman as Henry Gondorff
- Robert Shaw as Lonnegan
- Robert Redford as Johnny Hooker
- Charles Durning as Lt. William Snyder
- Harold Gould as Kid Twist
- Charles Dierkop as Floyd
- Sally Kirkland as Crystal
- Jack Kehoe as Joe Erie
The Sting has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 92%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 95%. TIME Magazine's Jay Cocks has said this about The Sting:
Newman and Redford pass a few facial expressions between them and try to cool each other out. If there ever was much of a script, it can be said to have gone to waste.
More information about the movie can also be found at IMDB.
The Sting won these awards:
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 46th Academy Awards in 1973
- Academy Award for Best Director at the 46th Academy Awards in 1973
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 46th Academy Awards in 1973
- Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 46th Academy Awards in 1973
- Academy Award for Best Original Song Score at the 46th Academy Awards in 1973
- Academy Award for Best Picture at the 46th Academy Awards in 1973
- Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 46th Academy Awards in 1973
Findable.TV reports that The Sting can be watched online at 3 sources. If you are in the UK, options for watching this movie online at on-demand movie sites are as follows.
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