Director: George Roy Hill
Genre: Drama/
Comedy/ Crime
Runtime: 129
minutes
Year: 1973
Starring: Robert
Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Shaw
I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2024 MOVIE CHALLENGE.
WEEK 11: A MOVIE FROM THE 1970S
Description: Two grifters
(Robert Redford, Paul Newman) team up to pull off the ultimate con.
Review: After the complete success of cowboy film “Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid”(1969), director George Roy Hill and lead actors Paul Newman and
Robert Redford reunited four years later for the equally successful “The Sting”.
Two small time crooks, Henry
Gondorff and Johnny Hooker, teak up to take on Doyle Lonnogan, using their wits
and slight-of-hand tricks.
“The Sting” is basically a
modern version of Favid and Goliath, with Newman and Redford playing the small
David character and Robert Shaw is the big-time villain. It’s has a good portion
of comedy in it, without becoming a slapstick, which would made this a completely
different movie. “The Sting” has won 7 Oscars (out of 10 nominations) and is
such a joy to watch. I just love young Newman and Redford together.
I really loved this movie
experience, just a bit more than “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”.
Rating: 5/
5
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