Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: HD DVD Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN. EAN: 0025193281029 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 16, 2007 Running Time: 130 minutes Sales Rank: 6578 Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1973
THE STING (UNIVERSAL PICTURES/1973)
REVIEW: This sparkling comedy/crime caper not only cemented George Roy Hill's reputation as a first-class director: but also proved to be THE perfect showcase for the acting team of Paul Newman and Robert Redford. "THE STING" is a classic re-creation of the Depression-era 30's complete with mobsters, grifters, cops, feds, and small-time confidence men. Newman and Redford play two such con-men looking to outsmart a big-headed crime boss/banker named Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) who is responsible for killing a mutual friend of theirs. Along with a bevy of co-conspiritors (including Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan, and Harold Gould): they cook up a scheme to divest the mob of half-a-million dollars, and to hoodwink a crooked cop (played with gusto ... Read More
3.5 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
Always entertaining, The Sting is a lighthearted caper movie that features a nice give-and-take between its two leads, a plot that (mostly) holds up, a great poker scene and a lot of twists and turns--what more could one ask from such a film?
To pull off the "BIG CON," all you need is some...CONfidence
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"You're right...[The con game] is not enough. But it's close!"
The above is what one of the con artists (or CONfidence game artists) says at the end of this fantastically entertaining movie.
This is a caper film set in late 1936. It revolves around a complicated but interesting plot by two professional con artists (played by Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to swindle a mob boss (played by Robert Shaw). The actual genesis of the idea behind this movie's plot is really unknown but rumour has it that it was inspired by some real-life con games.
The expression "the sting" refers to the moment a con artist finishes the "play" (the mechanics of the con game) and takes the "mark's" (the ... Read More
there's nothing that "special" about this edition
I'm not sure what other people are saying about the widescreen format. however, there is no need for this material to be on two discs. disc two just has a documentary and some other stuff. there's not really enough bonus features. also, there's no feature commentary. boo!
Was it worth it?
I hadn't seen The Sting is decades, so I didn't remember much of anything about it. My oldest son had seen it sometime back and just raved about it, so when I found it on HDDVD for a good price on Amazon, I decided to go ahead and spend some of my birthday money on it. However, although it is a really good movie, it wasn't worth it for me to have purchased it and have it take up space in my DVD cabinet. I try to get & keep only the ones I feel most necessary, and this isn't one of those. It's DEFINITELY worth renting and watching ... once a decade or so, but that's it for me. Now their Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid would be worth purchasing & keeping!
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