The Sting (1973)
Country: US
Technical: col 129m
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw
Synopsis:
During the Depression, a smalltime con artist teams up with an old master to devise one of the most sophisticated cons ever mounted against a gangster and common enemy.
Review:
Superbly crafted follow-up to Butch and Sundance, without quite the nostalgia of that film, though it tries hard, but with bravura scenes, star power and an equally catchy, and anachronistic, (ragtime) soundtrack. The last gasp, perhaps, of dream factory entertainment in the old style.
Country: US
Technical: col 129m
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw
Synopsis:
During the Depression, a smalltime con artist teams up with an old master to devise one of the most sophisticated cons ever mounted against a gangster and common enemy.
Review:
Superbly crafted follow-up to Butch and Sundance, without quite the nostalgia of that film, though it tries hard, but with bravura scenes, star power and an equally catchy, and anachronistic, (ragtime) soundtrack. The last gasp, perhaps, of dream factory entertainment in the old style.
Country: US
Technical: col 129m
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw
Synopsis:
During the Depression, a smalltime con artist teams up with an old master to devise one of the most sophisticated cons ever mounted against a gangster and common enemy.
Review:
Superbly crafted follow-up to Butch and Sundance, without quite the nostalgia of that film, though it tries hard, but with bravura scenes, star power and an equally catchy, and anachronistic, (ragtime) soundtrack. The last gasp, perhaps, of dream factory entertainment in the old style.