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Summary: Hilarious
Review: Robert Redford is superb. And teamed up with Paul Newman makes this quite a film. Joplin's music added in is a great touch. I thought I knew what was going on the whole time, just to be blown away by the ending. I can watch it over and over again. The supporting cast also deserves a hand. Although there aren't many memorbale lines, the entire plot is what's important, and it's one of the best I've seen.
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Summary: The comlpete movie!
Review: THE STING is a movie that you can't get tired of! There are so many little plots and schemes in this movie about a huge scheme in organized crime that you'll always want to watch it again and again. This action packed, fun-filled movie starring such actors as Paul Newman is fun to watch for anyone.
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Summary: Great movie, lousy transfer to DVD.
Review: The movie is wonderful, but the transfer to DVD is not good. There are streaks and spots, as if they used a late-generation, very used print. And in the last 20 minutes, the sound goes haywire. There is a rustling going on, sort of like tape hiss. Also, the production notes on the disc are much worse than usual. They contain the average amount of information, but they are very poorly written. Universal should give this film the "collectors series" treatment it has so many others - with a restored print and updated sound. This movie deserves it.
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Summary: can't help but love redford and newman
Review: This has long been a favorite movie of mine, so I was excited about its dvd release. Unfortunately, the disc contains no special materials and is presented in a pan-and-scan format. The film has been decently restored,it always had a grainly look to it, and it still does. Wonderful performances all around, particularly by Newman and Shaw, who have a brilliant face-off while playing poker on the train. Scott Joplin score keeps it moving. This film is as fun as the other great con-man movie of the '70's, Paper Moon, and probably a better film overall.
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Summary: nothing tops it
Review: Paul Newman and Robert Redford play the Robin Hoods of the 1930s. They rob from the rich and give to the poor--themselves! This movie keeps your attention the whole way through with animated and believable characters as well as a complex, suspense filled in most parts and humorous in all parts screen play. If you haven't seen it, you don't know what you're missing!
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Summary: A Great Film
Review: Whatever happened to films like this? Whatever happened to actors like Newman & Redford? A classic in more ways than one!
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Summary: One of the best ever! Should see and buy!
Review: Dont miss this award winning redford and newman classic. Great all around
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Summary: My long time favorit
Review: One of the best movie ever made. Never stops surprising the audience. Robert Redford and Paul Newman was as good looking as ever.
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Summary: NEWMAN and REDFORD Combine on a Masterpiece
Review: One of the top films of the 1970s, this winner of seven academy awards includes some of the wittiest dialogue, trickiest plot turns, and one of the greatest cast of character actors including Ray Walston, Harry Gould, Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan, Robert Shaw, and Robert Earl Jones. Add in a great score of Scott Joplin's Ragtime music (performed by Marvin Hamlisch) and the magic of Newman and Redford, and this is a MUST SEE film. One of the Top 20 films of all-time. If you love movies, you must own this one. ONE WORD OF CAUTION--by all means, avoid its "sequel", THE STING 2.
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Summary: THIS ONE REALLY STINGS!
Review: "The Sting" is a classic throwback to Hollywood's golden age: a fish out of water tale about a couple of con artists (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) who seemingly meet their match in a cheating mobster (Robert Shaw). As the police close in from one end and the Mafia from the other, the stakes become higher, the comedy more hilarious and the ultimate con, more rewarding. The supporting cast is a potpourri of stellar characters including Dana Elcar, Eileen Brennan, Ray Walston, Charles Durning, and Harold Gould. Marvin Hamlisch provides a sophisticated score buttressed by Scott Joplin's ragtime jazz. It is disheartening to see an Oscar wining Best Picture get so shabby a treatment on DVD. For starters, the film is presented in a full frame, pan and scan version only. The shortcomings of this format are that you are not seeing the film in a version director, George Roy Hill would have approved of. But apart from Universal's glaringly obvious oversight, the print quality of "The Sting" suffers from a poorly balanced color spectrum, age related artifacts, edge enhancement, shimmering of fine details and pixelization. Flesh tones are often weak and pasty. Blacks are rarely solid or deep. Fine grain can be excessive in spots. The audio is poorly mixed, sounding strident and tinny. There are no extra features.
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