The Sting (Universal Legacy Series) | Paul Newman, Robert Shaw

The Sting (Universal Legacy Series) | Paul Newman, Robert Shaw | The Ultimate Con

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The Sting (Univers...

	The Sting (Universal Legacy Series) Paul Newman, Robert Shaw Universal Studios, 2005 average customer review:based on 202 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Winner of 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Sting stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as two con men in 1930s Chicago. After a friend is killed by the mob, they try to get even by attempting to pull off the ultimate "sting." No one is to be trusted as the twists unfold, leading up to one of the greatest double-crosses in movie history. The con is on!

The Sting

One of my all-time favorite movies (with the exception of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid)!!! I wore out the VHS tape so now I purchased the DVD. Paul Newman was a great actor and The Sting is a great movie. An appropriate legacy.

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The Ultimate Con

This movie ranks up there as one of the best films ever made and stands up well over the years.

Robert Redford, Paul Newman and Robert Shaw (who I always think of being an underated actor and the performance here and in Jaws show how great he was) all bring A-List performances to the movie.

The cinematography and look of the film adds to the atmosphere and is brilliant, while "The Entertainer" by Joplin adds to the feel of the movie.

And of course there is the plot itself. The planning, twists and turns of the con of the conman stand up on repeat viewings and letting some time pass between the viewings helps make the nuances stand up on repeat viewings regardless of whether you are able to remember the overall plot or conclusion - in other words it is one of the films that you can see over and over.

Highly recommended.

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Widescreen v. full

Just to offer my two cents, now that both versions are on DVD:

Regardless of what aspect ratio it was originally shot in, the full-screen version is indeed pan & scan. I now have both. If you compare the two, you'll see the newer widescreen DVD is not missing any of the picture from the top or bottom. It is the full-screen that is indeed missing the sides.
I never saw it in the theater, so I can't say how it was originally projected.
Either way, it's one of the best films ever (way better than Citizen Kane), so watch it however you want and enjoy.

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