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Just prior to the final "sting" sequence, Hooker inserts two lozenges into his mouth. Later, when he [...]	D
When George Roy Hill first approached composer Marvin Hamlisch to adapt Scott Joplin's music for the [...]	D
The Santa Monica Pier Carousel, which stood in for Chicago here, has long been a favorite of film an [...]	D
The Chicago Elevated stop used in the sequence where Snyder chases Hooker is the 43rd Street station [...]	D
A poster in the opening dolly shot advertises Only the Brave (1930) and Risalendo il fiume (1930). " [...]	D
David S. Ward defines "The Sting" as the moment a con man separates a mark from his money.	D
Robert Shaw injured his knee and incorporated the resulting limp into his performance. According to [...]	D
The use of Scott Joplin's ragtime music was a key element in the movie's huge success. Not only did [...]	D
Paul Newman's character takes on the name of "Shaw" while playing poker on the train. The "mark" at [...]	D
Julia Phillips, one of the film's producers, became the first woman to be nominated for, and win, th [...]	D
This was the only film for which Robert Redford was ever nominated for an Academy Award as Best Acto [...]	D
Edward Asner was considered for the role of Doyle Lonnegan.	D
Richard Boone was the first choice for the role of Lonnegan. Oliver Reed was offered the role but re [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be also nominated for Best Original Song Score / Ad [...]	D
Originally screenwriter David S. Ward was supposed to direct. It would have been his first film as a [...]	D
The score helped bring Scott Joplin's ragtime compositions back into American popular culture. Howev [...]	D
This is the only Oscar nomination for acting Robert Redford has received.	D
In addition to winning an Academy Award for his adaptation of the musical score, Marvin Hamlisch als [...]	D
Co-producer Tony Bill was an antique car buff who helped round up several period cars to use in the [...]	D
Lee Van Cleef was considered for the role of Henry Gondorff.	D
Paul Newman had been advised to avoid doing comedy films, because he didn't have the light touch nee [...]	D
According to Paul Newman, one afternoon of friendly drinks together triggered a series of competitiv [...]	D
David Maurer sued for plagiarism, claiming the screenplay was based too heavily on his 1940 book The [...]	D
Many characters are seen drinking Schlitz beer during the film. Schlitz was the largest beer company [...]	D
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley had refused for two years to allow any filming in the city if it was [...]	D
Versatile actor Ray Walston appeared as J.J. Singleton, who called the races at the club. He had pla [...]	D
Robert Redford's Best Actor Oscar nominated performance was the only one in the category in a Best P [...]	D
Paul Newman recommended Robert Shaw for the role of Doyle Lonnegan. The day after he finished readin [...]	D
According to producer Julia Phillips, Robert Redford was concerned that he wasn't acting in the film [...]	D
When Hooker meets with Lonnegan in the hotel room, he greets the shorter bodyguard with "Hi Mutt" an [...]	D
In this film, Paul Newman is sporting a moustache while Robert Redford is clean shaven. Years before [...]	D
Assuming the events of the movie took place in 1936, adjusting for inflation, the $11,000 would be e [...]	D
Having to shoot location scenes with Paul Newman and Robert Redford proved challenging at times. Cro [...]	D
Warren Beatty turned down the role of Johnny Hooker.	D
The card game Gondorff and Hooker are playing after Hooker's meeting with the FBI is Cribbage. A Cri [...]	D
Robert Redford's character (Johnny Hooker) is supposedly named after blues legend John Lee Hooker.	D
Cast members Jack Collins (Duke Boudreau), Arch Johnson (Combs), Larry D. Mann (Train Conductor) and [...]	D
In a 1973 interview with Rolling Stone, Robert Shaw commented on the attention Paul Newman was getti [...]	D
Charles Dierkop's distinctive nose is the result of an untended fracture to the nasal bones, as ofte [...]	D
With this film, George Roy Hill became the first director ever to helm two films that grossed $100 m [...]	D
When the film first aired on television following its theatrical release, it scored a record share ( [...]	D
In the final chapter board drawing 'The Sting', the horse shown on the lead is wearing blinkers with [...]	D
First Universal Studios film to win the Best Picture Oscar since All'ovest niente di nuovo (1930).	D
Shirley MacLaine and Walter Matthau presented the Academy Award for Best Director to George Roy Hill [...]	D
Just prior to Elizabeth Taylor's presentation of the Best Picture Oscar for this film, the streaker [...]	D
Paul Newman and Robert Redford were each paid $500,000 for their role, the highest rate for an actor [...]	D
Leonard Barr, who played a comedian in this movie, also played one in Agente 007 - Una cascata di di [...]	D
Adjusted for inflation, this would be the 19th highest-grossing movie of all time.	D
Sterling Hayden turned down the role of Doyle Lonnegan because he didn't want to shave his beard off [...]	D
Robert Wagner was considered for the role of Johnny Hooker.	D
David S. Ward listened to a lot of blues music from the 1930s and '40s while writing the script.	D
Technical advisor John Scarne doubled for Paul Newman's hands in the film. (00:48:48) It was he who [...]	D
Body Count: 4.	D
Is one of only two movies (the other being Crash: Contatto fisico (2004)) to have won the Academy Aw [...]	D
Re-released as a double feature with American Graffiti (1973).	D
According to costume designer Edith Head's biography, Robert Redford and Paul Newman, both of whom h [...]	D
Italian censorship visa # 64113 delivered on 6 March 1974.	D
The rigged Black 22 at the roulette wheel, where Hooker loses the bet at the beginning of the movie, [...]	D
In addition to this film being a reunion for Paul Newman and Robert Redford from their joint appeara [...]	D
Neil Simon and Marsha Mason presented the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay to David S. War [...]	D
Elizabeth Taylor presented the Best Picture Oscar. Producer Julia Phillips said on stage, "You can i [...]	D
Director George Roy Hill re-shot the first week's worth of footage. According to screenwriter David [...]	D
Almost all the racehorses mentioned in Gondorff's betting con, if not all, are actual thoroughbreds [...]	D
George Roy Hill tried to find locations in Chicago and Los Angeles that had not been touched by mode [...]	D
Similarly to what Gangster Story (1967) had done for women, the film's 1930's-inspired fashions igni [...]	D
Apart from Sterling Hayden and Richard Boone, the producers mainly considered English or Irish actor [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
The gin that Paul Newman uses in the train scenes is Gordon's Gin, the same gin that Humphrey Bogart [...]	D
George Roy Hill wanted the film to be a stylish one that accurately reflected the feel not only of 1 [...]	D
When filming was completed, Robert Shaw invited George Roy Hill over to Ireland for what turned into [...]	D
The meaning and relevance of a "Sting" is that it can be defined as a confidence trick, a scam, conf [...]	D
The "wife" in the family photograph that Kid Twist put on the desk in the Western Union office was t [...]	D
Paul Newman repeats the wake-up/hangover cure of filling the sink with ice water and sticking his fa [...]	D
"The Big Con" by David W. Maurer, originally published in 1940 and reissued in 1999, served as the s [...]	D
Writer David S. Ward taped a five-minute pitch of the project, but refused to reveal the ending unti [...]	D
During filming Robert Redford was recovering from a broken right thumb sustained in a skiing acciden [...]	D
When Gondorff, Hooker and Lonnegan arrive in Chicago on the 20th Century Limited, they walk out of t [...]	D
George Roy Hill wanted the film to be reminiscent of old Hollywood movies from the 1930s and watched [...]	D
The film takes place in September 1936. Barring any creative license by the writers when J.J. Single [...]	D
David S. Ward got the idea for this movie when he was working on the script for Una squillo per quat [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 F [...]	D
As soon as George Roy Hill signed on to direct, he knew that he wanted to lighten the tone. Original [...]	D
As he researched old Hollywood gangster films of the 1930s for inspiration, George Roy Hill noticed [...]	D
Assuming the events took place in 1936, the $500,000 taken in the sting would be (adjusted for infla [...]	D
A huge hit at the Irish box-office, this played for over one year at Dublin's Adelphi cinema. It was [...]	D
Laurence Olivier was considered for the role of Doyle Lonnegan.	D
The movie was filmed on the backlot of Universal Studios and the diner in which Hooker meets Lonnega [...]	D
The artwork used in the credits and inter-titles were inspired by The Saturday Evening Post, a weekl [...]	D
Producers David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck enjoyed working with Robert Shaw and recommended him to [...]	D
According to Ray Walston, Paul Newman decided to play a joke on Robert Redford while shooting the fi [...]	D
The scene where Doyle is boarding a train in New York heading to Chicago was actually filmed in Chic [...]	D
Johnny Hooker was originally meant to be 19.	D
According to Guinness, this movie was the top money maker of 1974 in the US and Canada.	D
Robert Redford didn't see the movie until June 2004.	D
This became the fourth highest-grossing film in history at the time, behind L'esorcista (1973), rele [...]	D
When George Roy Hill was first trying to interest Paul Newman in playing the part of experienced con [...]	D
Edith Head won her 8th (and final) Best Costume Design Academy Award for this film. "Just imagine... [...]	D
Redford's would be assassin/hit woman towards the end of the film was mentioned as being a professio [...]	D
The film heavily utilized composer Scott Joplin's turn-of-the-century Ragtime music throughout even [...]	D
Characters Henry Gondorff, JJ Singleton, Kid Twist and Eddie Niles have names similar to genuine con [...]	D
In her 1991 memoir You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, Julia Phillips said that the one thing [...]	D
Rob Cohen once told of how he found the script in the slush pile when working as a reader for Mike M [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...]	D
George Roy Hill used some 1930s stylistic techniques. The film starts with a 1930s-era Universal log [...]	D
Paul Newman's role, Henry Gondorff, was written for an overweight, past one's prime slob, and was a [...]	D
Although the prospect of re-teaming Paul Newman and Robert Redford seemed viable, the studio had a c [...]	D
The part where Snyder rejects Billie's drink by pouring it over her hand was actually an accident. C [...]	D
George Roy Hill wanted an unknown face to play Robert Redford's love interest, Loretta, so that audi [...]	D
Angel Tompkins was considered for the role of Crystal.	D
Paul Newman and Robert Redford often played pranks on each other.	D
Much of the plot appears in the Orson Welles radio program episode of "The Lives of Harry Lime" enti [...]	D
One of three comedies that were nominated for the 1974 Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Picture with t [...]	D
When Kid Twist is in the bar, looking for recruits for the planned Sting, he is told the bar is full [...]	D
The filming was split between some location shooting in Chicago, where the story was set, and on the [...]	D
Jack Nicholson turned down the role of Johnny Hooker before Robert Redford changed his mind and deci [...]	D

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