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- This article is about the 1973 film involving con artists. For the Futurama episode see The Sting (Futurama).
The Sting is an Oscar winning caper film from 1973 set in September of 1936 and revolving around a convoluted plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss (Robert Shaw). The story created by screenwriter David S. Ward was inspired by some real life con games perpetrated by the brothers Fred and Charley Gondorf and documented by David W. Maurer in his book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man. The title phrase refers to the moment when a con artist finishes the "play" and takes the mark's money. (Today the name is mostly used in the context of law enforcement sting operations.) If the con game is successful, the mark does not realize he has been "taken" (cheated), at least not until the con men are long gone.
The screenplay was divided into distinct sections with old-fashioned title cards that resembled illustrations from the Saturday Evening Post. The film was noted for its musical score—particularly its theme song, "The Entertainer", a piano rag by Scott Joplin, which was lightly adapted for the movie by Marvin Hamlisch.
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kyliebuchannan (Kylie Buchannan) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:42:15 -0000
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@momJulee Why was Sting singing David's (FOG) song in the first place?? LOL ;)
suttygal (joanie s) Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:41:20 -0000
@momJulee Why was Sting singing David's (FOG) song in the first place?? LOL ;)
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