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Jagger · 09-10-2008, 01:31 AM

It's Just a Flesh Wound is thrilled to be able to pick with the 219th pick of the CP Movie Draft another classic that has slipped further than I thought it would,

"The Sting" (1973) will occupy our Best Picture category.

This was the movie that started my love for the caper or con genre. There have been other movies, especially recently, with the twist ending but The Sting was really the one that started it all. One of my favourite TV shows right now is the BBC series "Hustle" which references this movie often and indeed steals the plot, and the characters refer to that fact, in one of the episodes. Highly recommended (both Hustle and The Sting for those who haven't seen it.)

WIKI:
The Sting is a 1973 caper film set in September 1936 and revolving around a complicated 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 Maurer in his book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man. The movie was directed by George Roy Hill, who also directed Newman and Redford in the classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The title phrase refers to the moment when a con artist finishes the "play" and takes the mark's money. (Today the expression 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 movie is divided into distinct sections with old-fashioned title cards with lettering and illustrations rendered in a style reminiscent of the Saturday Evening Post. The film is noted for its musical score - particularly its main theme melody, "The Entertainer", a piano rag by Scott Joplin, which was lightly adapted for the movie by Marvin Hamlisch. The film in turn encouraged a long overdue surge of popularity and critical acclaim for Joplin's work.[1]
The film was a major box office success in 1973, taking in more than US$160 million. The film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

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09-10-2008, 01:31 AM	#814
Jagger First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Red Deer now; Liverpool, England before Exp:	It's Just a Flesh Wound is thrilled to be able to pick with the 219th pick of the CP Movie Draft another classic that has slipped further than I thought it would, "The Sting" (1973) will occupy our Best Picture category. This was the movie that started my love for the caper or con genre. There have been other movies, especially recently, with the twist ending but The Sting was really the one that started it all. One of my favourite TV shows right now is the BBC series "Hustle" which references this movie often and indeed steals the plot, and the characters refer to that fact, in one of the episodes. Highly recommended (both Hustle and The Sting for those who haven't seen it.) WIKI: The Sting is a 1973 caper film set in September 1936 and revolving around a complicated 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 Maurer in his book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man. The movie was directed by George Roy Hill, who also directed Newman and Redford in the classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The title phrase refers to the moment when a con artist finishes the "play" and takes the mark's money. (Today the expression 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 movie is divided into distinct sections with old-fashioned title cards with lettering and illustrations rendered in a style reminiscent of the Saturday Evening Post. The film is noted for its musical score - particularly its main theme melody, "The Entertainer", a piano rag by Scott Joplin, which was lightly adapted for the movie by Marvin Hamlisch. The film in turn encouraged a long overdue surge of popularity and critical acclaim for Joplin's work.[1] The film was a major box office success in 1973, taking in more than US$160 million. The film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. LINKS: YouTube Video YouTube Video __________________ "It's red all over!!!!"