The Sting
Director: George Roy Hill. Cast: Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan, Robert Earl
Jones, Charles Dierkop, Ray Walston, Harold Gould, Dimitra Arliss, Dana Elcar, Jack Kehoe, Avon Long. Screenplay: David S. Ward.
Full review to follow soon. Grade: B
- Academy Award Nominations and *Winners
- *Best Picture
- *Best Director: George Roy Hill
- Best Actor: Robert Redford
- *Best Original Screenplay: David S. Ward
- Best Cinematography: Robert Surtees
- *Best Art Direction: Henry Bumstead
- *Best Costume Design: Edith Head
- *Best Film Editing: William Reynolds
- *Best Score (Original Song Score or Adaptation Score): Marvin Hamlisch
- Best Sound
- Golden Globe Nominations:
- Best Screenplay: David S. Ward
- Other Awards:
- Directors Guild of America—Best Director: George Roy Hill
- National Board of Review—Best Picture
- David di Donatello Awards (Italian Oscars)—Best Foreign Actor (tie): Robert Redford