THE STING (1973) Movie Reaction! | FIRST TIME WATCHING!

What a elaborate, wild movie this was! From the whole lot of moving parts in the first half to the execution of everything in the second half, with twists and turns every so often, (ESPECIALLY THE END!!) this ended up being a very smart, fun film that was very entertaining! Hope you all enjoy!
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[@Rmlohner]

Luther is played by Robert Earl Jones, the father of James, and you can definitely hear the roots of the deep, powerful voice that his son would put to such good use. He'd actually lived through the film's time period, having been a boxer in the 1920s and 30s before getting into acting. He actually separated from his wife before James was born, and they didn't meet until James was in his 20s.

[@jamesharper3933]

I didn't know that. And I've seen this countless times.

[@elizabitty213]

What?!!! Omg this is the first time I heard this. That’s is so cool thank you!

[@Buskieboy]

James even has his father's looks.

[@terryv2006]

I felt something so familiar watching him and now I know why. Thank you for the tidbit.

[@johnashley327]

I never put that together. Thanks.

[@MrSuperHappyPants]

The screen chemistry between Redford and Newman was pure gold. A shame they only made two films together. Other people in the comments have recommended Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It's magical. Love your videos. Please keep em coming.

[@zesouto3752]

"Raindrops keep fallin' on my head".......inesquecível....

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Robert Shaw might have one of cinema's most cold, calculating stares. For a movie like this to work you need a great villain and Lonergan is definitely that

[@melenatorr]

Absolutely; and if TheOG... has seen "Jaws", then she has already enjoyed watching Shaw as Quint. I also love him in a strange, fun yet melancholic movie about Robin Hood past his youth, "Robin and Marian". Shaw plays the Sheriff of Nottingham.

[@elizabitty213]

💯

[@liviia305]

The bonus of that film being Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn in it.

[@ollietsb1704]

I actually find THE DEEP to be a superior film and Robert Shaw plays a good guy's ally in that one. Most excellent.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

@@ollietsb1704 From Russia With Love too

[@Rmlohner]

This film's music is by Scott Joplin, one of the first black musicians to achieve mainstream success outside his own community. The most frequent motif from all the title cards is called The Entertainer, which was written in 1902 and ever since has been a popular song for piano lessons, as it's relatively easy to learn but still fast and complex enough that it sounds more impressive than many other beginner pieces. Sadly, he didn't actually get to enjoy much of that success personally and spent most of his life in poverty, before going into dementia from syphilis and dying in 1917 at age 48, buried in an unmarked pauper's grave. Over the next several decades, his work occasionally got back some popularity, but it wasn't until this film's release in 1973 that enough attention was brought to him to have his grave properly marked. One oddity to this is that, as you might have noticed from those dates I mentioned, the film's setting in the 1930s is significantly later than the period where Joplin actually made his music, and in fact by that time his ragtime style had long fallen out of favor and been replaced by jazz. But somehow it just works, fitting the movie's tone perfectly, and we can all be thankful for the belated recognition it brought to Joplin himself.

[@kathyice9100]

Another piece prominently featured is The Easy Winners (also by Joplin). I kind of like that title, given the themes of the movie,

[@dagnabbit6187]

George Roy Hill the Director had a philosophy about that . He said “ I don’t believe in strict adherence to the music of the time period in the score of a film . I would use a jazz band in a Roman epic if it fit . “

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

His rags---one after another--are classic and brilliant. In my opinion, he was something like the father of American Jazz. One of the reasons why it works so well is that it's all instrumental and frankly, many of the audience wouldn't know it was over 30 years old.

[@stevemccullagh36]

Wow, this is the first time I've ever seen The Sting get reacted to and I'm SO happy 😁 This film is pure joy and always cheers me up.

[@jimglenn6972]

I saw a reaction dated about three weeks ago from Casual Nerd but I also am really glad that The String is getting more popular! Sam does a great job with great old films. I love the film and the music, too.

[@jamesharper3933]

This film was a major critical and commercial success and it did very well at the academy awards. Nominated for 10 Oscars and winning 7. The theme song was also extremely popular. This was the second teaming up of Redford and Newman. The first was for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival is named after his character. A couple other Robert Redford movies to check out are 1975's Three Days of the Condor with Faye Dunaway (Bonnie & Clyde, Network, Chinatown) , Max Von Sydow (The Exorcist) and 1976's All The Presidents Men with Dustin Hoffman. Exceptional film and great reaction. Thanks.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

The Hot Rock, Legal Eagles

[@Dularr]

Three Day of the Condor a very plot point you could not do today

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Hi, what has the C.I.A. been up to lately?

[@jamesharper3933]

@@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710 Beats the fuck out of me.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Was just watching 3 days of the Condor today such a great movie, the screenplay so interesting to listen to

[@shainewhite2781]

Winner of 7 Oscars including Best Picture! It was nominated for 10 Oscars. Best Picture Best Director Best Original Score Best Original Screenplay Best Production Design Best Costume Design Best Film Editing. Nominated for Best Actor, Best Cinematography and Best Sound Mixing.

[@rustincohle2135]

"The Sting" won Best Adaptation Score, not Original Score. Best Original Score that year went to another Robert Redford film, "The Way We Were".

[@Alexeya13]

I've always loved this movie. The cast is amazing. This is back when storytelling was everything. No special effects, no highspeed car chases, just a great story. Don't get me wrong, I love those movies,. But there's something about classic movies that just hit differently. Poker hands from highest to lowest. Since you said you don't know Poker. 1. Royal Flush - The best possible hand. The combination of ten, jack, queen, king, ace, all of the same suit 2. Straight Flush - Five cards of the same suit in sequential order 3. Four of a kind - Any four numerically matching cards 4. Full house - Combination of three of a kind and a pair in the same hand 5. Flush - Five cards of the same suit, in any order 6. Straight - Five cards of any suit, in sequential order 7. Three of a kind - Any three numerically matching cards 8. Two pair - Two different pairs in the same hand 9. One pair - Any two numerically matching cards Did you recognize Eileen Brennan 'Billie'? She played Mrs. Peacock in 'Clue'.

[@_blueskies]

Another great reaction to a classic film! Salino, the female hitwoman posing as the waitress, wasn't married to the man she shot in the alley. He said her last name in recognition before she shot him. He was a hitman who was competing to kill Hooker first. She killed him to eliminate her competition and finish the job for Lonnegan.

[@GlamityJean]

yeah he was one of the two original hitman that was sent after Hooker, you can see when Lonnegan go see the booky (not sure how to spell it) he asks a Riley what happened and his partner isn't there, well his partner is the guy that get shot in the alley

[@kathyastrom1315]

This was the first “grown-up” movie I ever saw in the theater-when I was seven in 1973, my whole family went to the Rialto Theatre in downtown Joliet, Illinois, yes, the same Joliet where the film begins! When the date/place title card showed up on the screen, well, I had never and to this day still have never heard an audience just ERUPT like that!! The place just went crazy to have our town represented on screen. I have loved this movie ever since. It’s left me with a lifelong affection for ragtime, grifter films, and Robert Redford-I had a six-foot tall poster of him on the back of my bedroom door in the late ‘70s.

[@johnnehrich9601]

This movie came out shortly after Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid where both the Redford and Newman characters die at the end. I remember watching the Sting when it first came out, and like a lot of people, thought the same double fatality was being set up in this movie. What a relief when the both got up at the end, both alive.

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

Not really "shortly" as it was 4 years later.

[@johnnehrich9601]

@@johannesvalterdivizzini1523 "Shortly" is a relative term. The ending of BC&SK, which was kind of shocking (because people didn't want it to happen that way) so that the movie The Sting seemed to be a similar pairing-up of these two actors playing likeable criminals. And so it led to the fear The Sting would end the same way in a tragedy. If the interval had been longer or the first movie never happened at all, then we the audience would not have been holding our breath and fearing the worse.

[@janabraam7963]

This is one of my favorite movies!!! The end shocked me, twice! THEY KILLED EACH OTHER!!! OMG!! NO THEY DIDN"T!!! LOL! When this first came out in 1973, I took my best friend to see it & watched her face, instead of the movie, just the see the shock. Priceless. I am so glad you chose this to watch. I haven't seen this in years! And it has a great cast. I loved your surprise again & again & again. Great reaction!! I enjoyed watching it again! Thanks.

[@douglasostrander5072]

Why more don't react to this movie baffles me. It was best picture in 73 and my favorite movie. Saw it in a theater a few years after it came out with Fantasia, a double feature. Loved them both.

[@traceyreid4585]

An absolute nerve shredding masterpiece... They really don' make em like this anymore! If you like Newman and Redford together in this, you may find Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rather entertaining. Great reaction, you were right in there with the story

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Redford and Newman are LEGENDS... They have SOOOO many great films: Robert Redford: "All The President's Men," "3 Days Of The Condor" Paul Newman: "The Hustler," "Cool Hand Luke," "Slap Shot," "The Verdict" are great films to start with... (They worked together on "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" which is pretty great, too) Great reaction!!

[@SilverShade1008]

One of those Best Picture winners that doesn’t get talked about that often. Great pick!

[@vovindequasahi]

Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw... How can you fail with these guys. One of my favorite Sting movies of all time!

[@artbagley1406]

It's an ironic twist that Newman/Gondorf takes as a second in-movie identity the last name of one of the stars in this movie: Robert Shaw!

[@fday1964]

I remember seeing this way back when, and the gasps from the audience when we all realized just how big this con was. Great reaction!

[@Guitcad1]

I'm sure people have pointed this put before, but that was not "the wife of" some guy tracking him down, that WAS the person brought in to kill him. Every time Lonnegan or one of his goons mentions "Salino" they're talking about her. (Notice they never say "he" or "him," because the audience will automatically assume that Salino is a man.)

[@ollietsb1704]

"The Nose Signal" became quite a reference point for a good while. And Scott Joplin's music was an even bigger deal for a longer time. If/when you see JAWS, you'll see what Robert Shaw did after he fled Chicago - he heads to Amity Island and fishes a bit.

[@ollietsb1704]

By the way, I still enjoy rewatching this. Even when I remember some of the twists, it makes no less thrilling... like riding a rollercoaster - we know where the tracks are going, but the ride is The Thing.

[@Majoofi]

Everyone at my school was doing the nose signal for weeks.

[@gailjohnston1248]

😂😂 Awesome comment.

[@Col_Fragg]

The best con is the con where the mark never knows they've been conned.

[@Islam4Europeans]

21:20 the reason why the ticket seller calls for Gondorff is because Gondorff had to confirm Lonnegan's bet is to win, not to place. The ticket seller had to stay on set and there's no way he could have known if Lonnegan was sure to win or lose the bet, as they had to confirm which horse to bet on in the office.

[@dagnabbit6187]

One of my favorite movies of all time , young lady . I was in high school when I saw this . It blew me away as with everybody who saw it . Strangely it fell off the Classics radar but I have been pushing it to younger generations. All Texas Hold’em Players or any card Players ought to see this . That train scene was a Masterclass in acting , directing , and writing .

[@thomasgriffiths6758]

Quint and Doyle Lonegan, two of my favorite characters portrayed by Robert Shaw.

[@scottryan934]

Kathy Ice is the bomb. I don't know why more people don't request this movie reaction. It's unbelievable!

[@shainewhite2781]

Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe and RIP Ivan Reitman director of Ghostbusters Twins and Stripes. He passed away Sunday night at the age of 75 😔.

[@candicelitrenta8890]

I was in Hollywood, California in the 7th grade school and I won a contest, and the prize was tickets to the premiere of this film. It was a BIG hit

[@Islam4Europeans]

It's funny at 18:50, had Mrs. Hillard hadn't opened her door and peeked in, Johnny would be a dead man. A seemingly funny encounter turns out to be a major factor in retrospect.

[@TheHMan]

The genius of the screenplay is that everyone gets (or seems to get) conned, even the audience. Brilliant plotting.

[@thomastimlin1724]

You are right: the Entertainer song became popular again since this movie restricted ragtime music by Scott Joplin from the turn of the twentieth century. The music was called ragtime because of the offbeat accents or syncopation...people called it "ragged time" them. shorten quickly to "Ragtime." However this music in out of place for the time period of the 1930's it takes place. For example, "The Entertainer" [main theme] was written in in 1902. You've got major stars and support cast in this movie apparently you don't know HOW big. Paul Neuman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, major. Support cast known names in movies: Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennon Harold Gould, Dana Elcar, Robert Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, Arch Johnson, Kathleen Freeman...

[@GrouchyMarx]

@ 20:40 Well Sam, you were supposed to think the guy with the gloves was Salino. You might have missed it early in when Lonnegan was telling his man at the office to "Put Salino on it" after the other two hitmen missed getting Hooker. Salino being a specialist kind of hitman implied, thus the mystery guy with the gloves patiently scoping out Hooker. It was a surprise to see the diner woman taken out by him and then learn SHE was Salino, Loretta Salino the hitwoman! All along! They stung us in the theater with that one. LOL! But I don't think she was Lonnegan's wife, unless I missed that. BTW Sam, the thing at the end with the fake FBI bust was the movie maker's big "Sting" on us, the audience!! And now you! LOLOL!! When I saw your thumbnail doing The Sting, I figured you liked this one, even before watching. Nicely done too. And definitely one to watch again someday as there are a lot of details! 😎👍

[@richardzinns5314]

I always suspected that the name "Solino" was selected because it sounds similar to the name of the hit man Canino in the novel and movie The Big Sleep, which would lead audiences to expect someone like Canino -- e.g., a man.

[@Serai3]

@@richardzinns5314 I've always thought it just played on our preconceptions about names - it ends with "o", thus we assume it's a man.

[@davidely7032]

Watching you get surprised, shocked,,and gobsmacked was ... fun. Thanks. ❤

[@larrystuder8543]

One of the best action movies ever. Always something happening, not continuous violence, but one thing after another. Somebody reccommended Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid. Yes. The best modern Western ever. I've been trying to sell it to a reactor forever. Paul Newman and Robert Redford, the leading man hunks in this.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

It’s crazy that it was 37 years between the time portrayed & when the movie was made (‘36 & ‘73’). When I saw this as a kid, 1936 seemed so far back in time to me. Now it’s been 49 years since I first saw this film. Strange to think that ‘73 would ever feel as ancient to a kid nowadays as ‘36 did to me.

[@josepha5885]

At the 1974 Academy Awards both The Sting and The Exorcist were nominated for 10 Oscars, including for best picture. The Sting won but The Exorcist has remained the more popular film.

[@falcon215]

Such a well written and casted movie. It also brought in a resurgence of ragtime music for a while. Great reaction!

[@gailjohnston1248]

Just a little FYI point- Redford was in both- Capt.America: Winter Soldier and cameo'd in Endgame. Redford and Newman are part of the old school movie gang.

[@monsterkhan3414]

If you're interested in learning more about poker two great movies to watch are "Rounders" (1998) and "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965).

[@asterix7842]

A great reaction to a great movie. Lonnegan's limp was because Robert Shaw hurt his knee on a handball court a week before filming was scheduled to start. He had to wear a knee brace under his pants during filming. I'll second (or third, or fourth, or whatever) what's been said below- watch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with Newman and Redford, and Jaws with Robert Shaw.

[@elizabitty213]

Btw the little brush of the finger on the nose means “good Con” so it’s like an understanding in that crew of guys, something big and hot is in the works 😍😎

[@christopheryochum3602]

Nothing wrong with you. What made this movie so good was the writing, which pulled every viewer in different directions. We never knew who was a good guy and who wasn't.

[@FeaturingRob]

Hey, Sam...you picked a great movie!!! If you liked the chemistry between Redford & Newman you should see 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'. Newman plays Butch and Redford is Sundance (which is how Reford came up with his production company and the famous film festival he started...Sundance!). That film was written by William Goldman, who wrote the novel and screenplay for 'The Princess Bride'. - The music for this was by Marvin Hamlish, and the night he won the Oscar for this, he won two other music Oscars...Best Original Score ('The Sting'), Best Dramatic Score ('The Way We Were') and Best Song ("The Way We Were" sung by Barbra Streisand). When he went up for his third Oscar that night, he made the joke, "I think we can talk as friends..." (Ironically, 'The Way We Were' also starred Robert Redford with Barbra Streisand...and is a really great film!) - The film won Best Picture, and because of that Julia Phillips became the first female producer recipient of the Academy Award for Best Picture. She would go on to produce the Steven Spielberg film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' which was also nominated for Best Picture.

[@charlest.velten6983]

Kudos, you're only the 2nd reactor to do this film masterpiece. That I have seen here on You Tube. In my top 5 films of all time. Saw it so many times when I was 8 yrs oldish back in 73. Watched it on a new format that just came to our area around that time. It was on a little thing that was just starting out called Cablevision. In a place called Long Island New York. Keep up the good work 🤠

[@Boomerbox2024]

This movie is a con within a con, within a con, and you as the audience got conned. This film is so elegantly done I am going to make a recommendation I've never made before: Get a quick education on poker (Even an online poker app would do, as it is a pretty simple game.) then watch the movie again just for your own enjoyment. Follow this one soon with another grifter movie classic, "Paper Moon" 1974?.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

Paper Moon was also from 1973, and it is equally brilliant, though the tone is quite different. I would LOVE so see someone on KZbin react to it, as it is one of my favorite movies of all time.

[@marybethgoeggel4658]

This was the first film watched in my Films class in high school, as a perfect introduction to camera angles (close up, rack focus, etc) and scene transitions (wipe side to side, up to down, corner to corner). Still remember my note taking style for this class. As a teen, I may have known a bit more than what should be known about gambling, because I understood the poker hands and the switch at the end. Teacher gave me some side eye that I knew the terms.

[@richardzinns5314]

And remember that scene transitions by means of wipes or irises were considered extremely old hat in 1973, reminiscent of the silent era. The Sting showed that they were still viable, and so four years later we got their repeated use in Star Wars.

[@nadronnocojr]

Wow. This was my dads jam, I remember being 6 years old in my dads Cadillac and it was the soundtrack t9 the sting. On 8 track. Yes. 8 track… wow. Tho. I’m so happy t9 see such a classic brought to new light thank you so much for this unique upload …..thank you !!!!!!!

[@larrystuder8543]

The subtitles (title cards) are all steps in the process of pulling a con job. The setup is getting a team together. THE tale is the Story you tell the victim to get him to believe. The Hook is where you sell it to him, convince him. And The Sting is when you take his money, and he realizes he's been had.

[@ericwalker8636]

No hyperbole here, this is absolutely my favorite movie of all time. It's very much a "wait.... what?" multiple-watch kind of movie, but as you said, a very fun watch. I've seen it several dozen times and I still enjoy it every time.

[@timreno72]

One of the really cool things about my high school is they offered a lot of alternative courses and one of the alternatives I took to English was Cinema (the study of film) and this was one we studied. Awesome flick! Even better when you get high between classes. ;)

[@emsleywyatt3400]

This movie can be watched twice (or more). Once for the first time, and again when you're in of the con.

[@evelynne2846]

My reaction when I first saw this was the same as yours. Great ending!! Thanks for watching. Great to see Paul Newman and Robert Redford together again.

[@shainewhite2781]

This is one of my favorite caper crime comedy films.

[@peterbooth793]

That's what I love about this movie, in the end we realize that the audience was being conned through the whole movie 🎬.

[@JustMe-um8zp]

So fun to see someone watch The Sting for the first time.

[@scubaclint]

Glad you liked it. One of my favorites

[@glennwisniewski9536]

Hooker loses the wad at the beginning because the game is fixed (notice the pushed button under the table) and the bosses don't want to lose big. Cheating the cheaters seems to be the theme of this film. And, it's always a pleasure to see Ray Walston (J.J.), beloved star of TV's My Favorite Martian (1963-1966), make an appearance. I am still waiting for him to somehow get back to Mars.

[@kenlangston3451]

Rounders and Molly’s Game are two great poker movies that explain the rules and how it works. I think you would enjoy both even if you don’t know poker.

[@elbruces]

The first step in any good con is let them think they're conning you. No matter how small or how big, it's all based on that.

[@GlamityJean]

this is my favourite movie and I am so glad it gets reactions now :P (also plugin a recommendation here) there is an old french animated movie called the king and the mockingbird ("le roi et l'oiseau" in french) it apparently even was an inspiration to miyazaki who is legendary for his animated movies

[@firekrys]

THANK YOU!!! There aren't a lot of reactions to this movie. I'm so glad you did this!

[@ericc8705]

There are quite a few good "heist/caper"-films ... the Oceans 11 -series, the Italian Job, and I would also recommend "The Thomas Crown Affair" (I really enjoyed the 1999 version with Pierce Brosnan)

[@rustincohle2135]

Do you recognize any of the actors? The villain Doyle Lonnegan (@9:32) is Robert Shaw, who played Quint the shark hunter in "Jaws". The wizard guy with the mustache (@15:08) is Harold Gould, who was on "The Golden Girls"-- he played Rose Nylund's (played by Betty White who recently died) boyfriend Miles Weber. And, Paul Newman and Robert Redford were two of the most popular leading men in Hollywood ever. Newman and Redford were "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", another film directed by George Roy Hill (who directed "The Sting")-- it's an iconic film worthy of a reaction, another fun fun movie. If you don't recognize Paul Newman, you certainly have seen his line of foods ("Newman's Own") in the supermarket, they make spaghetti sauce, salad dressing, salsa, popcorn, cookies, coffee, frozen pizza, lemonade, organic food and a whole bunch of other stuff.

[@johnadams9314]

It’s interesting that you picked up on the use of the lingo, because that’s the origin point of the whole thing. A linguistics professor was documenting the lingo of the underworld and particularly grifters, being immersed in that community and learning all the cons led to him writing a book called The Big Con that describes the grifts of the time. That book included the wire grift presented in the Sting and was the inspiration for the writer. Many of the characters in the Sting have nicknames of real life con-men from the book. Gondorf is named after real life con man Charley Gondorf who features heavily in the book

[@madgepenelopemorgan2429]

Hey OGB. @ age 64, growin up watchin their movies, bein a big fan of Newman & Redford & knowing how to play poker, the fact that makes this a masterpiece is that the makers pulled the big con on & stung we viewers too. The grifters playin the FBI made us believe that Redford just might turn on Newman to protect Luther's wife Alma & they got us along with the pig/copper. Not only did they get half a million of Lonnegan's money, they got revenge for his orderin Luther & Hooker be murdered. p.s. The great in his own right actor playin Lonnegan is Robert Shaw, who also played the Captain who got ate by the shark in Jaws & starred in otha excellent films.

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. No one reacted to this gem Bravo. Another great Robert Redford movie is Sneakers you should see it.

[@1ListerofSmeg]

Great film! I have fond memories of seeing this on tv in the 70s & 80s. The soundtrack inspired piano lessons for one sister & I lol. Do follow up w Butch & Sundance👍.

[@missk8tie]

I love this movie. A great story with a great cast. And despite all of the technology changes since the time this movie was set, the con works on us because it's all down to human nature.

[@pamosborn1956]

Watching this is in the theater was Great! We all cheered at the end! :)

[@stephanieellis5399]

The "Big Con" isnt so much about who you're conning but the intricacy of the con. So, when Hooker, Luther and Kid got the runner for $11000 at the beginning the type of con would be considered small. They just happened to con a guy who had a lot of money. They were only expecting a few hundred, maybe a couple thousand. Yes, the Big Con would, by its nature, target someone bigger and with more money but it also requires more resources, more planning, and more complexity. A more recent example of a Big Con would be Ocean's Eleven (and its sequels). Remember, Luther told Hooker about Gondorff, and told Gondorff about Hooker, before Lonnegan's goons killed him. Luther was encouraging Hooker to learn the Big Con because he saw potential in him. But because Luther "got dead", that gave Hooker and Gondorff their target.

[@Dularr]

1973 was the year for con movies. Tatum O'Neil won the a supporting oscar for Paper Moon.

[@wackyvorlon]

The finger on the side of the nose gesture indicates a shared secret.

[@laurab68707]

Amazing movie. Such a great ending if you don't figure it out. Redford and Newman are great together. Another movie they are great in is "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid". Based on a true story.

[@donkfail1]

The best con movie ever. But there was something about movies taking place in the 20s and 30s made in the 70s that is a little off, and there was a lot of them. I think it's the haircuts, because a lot of actors didn't want to cut their luscious long locks off in the 70s. And the wardrobe has a hint of when they made it. I wonder how today's "historic" movies will look to people in 50 years? Speaking of crime movies; for the mother of all heist movies (a slight difference), you have to see the old French movie Rififi from 1955. It has influenced every good heist movie since. It's so good I think I have to watch it right now, just because I thought of it.

[@robertkramer2271]

Both it and "The Exorcist" were equally nominated for 10 Oscar's each that year. Though "The Sting" is a great movie, personally I think "The Exorcist" was robbed and should have won Best Picture over it.

[@Zenon0K]

Takes place and filmed at one point in my hometown Joliet, Il. For some reason several big movies/shows were either filmed or take place outright here (lots to do with the prison, Prison Break, Blue Brothers, I could sprint out the door Joliet Jake does and be at my house in about 20 minutes). I forget if it's Tom Hanks or Billy Crystal or that type of guy, the filmed in a house like 8 blocks from me. This was the one with the most "legitimacy". Still haven't seen it, but will at some point, hear nothing but good things.

[@kathyastrom1315]

As for the splits everyone got, don’t forget that the guy who had all of the supplies for the wire store rejected the cut option and took a flat rate price. The others would have had different percentages due to their level of involvement, but as the bar owner said, most of them would have done it anyway to avenge Luther. Oh, and I am guessing that Luther’s family probably got some, maybe from Hooker’s cut.

[@rustincohle2135]

FINALLY! It's about f_ing time that somebody on KZbin reacted to this masterpiece! I recommend this to every reactor and no one ever watches it! So, THANK YOU for being the first. Hope it starts a trend.

[@ArtamStudio]

Casual Nerd reacted to this not long before OG did. Yes, hopefully it portents a trend!

[@michaelceraso1977]

@@ArtamStudio yes its slowly getting more attention as Jen Murray will have her upload this week ,and if you havent see POPCORN in bed's reaction its def worth it with her "oh my gosh" meter going into over drive

[@cranberrybe]

this was my favorite movie for a long time! i must have seen it at least 5 times in theaters.

[@artbagley1406]

This movie is in my top 20 of all time. Love the tiny instant when Newman/Gondorf readies himself to enter the poker room on the train; the phrase "an actor prepares" runs through my mind at that moment. Truly was entertained with your reaction, TOGB! George Roy Hill fooled even you, a cinephile, a cineliterate cinephile to boot, several times. Great screenwriting, directing, and acting make excellent, sometimes almost-perfect, movies! Glad you had a good time.

[@J_Rossi]

This is the movie that made Richard Zanuck and David Brown (the producers of "Jaws") suggest Robert Shaw for the role of Quint. Steven Spielberg's first two choices (Lee Marvin and Sterling Hayden) had turned the role down.

[@bighuge1060]

I'm so happy to see you joining others who have loved this movie. This and Young Frankenstein were the two movies my father treated me to on father/son outings (I was one of five children) and those movies will always be close to me. Also, my mother never got into the movie and when we both watched it together, she realized it was because she got lost in the plot but once realizing what was going on in the movie, she could see how Pop and I enjoyed it. Sadly they both are gone, Dad before Mom, but I'm glad to have had that opportunity to watch this movie with her.

[@alikasra415]

Paul Newman made The Towering Inferno in 1974, the year after The Sing was released. Steve McQueen, William Holden and Faye Dunaway were also in it. I suggest you check that movie out.

[@TheNeonRabbit]

Whenever you hear that the cops have conducted a "Sting operation", this is why. The term existed before this movie but this put it into general public usage.

[@stevedietrich8936]

One of the absolute greatest movies ever made, with a great music score. The first movie that myself and my now wife of 45 years saw together. All-Star cast of Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Robert Shaw.

[@kenlangston3451]

Another great Robert Redford and Paul Newman movie is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It is an action comedy Western from the late 60’s.

[@versetripn6631]

I explain this film is why Redford best portrayed A. Pierce in '...Winter Soldier'...that BIG CON. Hail Hydro!

[@Fishmorph]

The movie drew a lot of inspiration from a 1940 book about conmen of the era, which is one reason a lot of the lingo is unfamiliar to us in the modern day - it’s nearly 100 years old. Also, conmen had their own terms for things so nobody would know what they were going on about, and such jargon isn’t meant to be widely spoken or known. But you get an ear for it after a while.

[@richardzinns5314]

The book The Big Con actually described in detail every single confidence operation depicted in the entire movie with just one exception: the scene in the Western Union office, where the con men are forced to improvise, and so for once do not use a standard tried and true confidence scheme.

[@Fishmorph]

@@richardzinns5314 Thanks for the added details! I knew of the book, but never read it. All I knew was that the book's author sued the screenwriter and studio for plagiarism and the company settled out of court.

[@hippiechic6772]

I really enjoyed your reactions and comments watching The Sting so much... for not being familiar with some of the dialog early on you did great at picking up on things . The fact that The Sting was released on Christmas day in 1973 explains a lot about the script and I remember my mom made a Huge Deal over this movie... as she had a "Hollywood Crush" on both Robert Redford ( Johnny ) and Paul Newman (Henry). The Sting was mentioned often in my family... this movie was a favorite with all of us . I am so glad to see that you enjoyed this movie... that made it all the more fun to watch. Thank you

[@davidpost428]

One of the coolest Classic fims ever!

[@kermitcook8498]

Hey Sam! Nice to see Paul & Bob in this classic. They're usually portraying heroes but this was an era of the antihero. Marvin Hamlisch brought ragtime into our ears. Scott Joplin was rediscovered as a composer. Ragtime Festivals happen all over. Good times babe. Good times!

[@kathyastrom1315]

Another great heist/con film is The Score, with Robert DeNiro, Edward Norton, and Angela Bassett.

[@danmiller4064]

The sting, omg you rock... Thank you.

[@umbertocalvini7429]

George Roy Hill the director was very underrated, never received the recognition that he deserved according to Robert Redford! 👏👍👌💪🤗

[@jcastromex]

That's why the film is called "The Sting"! I love this movie so much! I was caught off guard too!

[@conureron3792]

For more Paul Newman check out Cool Hand Luke. For more Robert Redford do The Natural or Brubaker. For more of both together, gotta do Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

[@charlest.velten6983]

THE POKER GAME ON THE TRAIN WITH NEWMAN AND SHAW IS CLASSIC ,!

[@floorticket]

I didn't see it first run, I was a little kid but my parents did, and the nose-swipe signal became a thing, people began doing it, then the novelty quickly wore off.

[@Hogtownboy1]

It the maybe the first heist film ever by two giant stars at the peak of their careers.

[@Cbcw76]

I also enjoy WHERE THE MONEY IS (2000; Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino) in a well-crafted heist film, too. The patient storytelling 'craftsmanship' is STING worthy. And to think, just three years earlier, she was a coroner with MIB considerations!

[@EmlynBoyle]

One of my absolute favourite movies of all time. It’s so well done, and immensely enjoyable no matter how often I’ve seen it. Happy you enjoyed it too!

[@liteflightify]

Let me suggest reacting to Mulholland Dr (2001). It’s arguably the most critically acclaimed movie of the last twenty years. And it’s a crazy, twisty thriller.