The Sting (Universal Legacy Series)

Great depression era story of grifters (Robert Redford), con men (Paul Newman), crooked cops (Charles Durning) and mobsters (Robert Shaw). Throw in an FBI agent (Dana Elcar) to twist the plot and complicate things for the con men, and you have a great movie. Lots of Scott Joplin rags played the way they should be. Mobsters don't like it when their numbers runner gets ripped off and the grifters vow revenge when one of their own is murdered as revenge for the ripoff. Great sets and music and keeps you guessing as to who's conning whom.

This has always been a very good movie. It is even better in DVD format

This is one my favorite movies of all time, and was one of the first HD movies that I bought after purchasing my new 65" High Definition plasma TV. You feel as if you are part of the cast of characters. You see things you never saw on regular DVD. This movie stands the test of time, and is still on my list of the best 20 movies ever produced in Hollywood. I cannot overrate the High-Definition DVD. It looks and sounds absolutely superb.

This is one of the few movies from the seventies that is does not appear dated when viewed today.

First off - this movie was shot fullscreen by Hill and you gain nothing by having a letterboxed version. That being said, this version could use remastering for picture quality, but it doesn't detract from the film's magic spell, stellar cast, and wonderfull depression era atmosphere. I'd forgotten that Eileen Brennan played Newman's squeeze and she is largely forgotten today. I believe the last time I saw her was in Jeepers Creepers, as feisty as ever and turning two minutes of screen time into something special. But I digress. This movie has it all in spades. It's not a big con at all!