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The sting
(DVD)

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Published:
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, c2001.
Physical Desc:
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Rating:
MPAA Rating: PG.
Status:
Description

Set in 1930's Chicago, this story deals with two con men who seek revenge on a big-time gangster who was responsible for the murder of their friend.

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Format:
DVD
Language:
English
ISBN:
05192139970, 0783225873 :
UPC:
025192016523

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Robert Surtees; editor, William Reynolds; music, Marvin Hamlisch; piano rags by Scott Joplin.
Participants/Performers
Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan.
Description
Set in 1930's Chicago, this story deals with two con men who seek revenge on a big-time gangster who was responsible for the murder of their friend.
Target Audience
MPAA Rating: PG.
System Details
DVD, single-layer format; full-screen version (aspect ratio 1.33:1); Dolby digital 2.0 mono.
Language
Closed captioned; English, Spanish, and French soundtracks; subtitled in English and Spanish.
Awards
Academy Award, 1974: Best picture; best director (Hill); best original screenplay; best art direction-set decoration; best costume design; best editing; best musical score.
Awards
Director's Guild of America Awards, 1974: Outstanding directorial achievement in motion pictures.
Awards
National Film Registry, 2005.
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Hill, G. R., Bill, T., Phillips, M., Phillips, J., Ward, D. S., Newman, P., Redford, R., Shaw, R., Durning, C., Walston, R., Brennan, E., Surtees, R., Reynolds, W., Hamlisch, M., & Joplin, S. (2001). The sting. Universal City, CA, Universal Studios.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

George Roy Hill et al.. 2001. The Sting. Universal City, CA, Universal Studios.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

George Roy Hill et al., The Sting. Universal City, CA, Universal Studios, 2001.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Hill, George Roy, et al. The Sting. Universal City, CA, Universal Studios, 2001.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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