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The Sting
1973
· Movie
· 129 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #127
- IMDb #148
- Google retired #209
- Rotten Tomatoes #157
- Metacritic #318
- Letterboxd #216
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #656
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #87
- Metacritic Critics #520
- Metacritic Audience #273
- Criticker #143
- Douban #200
- Kinopoisk #153
- AlloCiné #412
- Trakt #188
Every rating
72–96
out of 100
In 1930s Chicago, two grifters seek revenge for the murder of their friend by a powerful Irish mob boss. They concoct an elaborate scheme involving a massive fake betting parlor to swindle the ruthless criminal out of a vast sum of money, relying on misdirection and a team of con artists.
Details
- Director
- George Roy Hill
- Writer
- David S. Ward
- Released
- 25 December 1973
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $5.5M
- Box office
- $159.6M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 6 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 24 →9 major awards won · 18 wins from 24 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Picture | Tony Bill, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Director | George Roy Hill | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Original Screenplay | David S. Ward | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Art Direction | Henry Bumstead, James W. Payne | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Costume Design | Edith Head | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Film Editing | William Reynolds | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation | Marvin Hamlisch | Winner |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 1973 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | George Roy Hill | Winner |
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Academy Awards
10 nominations, 7 won
| Best Art Direction | Henry Bumstead, James W. Payne | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Edith Head | Winner |
| Best Director | George Roy Hill | Winner |
| Best Film Editing | William Reynolds | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | David S. Ward | Winner |
| Best Picture | Tony Bill, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips | Winner |
| Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation | Marvin Hamlisch | Winner |
| Best Actor | Robert Redford | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Robert Surtees | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Ronald Pierce, Robert R. Bertrand | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | George Roy Hill | Winner |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures | Tony Bill, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | David S. Ward | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen | David S. Ward | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Top Ten Films | Winner |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film | William Reynolds | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actor | Robert Redford | Winner |
Golden Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen Awards | Winner |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film Director | George Roy Hill | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Winner |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Motion Picture | Winner |
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture | David S. Ward | Nominee |