THE STING : The Golden boy

Robert Redfort is considered one of the best actors in cinema history.Recently,last October 2025,the Golden boy,so he was called,passed away to the 90 age.Before,Robert Redford left an enormous legate,not only as an actor but also as a director.Titles like The way we were,All president’s men or out of Africa or will always be in our memories and his footprint will be eternal.To my mind,it has been so difficult to decide one title of his titles,because most of them are masterpieces.Finally,I have choosen the Sting because with Paul Newman gifted us a masterpiece without a doubt whatsoever.

The sting is an American heist film.It was directed by George Roy Hill in 1973,this director also run Paul Newman and Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid.This film was based on real conspiracy and with it has many similarities with the book The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man by David Maures,which brought a plagiarism lawsuit by the author.There is no doubt that its success was enormous,in terms of Academy Awards,this film won seven of its ten nominations.The sting had a squeal in 1983 (that’s best forgotten).The title of Sting means the final trick that leaves the victim realizing they have been scammed but unable to prove it,like a bee’s sting.

During the great depression,in 1936.Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and his partners earned their living with tricks and with dishonest games.After one the gimmicks,Hooker loses his buddy,and he needs to find another one to keep cheating.So,Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) appears in Hooker’s live.They became the best friends and the best partners.They decide to resurrect an obsolete scam known as ‘the wire’.Together,not only hover they the ‘the wire’,but also a revenge of the friend’s death.

The plot spirals with surprise after surprise,spinning from a tension between mirth and danger.When danger is most threatening,laughter begins to sound.And every twist produces wonderment and delight like watching a sleight of magic.

…All it takes is a little confidence

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