Behind the Scenes
Director
George Roy HillGeorge Roy Hill would go on to have a long and successful career, but it's fair to say that this dude was on top of the directing world back in the early 1970s. He's especially well-...
Screenwriter
David S. WardThe story of the script for The Sting is one of those awesome underdog, feel-good stories…kind of like The Sting itself. For starters, the writer David S. Ward had written the script...
Production Studio
UniversalThis movie was produced by three folks: Tony Bill, Michael Phillips, and Julia Phillips. And once they got Universal Pictures involved with distribution, they knew that the movie was going...
Production Design
Old-TimeyThere are a lot of reasons why George Roy Hill won the Best Director Oscar in 1974 for The Sting. (Two of those reasons are named "Robert Redford" and "Paul Newman" a.k.a. the two most cha...
Music (Score)
Marvin HamlischChances are good that if you mention The Sting to someone in their fifties or sixties, the first thing they'll do is bring up Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer." If you haven't already...
Fandoms
To be honest, it's kind of tough to find a fan club for The Sting because almost any search you do for "Sting" and "fan" is going to take you to something connected to the musician (and Zoolander 2...