Editing The Sting (section)

==Reception==

===Box office===
The film was a box-office smash in 1973 and early 1974, grossing $156 million in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0070735/|title=The Sting|access-date=December 31, 2023}}</ref> {{As of|August 2018|post=,}} it was the 20th highest-grossing film in the United States adjusted for ticket price inflation.<ref name="mojo-inflation">{{cite web |title=All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm |access-date=May 19, 2011 |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607105553/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Internationally, it grossed $101&nbsp;million<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Daily Variety]] |title=Universal's Foreign Champs|date=February 6, 1990 |page=122}}</ref> for a worldwide gross of $257&nbsp;million.

===Critical response===
[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film four out of four stars and called it "one of the most stylish movies of the year".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-sting-1973 |title=The Sting |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=December 27, 1973 |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=November 26, 2018 |archive-date=December 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230124519/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-sting-1973 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] awarded three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "a ''movie'' movie that has obviously been made with loving care each and every step of the way."<ref>[[Gene Siskel|Siskel, Gene]] (December 28, 1973). "A return to the basics called care and skill". ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. Section 2, p. 3.</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that the film was "so good-natured, so obviously aware of everything it's up to, even its own picturesque frauds, that I opt to go along with it. One forgives its unrelenting efforts to charm, if only because ''The Sting'' itself is a kind of con game, devoid of the poetic aspirations that weighed down ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid''."<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=December 26, 1973 |title=Film:1930's Confidence Men Are Heroes of 'Sting' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/26/archives/film1930s-confidence-men-are-heroes-of-sting.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=60 |access-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626080052/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/26/archives/film1930s-confidence-men-are-heroes-of-sting.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "George Roy Hill's outstanding direction of David S. Ward's finely-crafted story of multiple deception and surprise ending will delight both mass and class audiences. Extremely handsome production values and a great supporting cast round out the virtues."<ref>{{cite news |date=December 12, 1973 |last=Murphy |first=A. D. |title=The Sting |url=https://variety.com/1973/film/reviews/the-sting-1200423095/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605144824/https://variety.com/1973/film/reviews/the-sting-1200423095/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called it "an unalloyed delight, the kind of pure entertainment film that's all the more welcome for having become such a rarity."<ref>[[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Thomas, Kevin]] (December 23, 1973). "'The Sting 'Reunites a Winning Combination". ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Calendar, p. 26.</ref> [[John Simon (critic)|John Simon]] wrote that ''The Sting'' as a comedy-thriller "works endearingly without a hitch".<ref>{{cite book |title=Reverse Angle: A Decade of American films |url=https://archive.org/details/reverseangledeca0000simo |url-access=registration |last=Simon |first=John |publisher=Crown Publishers Inc. |year=1982 |chapter=Cops, Crooks, and Cryogenics |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/reverseangledeca0000simo/page/134 |page=134 |isbn=978-0-5175-4471-6}}</ref>

[[Pauline Kael]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' was less enthusiastic, writing that the film "is meant to be roguishly charming entertainment, and that's how most of the audience takes it, but I found it visually claustrophobic, and totally mechanical. It keeps cranking on, section after section, and it doesn't have a good spirit."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kael |first=Pauline |author-link=Pauline Kael |date=December 31, 1973 |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=The New Yorker |pages=49–50 }}</ref>

In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The [[Writers Guild of America]] ranked the screenplay #39 on its list of 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=1807 |title=101 Greatest Screenplays |access-date=April 13, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813151310/http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=1807 |archive-date=August 13, 2006 |website=Writers Guild of America West}}</ref> On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''The Sting'' holds a rating of 92% from 101 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and director George Roy Hill prove that charm, humor, and a few slick twists can add up to a great film."<ref>{{cite web| title=The Sting| url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1020130-sting| website=Rotten Tomatoes| access-date=August 8, 2022| archive-date=August 6, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806025617/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1020130-sting| url-status=live}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Citation |title=The Sting Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-sting |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=June 18, 2022 |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706092548/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-sting |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="10"| [[46th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Tony Bill]], [[Julia Phillips]], [[Michael Phillips (producer)|Michael Phillips]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="10"| <ref name="Oscars1974">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974 |title=The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners |access-date=December 31, 2011 |website=Oscars.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315090403/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974 |archive-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref> <br> <ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/46920/The-Sting/awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321025141/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/46920/The-Sting/awards |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 21, 2009 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 20, 2009 |title=The Sting |access-date=December 29, 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[George Roy Hill]]
| {{won}} 
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Robert Redford]]
| {{nom}} 
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| [[David S. Ward]]
| {{won}} 
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| [[Henry Bumstead]], [[James W. Payne]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Robert Surtees (cinematographer)|Robert Surtees]]
| {{nom}} 
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Edith Head]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[William Reynolds (film editor)|William Reynolds]]
| {{won}} 
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation]]
| [[Marvin Hamlisch]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Ronald Pierce (sound engineer)|Ronald Pierce]], [[Robert R. Bertrand]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film]]
| William Reynolds
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]]
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor|Best Foreign Actor]]
| Robert Redford
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Al Pacino]] for ''[[Serpico]]''.}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[26th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| George Roy Hill
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1973.aspx?value=1973 |title=26th DGA Awards |website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122100618/http://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1973.aspx?value=1973 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Edgar Awards|Edgar Allan Poe Awards]]
| [[List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners|Best Motion Picture]]
| rowspan="2"| David S. Ward
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[31st Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/sting |title=The Sting – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=June 3, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1974}} |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221194657/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/sting |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="3"| [[Goldene Leinwand|Golden Screen Awards]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Kinema Junpo|Kinema Junpo Awards]]
| Best Foreign Language Film Director
| George Roy Hill
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1973|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1973/ |title=1973 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724010045/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1973/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture
| {{won|Honored}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame Inductees: Productions |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-date=May 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511220305/http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[1st People's Choice Awards|People's Choice Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Favorite Motion Picture
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.peopleschoice.com/1975-1st-annual-peoples-choice-awards.htm |title=1975 - 1st Annual People's Choice Awards |access-date=November 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418053114/http://search.peopleschoice.com/1975-1st-annual-peoples-choice-awards.htm |archive-date=April 18, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[9th Golden Laurel Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]]
| Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures
| Tony Bill, Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips 
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite news| last1=Madigan| first1=Nick| title=PGA lauds Daly, Semel with its Golden Laurels| url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/pga-lauds-daly-semel-with-its-golden-laurels-1117468362/| access-date=September 22, 2017| newspaper=Variety| date=March 1, 1998| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115658/http://variety.com/1998/film/news/pga-lauds-daly-semel-with-its-golden-laurels-1117468362/| archive-date=March 4, 2016| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[26th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| David S. Ward
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551| title=Awards Winners| website=Writers Guild of America| archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551| archive-date=December 5, 2012| access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref>
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