The Sting
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Oct 29, 2026
speaker_3HOST
He's the dad that's not a mafia guy.
speaker_3HOST
The Sting.
speaker_3HOST
Oh, The Sting?
ChrisHOST
Yeah, it's Robert Redford.
ChrisHOST
Robert Redford.
NickHOST
Yeah, but I think of Kevin Costner whenever I see Robert Redford.
speaker_3HOST
The Sting is a good movie.
speaker_3HOST
Actually, I'm a big Robert Redford guy.
MikeHOST
Thank you very much for joining us on the Just Like the Movies podcast, where we are talking about not the oldest movie we've ever done, but it's definitely in the top three.
MikeHOST
A verifiable classic, 1973's The Sting, selected by my esteemed co-host, who was basically going sight unseen because he claims he has not seen this movie.
MikeHOST
And all the... all the accolades, everything, all the particulars we're going to get into.
MikeHOST
Before we do any of that, we have to check in with the main man, Johnny.
MikeHOST
All
JohnnyHOST
right, Mike, what's the deal?
MikeHOST
We got the sting.
MikeHOST
I watched it.
speaker_3NARRATOR
And despite the fact that the critic reaction was mixed, it was celebrated at the Academy Awards, receiving 10 nominations, and it won two, including Best Sound and Best Adaptation of a Screenplay.
speaker_3NARRATOR
It was nominated for Best Picture, but lost to The Sting.
speaker_3NARRATOR
But what do Kevin and I think? Back to us to discuss.
Kevin ThompsonHOST
All right.
Joe HeenanHOST
No, no, Clint Howard's one of the...
Joe HeenanHOST
Jack Kehoe's in it as well, the guy from The Sting and Midnight Run and stuff like that.
Joe HeenanHOST
Okay.
Joe HeenanHOST
It's a very famous actor.
Dana BucklerHOST
And his charms have always worked on me.
Dana BucklerHOST
Like I'm a big fan of The Sting.
Dana BucklerHOST
And to mention Newman, like I love Butch Cassidy in The Sundance Kid.
Dana BucklerHOST
I think that's a great movie.
Kyle MacLachlanGUEST
And just a huge Robert Redford fan growing up, as was my mom.
Kyle MacLachlanGUEST
You know, we loved Butch Cassidy, Son of Dad's Kid, The Sting, on and on and on, Brubaker, on and on.
Kyle MacLachlanGUEST
And here I was meeting a legend and someone who was my hero for me.
Kyle MacLachlanGUEST
And he spoke with me with such genuine like care and grace and interest and like as an artist, artist to artist, I felt.
CherylHOST
And William Goldman, famously known as the guru of screenwriting.
CherylHOST
Yeah, Butch and Sundance, The Sting, all that.
CherylHOST
Was paid a million dollars for this screenplay.
DaveHOST
I bet.
Miles GrayHOST
Yeah.
Miles GrayHOST
And The Sting.
Miles GrayHOST
And Serpico.
Miles GrayHOST
Pretty good year.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
For the third consecutive season, All in the Family was the number one television show.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In the movies, the box office king, Newman and Redford, in The Sting.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And in sports, David Thompson of North Carolina State ended UCLA's seven-year reign along the way to taking the NCAA championship.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Here in Oakland, the Snake, Kenny Stabler, led the late lamented Oakland Raiders to the AFC West title.
KeefyHOST
Next thing, I got this for a dollar.
KeefyHOST
The Sting featuring the music of Scott Joplin by Marvin Hamlisch.
KeefyHOST
People say I look like a young Marvin Hamlisch.
KeefyHOST
Who the fuck is Marvin
KeefyHOST
Marvin liked the idea of using ragtime
DonHOST
for
KeefyHOST
the film, so we got together and the result of his score for The Sting.
KeefyHOST
Selection of the material was easy because his favorites were also mine.
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