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The Sting
1973
Hoping that box-office lighting might strike twice, George Roy Hill again joined forces with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, who star as con men Henry Gondorff and Johnny Hooker in THE STING. In the Chicago of the 1930s, Johnny's partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), is fatally wounded by a victim of one of their scams who turns .. Read more
| Starring | Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Eileen Brennan |
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| Director | George Roy Hill |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Ricci to star in Sumner's first movie
- 14 Dec 2009
The model son of rocker Sting is embarking on a new career as a filmmaker, and has cast Christina Ricci in his first movie project. Jake Sumner, 24, will direct a short fashion-inspired film for designer Donna Karan. Ricci will play the lead in the movie, which will be shot at New York's Soho Grand hotel, reports the New York Post. Read more
Sting lined up for new film role
- 09 Feb 2009
Ageing rocker Sting is set to return to the movies with a role in a new film written by a close friend. The singer, real name Gordon Sumner, last hit the big screen in Guy Ritchie's gangster movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in 1998. Sumner, 58, is now lined up to play a strict headmaster in a movie written by PR guru turned author Simon Astaire. The film is based on Astaire's debut novel Private Privilege, and Astaire thinks Sumner is perfect for a role. A friend tells British... Read more
Styler offers Chevron employees the chance to see hard-hitting film for free
- 28 Sep 2009
Sting's wife Trudie Styler has invited 6,000 Chevron employees in the San Francisco, California area to view her new film Crude for free when it opens this weekend (25Sep09). The documentary, which Styler produced, takes a look at the devastation oil companies like Chevron have created in the rainforests of Ecuador, where clean water is no longer available and animal species and indigenous tribespeople are dying at an alarming rate. The documentary also chronicles the $27 billion lawsuit... Read more
Metallica moviemaker shoots rainforest horror documentary with Styler
- 26 Aug 2009
The director behind Metallica's gripping movie Some Kind Of Monster has teamed up with Sting's wife Trudie Styler to shoot a new documentary about the destruction of the rainforest. The film, Crude, chronicles an eye-opening trip Joe Berlinger and Styler took to Ecuador, and the activist actress/producer admits some of the sights she witnessed will haunt her forever. She says, "I saw the most appalling human rights violations I've ever witnessed. "I've seen some pretty grim sights, but nothing Read more
Cohen pulls in stars for movie soundtrack
- 01 Apr 2009
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has enlisted the help of superstar pals Bono and Chris Martin to record a song to accompany his racy new film Bruno - which mocks their Band Aid charity efforts. The film's controversial Dove of Peace track includes the lyrics, "For people of Africa who live in hell/They will never wear Chanel. And despite singing on 2004's Band Aid fundraising effort Do They Know It's Christmas?, the Coldplay frontman was in hysterics as he laid down his vocal, according to the... Read more
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The Sting
Hoping that box-office lighting might strike twice, George Roy Hill again joined forces with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, who star as con men Henry Gondorff and Johnny Hooker in THE STING. In the Chicago of the 1930s, Johnny's partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), is fatally wounded by a victim ...
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