Word: stings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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NOSE JOB OF THE YEAR: Sting Screenwriter David Ward thumbing his in the con man's recognition signal featured in his script. Obviously he understood the true worth of his work better than the majority of the voters...
...cautiously balanced set of Oscars that were handed out last week. The Sting sweep (best picture, best director, best original screenplay, four minor prizes) could have surprised only those who cling to the fantasy that Hollywood's Academicians enjoy rewarding controversy (The Exorcist), truth telling (Cries and Whispers, American Graffiti) or success that is merely modest (A Touch of Class). The best-actor and best-actress choices-Jack Lemmon and Glenda Jackson-were also safe and sane. He is a popular local boy; she is a remote great lady winning her second Oscar in three years. Youth...
...just done a couple of unsuccessful pictures following his first big splash in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He was a star, certainly, but he had not yet entered the ranks of the "bankable" top ten. During the work on Gatsby, however, The Way We Were and The Sting were released, and Redford became the most sought-after actor in town...
...Gold from Law can take out the Sting...
Some citizens seek escape in the wave of nostalgia for the 1950s or earlier. By the millions, they crowd into movies like American Graffiti and The Sting. They enthusiastically applaud the Andrews Sisters, the World War II singing sensations, whose songs are hot again and who will open on Broadway next month in a musical, Over Here...