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On 3/23/2024 7:27 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
> Another notable movie for my young friend who can play games on my computer
> but only if he watches a movie with me.
> 
> I think I had not seen THE STING since it was a big deal in 1973 and
> everybody was humming Scott Joplin. Of course I remembered the final
> outcome, but I did not remember how they got to that point and we had a
> great time following the story together. He kept asking me questions like,
> “are they really FBI?“ and I had to admit I just didn’t remember and I was
> wondering the same thing. It was fun.
> 
> He said it wasn’t the greatest movie he had ever seen but the acting was
> some of the greatest.
> 
> Who is that actor playing Gondorff?
> 
> That’s Paul Newman.
> 
> How old is he now?
> 
> He’s dead.
> 
> Well darn. He’s really good.
> 
> Another actor that impressed him, believe it or not, was Harold Gould. It
> wasn’t so much his acting as it was his clothes. The kid is 18 and really
> concerned about his appearance and he thinks Harold Gould, who is something
> of a dandy in the movie, really knew how to look sharp.
> 
> I have found that as long as I keep showing him good movies, he keeps
> coming back for more.

I think that, if THE STING were released today without having been 
preceded by its dozens of knockoffs of knockoffs, it'd still be a smash. 
  I still remember the assassin...