Robert Redford Paul Newman THE STING Original screenplay for the 1973 #168939

  
The Sting (Original screenplay for the 1973 film). Author: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning (starring); George Roy Hill (director); David S. Ward screenwriter_ Title: The Sting (Original screenplay for the 1973 film) Publication: N. Description: First Draft script for the 1973 film, an early internally duplicated agency copy with first-generation photocopied punch holes.

Director George Roy Hill again enlisted Paul Newman and Robert Redford as his leads, following his 1969 hit "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, " leading to an even greater success. A jaunty tale of two confidence men taking a crime boss in for the long con in revenge for the murder of a mutual friend in 1930s Chicago. Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Set in Chicago, shot on location in Chicago and multiple locations in California.

Black untitled wrappers with a titled label. Title page present, noted as First Draft, with credits for screenwriter David S.

106 leaves, with last page of text numbered 109. Pages Very Good plus, with dampstaining to the upper left on the first several pages, wrapper Very Good plus, bound with three gold brads. Penzler, 101 Greatest Films of Mystery and Suspense.

Subject: 1970s Cinema, Academy Awards, Comedy, Con Men, Grifters, and Hustlers, Film Scripts, Mystery and Crime, National Film Registry, New Hollywood Cinema. Royal Books is located in the midtown area of Baltimore, Maryland.

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