George Roy Hill for our friend, Monsieur Hill." Hill rebuilt his Hollywood reputation with the Julie Andrews movie "Thoroughly Modern Millie", then "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and, after "Slaughterhouse-Five", "The Sting". Both "Butch Cassidy" and "The Sting" starred Paul Newman and Robert Redford. "Butch Cassidy" won four Academy Awards; "The Sting" won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The success of those two films meant that, for a time, Hill was the sole director in history to have made two of the top 10 moneymaking films. Hill disliked tardiness on set. Paul Newman said of his time (as
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head and cassette versions also climbing the charts. Ray Stevens was first offered the opportunity to record it for the film, but turned it down. He chose instead to record the song "Sunday Morning Coming Down", written by Kris Kristofferson. Bob Dylan is supposed to have been approached for the song, but he, too, reportedly declined. The trumpet solos in the song are performed by Chuck Findley. In 2004, it finished at number 23 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. In 2008, the single was ranked 85th on "Billboard"'s Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs and