The Sting "making of" featurette, "The Art of the Sting", included interviews with cast and crew. The film was released on Blu-ray in 2012, as part of Universal's 100th anniversary releases. The Sting The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936, involving a complicated plot by two professional grifters (Paul Newman and Robert Redford) to con a mob boss (Robert Shaw). The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who had directed Newman and Redford in the western "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". Created by screenwriter David S. Ward, the story was inspired by real-life cons perpetrated
24th British Academy Film Awards "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "Downhill Racer" and "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here" Katharine Ross in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here" Colin Welland in "Kes" Susannah York in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" George Roy Hill for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" - William Goldman 24th British Academy Film Awards The 24th British Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1971, honoured the best films of 1970.The awards were held at the Royal Albert Hall, London