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
Mickybo and Me Mickybo and Me Mickybo and Me is a 2004 Northern Irish comedy-drama film written and directed by Terry Loane and based on the stage play "Mojo Mickybo" by Owen McCafferty. The film was produced by Working Title Films and released by Universal Studios. "Mickybo and Me" tells the story of two boys, one Catholic (John Joe McNeill) and one Protestant (Niall Wright), obsessed with the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". When The Troubles plague Northern Ireland in 1970, the children dream of escaping to Australia.. Ireland: Nationwide Cinema Release April 2005 • Best Irish Film in Big Buzz