From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   On 2024-03-23 23:27:39 +0000, Bill Anderson said:   
      
   > 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'm with your friend, I've never liked this movie.   
      
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