There is a scene in The Sting that Robert Redford almost didn’t film. Not because of scheduling, not because of money, because of…
Robert Redford slid his key card into the door of Sweet 412. It was 11:30 p.m. September 17th, 1974. He’d just finished a…
Robert Redford was halfway through his most emotional scene when he turned the page of his script and saw something that wasn’t supposed…
And if you can’t do that, Lou, then we don’t have a movie. Paul Newman stood up from the conference table. The three…
Universal Studios, Stage 12, October 1973. The Sting was 3 weeks into production, and the entire crew had gathered for Robert Redford’s big…
1967, a Warner Brothers executive hung up the phone, hands shaking. Paul Newman had just said four words that could destroy a $6…
Lime Rock Park, Connecticut. May 17th, 1975. 2:47 p.m. Robert Redford’s hands were white on the steering wheel, 140 mph on a curve…
March 14th, 1974. The Beverly Hilton Hotel press room. 120 journalists, flashbulbs popping. Robert Redford at the microphone, calm as always. And then…
Take 47. October 15th, 1973. Universal Studios soundstage. The Sting. Robert Redford was about to film the most dramatic scene of his career.…
September 26th, 2008. Room 447, Sloan Ketering Hospital, New York. Paul Newman had been refusing visitors for 3 weeks. No family beyond his…