Tag: George Roy Hill

  • WolfmanOz at the Movies #101

    All it takes is a little confidence. The Sting, evoking a bygone era of gangsters and con men, was the deserved winner of Best Picture Oscar in 1973. It also won Oscars for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay plus a host of technical awards as well. Robert Redford plays Johnny Hooker a small time grifter…

  • WolfmanOz at the Movies #60

    Not that it matters, but most of what follows is true Was the original disclaimer written by legendary screenwriter William Goldman at the beginning of the 1969 western classic Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid although the director George Roy Hill deleted the first five words when he noticed in previews that the caption was…