To anyone who's seen this in theaters...

I saw it in the drive in with my parents when I was 7.

I definitely remember that year that a person was either someone who had seen it and could be talked to OR you were someone who had not seen it yet and no one would say anything to you other than - 'go see it'.
It was first experience with a national spoiler alert.

Too young to remember, AND, my brother and I arrived early, and sat through the last half hour of the previous show (back when they let you do that), right as Salino gets it in the face. We didn't care, but I was disappointed that Newman didn't light a cigar with a $100 bill like in the poster. I was angry for a week, swore it was false advertising.

You have asked about one of my happiest movie moments.

I saw in the theater when it first came out (I was 13.)

I vividly remember the audience going nuts when they flipped Redford over and then smiled through the blood.

At that moment, a lot of people yelled out things like "omg, it was a set-up!!!' (including my mother who then burst out laughing.)

You never saw so many people so happy to have been "conned."

The icing on the cake? We had just seen "Blazing Saddles" (it was't a part of the double feature, American Graffiti was) but B.S. was playing next door

(Stamford, Connecticut, Summer 1974)

Thanks for asking, I love re-living this moment.

Saw it in the theater (at least 3 times) in 1973 and I distinctly remember the theater breaking into applause when Redford opened his eyes at the end. A definite crowd pleaser!!

Been to many movies in my life. At many the audience applauds at the end.
I saw The Sting twice at the theater. Applause was instantaneous and thunderous at both viewings so much so it was hard to hear the remaining dialogue, at least the first 20 seconds or so afterwards. Never heard anything like it. Everyone, me included, was certain Redford had sold them out. In fact, I saw the movie the second time just to hear the audience reaction, which I KNEW would happen.

I saw this in a theater in Kansas City and remember the theater was packed. It seemed like at the end the audience was just in a good mood because of the ending.

I saw it on opening day in Sydney in 1974. It was the first time I was in an audience which burst into applause at the end of the movie [and it was packed].


"He was a poet, a scholar and a mighty warrior."

Large audiences always love the whole movie.