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Erik_H · 09-09-2005, 08:08 PM

I just watched the making-of documentary, which I enjoyed but was startled by the passage of time between the interviews and this week's release of the interview footage on the special edition DVD. An elderly Ray Walston is interviewed, and according to IMDB.com, he passed away on January 1, 2001. The interview footage with Paul Newman also appears to have been filmed some time ago---having seen him on Broadway several years ago in the revival of "Our Town," he looks noticeably younger in the interview footage than when I saw him on stage from the third row of the orchestra at the Booth Theater.

In other words, the Newman and Walston interviews appear to date from either the late 1990s or no later than 2000/2001. Makes me wonder if Universal planned to release the special edition of "The Sting" on DVD at a much earlier date.

09-09-2005, 08:08 PM	#8 of 47
Erik_H Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Local Time: 10:49 PM Local Date: 12-04-2008 Posts: 79	I just watched the making-of documentary, which I enjoyed but was startled by the passage of time between the interviews and this week's release of the interview footage on the special edition DVD. An elderly Ray Walston is interviewed, and according to IMDB.com, he passed away on January 1, 2001. The interview footage with Paul Newman also appears to have been filmed some time ago---having seen him on Broadway several years ago in the revival of "Our Town," he looks noticeably younger in the interview footage than when I saw him on stage from the third row of the orchestra at the Booth Theater. In other words, the Newman and Walston interviews appear to date from either the late 1990s or no later than 2000/2001. Makes me wonder if Universal planned to release the special edition of "The Sting" on DVD at a much earlier date.