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Which Academy Award did The Sting win?
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Paul Newman, 1956.
The Sting (1973), which starred Paul Newman and Robert Redford, won seven Academy Awards in total. Among these wins was the award for best picture.12
The film also received Academy Awards in the following categories:
- Art direction1
- Costume design1
- Direction1
- Editing1
- Music1
- Writing1