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Paper Moon
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7.9During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Cast
- Tatum O'Neal as Addie Loggins
- Ryan O'Neal as Moses Pray
- Madeline Kahn as Trixie Delight
- John Hillerman as Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
- Jessie Lee Fulton as Miss Ollie
- Noble Willingham as Mr. Robertson
Themes
- friendship
- funeral
- missouri
- bible
- con man
- carnival
- great depression
- aunt
- road trip
- kansas, usa
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Screenplay by
- Alvin Sargent
- Based on
- Addie Pray , by Joe David Brown
- Produced by
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Starring
- Ryan O'Neal Madeline Kahn John Hillerman Tatum O'Neal
- Cinematography
- László Kovács
- Edited by
- Verna Fields
- Production companies
- The Directors Company Saticoy Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- April 9, 1973 ( 1973-04-09 ) ( Hollywood ) May 9, 1973 ( 1973-05-09 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 102 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $2.5 million
- Box office
- $30.9 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 422078
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- publication date
- 1973-00-00
- title
- Paper Moon
- review score
- 77/100
- capital cost
- 2500000
- box office
- 30933743
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Paper Moon is a 1973 American road comedy-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and released by Paramount Pictures. Screenwriter Alvin Sargent adapted the script from the 1971 novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown. The film, shot in black-and-white, is set in Kansas and Missouri during the Great Depression. It stars the real-life father and daughter pairing of Ryan and Tatum O'Neal as protagonists Moze and Addie.
Tatum O'Neal received widespread praise from critics for her performance as Addie, earning her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the youngest competitive winner in the history of the Academy Awards.