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Paper Moon
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Paper Moon is a black-and-white American comedy and drama film associated with the New Hollywood movement, directed and produced by Peter Bogdanovich alongside producer Frank Marshall, with a screenplay by Alvin Sargent. It stars Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn and John Hillerman, with cinematography by László Kovács, editing by Verna Fields, and music by Richard Portman, including the theme 'It's Only a Paper Moon.' Filmed in Kansas and set across Kansas, Missouri and St. Joseph, the film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and released on 9 April 1973, on a budget of 2,500,000, earning a revenue of 30,900,000. It received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a place on the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films.
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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
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Screenwriter
- Alvin Sargent
- Cast member
- Ken Hughes
- Composer
- Richard Portman
- Producer
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Cinematographer
- László Kovács
- Narrative location
- St. Joseph
- Filming location
- Kansas
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 422078
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1973-00-00
- film editor
- Verna Fields
- title
- Paper Moon
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- color
- black-and-white
- theme music
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 77/100
- capital cost
- 2500000
- box office
- 30933743
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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