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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792181170
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792181174
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 12, 2003
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 3441
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: May 09, 1973
Editorial Review:
Description:
Adapted from the novel 'Addie Pray' by Joe David Brown, PAPER MOON is set in the Midwest during the Great Depression, and follows the story of Moses Pray (Ryan O’Neal), a happy-go-lucky con artist who travels through the Midwest on a mission to swindle money out of innocent widows. While attending a friend’s funeral, Pray is called upon by two elderly ladies to deliver the daughter of the deceased, Addie (Tatum O’Neal), to her aunt in Missouri. Soon learning that the 9-year-old is almost as mischievous and manipulative as he is, Pray and Addie develop a father and daughter routine that increases their credibility as well as their income. Now, the devious duo set out on a series of misadventures involving crooked cops, bootleggers, grieving widows and a Carney dancer named Miss Trixie Delight (Kahn) who adds a little spice to their routine.
Amazon.com:
A sweet and subtle gem of a movie. Newly orphaned Addie (Tatum O'Neal) falls into the care of small-time con artist Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal, Tatum's real-life father) and turns out to be better at grifting than he is. Set in Depression-era Kansas, Paper Moon is a miracle of unity. The set design and cinematography combine to give both the flavor of documentary photos and the visual quality of movies from the period, and every performance meshes with the overall tone of sincerity, earnest optimism, and creeping desperation. The rapport between Addie and Moses is phenomenal--and being father and daughter doesn't make that a sure thing. Ryan O'Neal gives a truly great performance (perhaps the only one of his career) and Tatum won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress (she's the youngest winner in history). Madeline Kahn was also nominated for her wonderfully funny and sad turn as an exotic dancer named Trixie Delight. Paper Moon has a miraculous combination of outrageous sentimentality and pragmatic cynicism; the result is genuinely touching. One of director Peter Bogdanovich's best films, and kind of a comic companion piece to The Last Picture Show. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Paper moon
Tatam and Ryan O'neal are both great in this movie, Tatum(for her age at the time) is soooo grown up.
Rating: - Great movie...fun extras
I came acrosst this movie late one night on cable, and it is now one of my favorites. Tatum O'neal is wonderful. There are some great extra's on the DVD as well.
Rating:  - Bogdanovich's Affectionate Depression-Era Road Movie Boasts the O'Neals at Career Peaks
Nine-year-old Addie Loggins is the centerpiece of Peter Bogdanovich's affectionate 1973 comedy set during the depths of the Great Depression. The filmmaker was on a roll at the time as he made the coming-of-age saga, 1971's The Last Picture Show, and the screwball throwback, 1972's What's Up, Doc?, in quick succession. Cineaste that he is, Bogdanovich filmed this episodic, character-driven comedy deliberately in black and white, inspired by classics as diverse as Charlie Chaplin's The Kid, Vittorio ... Read More
Rating: - Yes Folks, Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee... And let's Have Another Piece Of Pie.
In 1971 Peter Bogdanavich gave us the superlative, The Last Picture Show. With a cast of virtual new commers, Timothy Bottoms, Cybil Sheapred, Jeff Bridges and Randy Quaid, Bogdanavich caught lightening in a jar. Then in 1973 he choose to pair father and daughter, Ryan and Tatum O'Neil to give us one of the seventies most memerable movies, Paper Moon.
The Last Picture Show was a glimpse into the lives of lonely and misbegotten characters, living in a down-and-out, oil-bust Texas town. They're ... Read More
Rating: - A Cute Movie
Paper Moon is a technically excellent black and white film about a depression era con artist and his supposed daughter. Actually, con artist is probably too generous of a term. Although released in the same year, Paper Moon is not The Sting. Paper Moon is about low-level cons more akin to carney swindles where being fleet afoot is a prerequisite.
The publicity device for paper Moon is that the father and daughter are played by Ryan O'Neal and his daughter, Tatum O'Neal. Tatum not only stole scenes ... Read More
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