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Paper Moon (1973)

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User Rating: 8.0/10 (6,660 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Peter Bogdanovich
Writers:
Joe David Brown (novel)
Alvin Sargent (screenplay)
Release Date:
9 May 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
As P.T. Barnum put it, "There's a sucker born every minute."
Plot:
Adapted from the novel, "Addie Pray" (1971) by Joe David Brown, PAPER MOON is the story of Moses Pray and Addie Loggins... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations more
User Comments:
A Perfect Film more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ryan O'Neal ... Moses Pray

Tatum O'Neal ... Addie Loggins
Madeline Kahn ... Trixie Delight
John Hillerman ... Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
P.J. Johnson ... Imogene
Jessie Lee Fulton ... Miss Ollie
James N. Harrell ... The Minister (as Jim Harrell)
Lila Waters ... The Minister's Wife
Noble Willingham ... Mr. Robertson
Bob Young ... Gas Station Attendant
Jack Saunders ... Station Master
Jody Wilbur ... Cafe Waitress
Liz Ross ... The Widow Morgan (Pearl)
Yvonne Harrison ... The Widow Bates (Marie)
Dorothy Price ... Ribbon Saleslady
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Germany:12 | Norway:16 | UK:PG | UK:A (original rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Portugal:M/12 | West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Boca Raton, Florida, USA more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The scene in which Addie says, "I want my $200!" shows the Dream Theatre's marquee displaying _Steamboat Around the Bend (1935)_ placing the film in 1935. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: When Mose and Addy are agreeing to meet after they arrive in St. Joseph, he tells her to meet him on the 'Corner of East Wearing and Burlington.' There is no Wearing, (east or west) or Burlington in St. Joseph, MO. The streets in downtown St. Joseph, MO are numbered and/or named after the children of St. Joseph's founder, Joseph Robidoux. more
Quotes:
Addie Loggins: [about Trixie Delight] She always has to go to the bathroom. She must have a bladder the size of a peanut. more
Soundtrack:
After You've Gone more

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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
A Perfect Film, 29 September 2004
10/10

If Hayes, Kansas, and thereabouts...were the perfect locations for Peter Bogdonavich's classic "Paper Moon," then the film itself is the perfect realization of those real places forever etched in celluloid.

Few times will you ever see a film so visually wedded to its locale and cinematic style. In a typical film, you might picture the presentation of the movie working in a number of ways, but in "Paper Moon," it will forever seem like it could only have been done this way...on location, in black and white, and photographed like moving Andrew Wyeth shots of Americana.

Tatum O' Neal is terrific and justifiably won an Oscar for her part, but Ryan is wonderful as well....funny in that exasperated manner that Bud Abbott is, and the quality goes right down to the smallest bit player in the cast.

A perfect film would have great acting, great visuals and utilization of music, a superb story and lines that have you repeating them for years. Welcome to "Paper Moon." I can't recommend this blend of comedy and drama enough. A modern classic.

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