Paper Moon (1973)
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Duration: 102 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal and Madeline Kahn
IMDb score:
8,1 (57.794)
Releasedate: 9 May 1973
Paper Moon plot
"As P.T. Barnum put it, "There's a sucker born every minute.""
The America of the Depression, 1936. Moses Pray attends the funeral of one of his girlfriends. The deceased's neighbors ask him to take 9-year-old daughter Addie to Missouri, where her aunt lives. The girl does not fit in at all with the plans of Moses, who makes a living as a swindler. Finally, Moses gives in to the pressure and leaves for Missouri with Addie. On the way to Addie's family, Moses has his hands full with the nine-year-old girl: she smokes, swears, and is even more manipulative and cunning than he is. They decide to pool their talents as swindlers.
Actors and actresses
Addie Loggins
Moses Pray
Trixie Delight
Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
Miss Ollie
Mr. Robertson
Leroy
Imogene
The Minister
Floyd (Desk Clerk)
Reviews & comments
speedy23
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- 18945 messages
- 14043 votes
The film was continued in 1974 as a TV series with one of the greatest talents in female film history: the then 11-year-old Jodie Foster as Addie Pray. In my opinion, La Foster was much better in the series than the certainly not bad Tatum O'Neal who won an Oscar with it. Recommended...
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scorsese
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- 13473 messages
- 11292 votes
Excellent film about a man and a child who scam as many people as possible along the way. This charming road movie is set during the Great Depression. More than enough entertaining scenes where the young Tatum O'Neal steals the show. The interaction between her and Ryan O'Neal (her father in real life) also comes out well.
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wendyvortex
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- 5304 messages
- 7315 votes
I had always missed this movie until now. Peter Bogdanovich had previously made the beautiful The Last Picture Show, one of my all-time faves. This one is a bit lighter in tone. A kind of slightly comic road movie with beautiful camera work here too. Ryan O'Neal and 9-year-old Tatum O'Neal as a kind of alternative Bonnie and Clyde in the American crisis years. Without guns, but with canvassing and exchange tricks.
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