Paper Moon (1973)

Directed by

Peter Bogdanovich

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 838 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A smooth-talking con man and a sharp-tongued orphan girl travel together through Depression-era Kansas and Missouri. They team up to run small scams on the locals.

road-tripwittyaffectionatenostalgicbittersweetplayfulunderstated

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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