43-432: Paper Moon may refer to: Film and television [ edit ] Paper Moon (film) , a 1973 American film directed by Peter Bogdanovich based on the novel Addie Pray Paper Moon (American TV series) , a 1974 American TV series "Paper Moon" ( Supernatural ) , a 2014 episode of the television series Supernatural Literature [ edit ] Addie Pray ,
86-478: A hillbilly , Leroy, in a "rasslin' match." Moze and Addie make it across the state line to Missouri, where Moze sets up another swindle, only to be caught again by the sheriff and his deputies; outside their jurisdiction and unable to make an arrest, they beat Moze and rob him of his and Addie's savings. Humiliated and defeated, Moze drops Addie at the house of her aunt in St. Joseph, but a disappointed Addie rejoins him on
129-514: A television series called Paper Moon , based on the film, premiered on the ABC television network, with Jodie Foster cast as Addie and Christopher Connelly (who had appeared as O'Neal's brother in the earlier ABC series, Peyton Place ) playing Moses. It was not a ratings success, and its thirteenth and last new episode aired in December 1974. A stage musical adapted from the film and Addie Pray
172-464: A 1971 novel by Joe David Brown later retitled Paper Moon The Paper Moon ( La Luna di Carta ), a 2005 novel by Andrea Camilleri Music [ edit ] Paper Moon (band) , a Canadian indie rock band Papermoon (duo) , an Austrian guitar and vocals duo Paper Moon (album) , by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1981 "Papermoon" (song) , by Tommy heavenly6, 2008 "Paper Moon",
215-421: A Greek song, "Hartino to Fengaraki", by Manos Hadjidakis "Papermoon", a song by Our Lady Peace from Burn Burn , 2009 Other [ edit ] Paper Moon (lantern) , a lantern made of thin, brightly colored paper See also [ edit ] " It's Only a Paper Moon ", a 1933 jazz standard "It's Only a Paper Moon" ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ) , a television episode Topics referred to by
258-425: A brand-new Model 48 convertible to impress Miss Trixie, she and Imogene devise a plan. They convince a clerk at the hotel where the group is staying to visit Trixie. Addie then sends Moze up to Trixie's room, where he discovers the clerk and Trixie having sex. Moze promptly leaves Miss Trixie and Imogene behind, with Addie leaving Imogene enough money to pay for her own passage home. While staying at another hotel in
301-728: A career in which she appeared in such movies as Walk on the Wild Side and Follow That Dream . Her paternal ancestry is Irish, English, and Ashkenazi Jewish . On April 2, 1974, at age ten, Tatum O'Neal won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance in Paper Moon , released in May 1973. The youngest ever to win
344-443: A comment on one". Roger Ebert gave the film his top four-star rating and commented that "a genre movie about a con man and a little girl is teamed up with the real poverty and desperation of Kansas and Missouri, circa 1936. You wouldn't think the two approaches would fit together, somehow, but, they do, and the movie comes off as more honest and affecting than if Bogdanovich had simply paid tribute to older styles". Gene Siskel gave
387-875: A competitive Academy Award, she turned nine years old during filming in autumn 1972. O'Neal played the role of Addie Loggins, a child con artist being tutored by a Depression -era grifter played by her father. In her 2010 appearance on RuPaul's Drag Race , O'Neal stated that her father had not attended the Academy Awards ceremony with her due to his busy schedule. O'Neal starred in films such as The Bad News Bears (1976) with Walter Matthau , International Velvet (1978) with Christopher Plummer and Anthony Hopkins , and Little Darlings (1980) with Kristy McNichol , and co-starred in Nickelodeon (1976) with her father and in Circle of Two (1980) with Richard Burton . She
430-518: A crescent moon, to suggest the film's title). Much to Addie's chagrin, Moze invites "Miss Trixie"—and her downtrodden teenage maid, Imogene—to join Addie and him. Addie soon becomes friends with Imogene and jealous of Trixie. Imogene reveals that Trixie works, at least occasionally, as a prostitute, and it is suggested she has a venereal disease causing her a frequent need to urinate. When Addie subsequently discovers that Moze has spent their money on
473-418: A rural area, Moze uncovers a bootlegger 's store full of whiskey , steals some of it, and sells it back to the bootlegger. Unfortunately, the bootlegger's twin brother is the local sheriff, and he quickly arrests Addie and Moze. Addie hides their money in her hat, steals back the key to their car, and the pair escape. To elude pursuit, they trade their new car for a decrepit Model T farm truck after Moze beats
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#1733085508922516-459: A train ticket, she demands the money as rightfully hers, whereupon Moses agrees to let Addie travel with him until he has raised back the full $ 200 to give to her. Thereafter, Moses visits recently widowed women, pretending to have previously sold expensive, personalized Bibles to their deceased husbands, and the widows pay him for the Bibles inscribed with their names. Addie joins the scam, pretending she
559-517: Is a deft blend of film nostalgia and finely tuned performances – especially from Tatum O'Neal, who won an Oscar for her debut." Metacritic assigned a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 based on eight critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". At the Academy Awards , Tatum O'Neal won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress , making her the youngest competitive Academy Award winner as of 2023 (at age 10). In September 1974,
602-670: Is based on a true story which took place at McKinney North High School in Texas. She portrayed the mother of the main character , Brooke Tippit, and became close friends with the character's actress, Ashley Benson , whom she mentored in acting. In 2021, O'Neal appeared in the film Not to Forget , which aimed to raise awareness and funds for the fight against Alzheimer's disease . The movie, directed by Valerio Zanoli, stars Karen Grassle and five Academy Award winners: O'Neal, Cloris Leachman , Louis Gossett Jr. , George Chakiris , and Olympia Dukakis . One of O'Neal's first reported relationships
645-451: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Paper Moon (film) 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 ,
688-424: Is his daughter, and exhibits a talent for confidence tricks, such as selling Bibles and the quick change scam . As time passes, Moses and Addie become a formidable team. One night, Addie and "Moze" (as Addie addresses him) stop at a local carnival, where Moze becomes enthralled with an "exotic dancer" named Miss Trixie Delight and leaves Addie at a photo booth to have her photograph taken alone (of herself sitting on
731-654: 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 . In Gorham, Kansas , circa 1936, itinerant con man Moses Pray meets nine-year-old Addie Loggins at her mother's graveside service, where
774-563: The City , 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter , and Law & Order: Criminal Intent . In 2005, O'Neal began a recurring role as Maggie Gavin in the firehouse drama series Rescue Me , portraying the unbalanced and lively sister of Tommy Gavin , played by Denis Leary . In January 2006, she participated in the second season of ABC 's reality series Dancing with the Stars with professional partner Nick Kosovich . They were eliminated in
817-667: The Midland Hotel at Wilson, Kansas ; the railway depot at Gorham, Kansas ; storefronts and buildings on Main Street in White Cloud, Kansas ; Hays, Kansas ; sites on both sides of the Missouri River ; Rulo Bridge ; and St. Joseph, Missouri. The car Moses is driving when he agrees to take Addie home is a 1930 Ford Model A convertible; the car Moses buys to impress Miss Trixie is a 1936 Ford V8 De Luxe convertible. The whiskey being sold by
860-447: The arrest and agreed to spend two half-day sessions in a drug treatment program. In May 2020, O’Neal suffered a massive stroke caused by a prescription drug overdose. She was discovered unconscious by a friend, and the stroke left her in a coma for a month and a half. When she reawakened, she could not remember how to speak. She has since struggled to relearn everything. In her 2004 autobiography, A Paper Life , O'Neal alleged that she
903-402: The big leagues as con artists after going into partnership with a fake millionaire, was dropped. The location was also changed from the rural south of the novel–primarily Alabama —to midwestern Kansas and Missouri . The film was shot in the small towns of Hays, Kansas ; McCracken, Kansas ; Wilson, Kansas ; Dorrance, Kansas , and St. Joseph, Missouri . Various shooting locations include
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#1733085508922946-454: The bootlegger shown toward the end of the film is Three Feathers blended whiskey, a label introduced by Oldtyme Distilling Corp. in 1882 and still produced up to the 1980s. The bottle of soda pop Addie drinks is from Nehi Soda, by a company founded as Chero-Cola in 1910, in 1925 renamed Nehi Corporation , which became Royal Crown Company and later Dr Pepper /Seven Up, then Dr Pepper Snapple Group . Peter Bogdanovich also decided to change
989-525: The divorce, O'Neal's drug problems reemerged and she developed an addiction to heroin. As a result, McEnroe obtained custody of the children in 1998. In 2011, Tatum and her father began to restore their relationship after 25 years. Their reunion and reconciliation process was captured in the short-lived Oprah Winfrey Network series Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals . In 2015, she said she had begun dating women, while choosing not to identify herself as homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual, saying, "I'm not one or
1032-478: The family car. Their attempt to con Ned Flanders by claiming delivery of a personalised Bible ordered by his late wife Maude and requesting reimbursement unravels when Ned realises the con's similarity to that in the film Paper Moon , at which point Homer and Bart bolt. The head writer of the television series Obi-Wan Kenobi , Joby Harold , looked at the films Paper Moon and Midnight Run as influences for Obi-Wan Kenobi and Leia Organa 's relationship after
1075-550: The film "very easy to take, especially as Alvin Sargent's dialogue has a nice edge of wit. The trouble is that the film covers all the ground it is going to cover in the scene in the restaurant near the beginning when we, with Ryan O'Neal, first realise that the sweetly awful child is going to be more than a match for him as far as wits are concerned". On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 48 reviews, with an average rating of 8.7/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Expertly balancing tones, Paper Moon
1118-496: The film as well. Peter Bogdanovich had just completed What's Up, Doc? and was looking for another project when his ex-wife and frequent collaborator Polly Platt recommended filming Joe David Brown's script for the novel Addie Pray. Bogdanovich, a fan of period films, and having two young daughters of his own, found himself drawn to the story, and selected it as his next film. At the suggestion of Polly Platt, Bogdanovich approached eight-year-old Tatum O'Neal to audition for
1161-458: The film on 4K and Blu-ray on November 26, 2024. The film earned an estimated $ 13 million in North American theater rentals in 1973 (equivalent to $ 89 million in 2023). Vincent Canby of The New York Times praised "two first-class performances" from Ryan and Tatum O'Neal but found the film "oddly depressing" and unable to "make up its mind whether it wants to be an instant antique or
1204-522: The film three-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote that Tatum O'Neal "is more than cute. Her role is something special in the well-established tradition of children on film." Arthur D. Murphy in Variety called Tatum O'Neal "outstanding" and added, "Alvin Sargent's screenplay is a major contributor to the overall excellent results". Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times wrote that Tatum O'Neal
1247-742: The films The Bad News Bears , Nickelodeon , and Little Darlings , and appeared in guest roles in the television series Sex and the City , 8 Simple Rules , and Law & Order: Criminal Intent . O'Neal was born in the Westwood area of Los Angeles, California, to actors Ryan O'Neal and Joanna Moore . Her brother, Griffin , was born in 1964. In 1967, her parents divorced and her father quickly married actress Leigh Taylor-Young , together having Tatum's half-brother, Patrick . The two divorced in 1973. Tatum has another half-brother, Redmond, from Ryan O'Neal's relationship with actress Farrah Fawcett . O'Neal's mother died of lung cancer at age 63, after
1290-447: The latter's rescue. Director David Fincher named "Paper Moon" as one of his favorite films and the film that had impact on his career. Tatum O%27Neal Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963 ) is an American actress. At the age of 10, she became the youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy Award , for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon co-starring her father, Ryan O'Neal . She later starred in
1333-429: The name of the film from Addie Pray . While selecting music for the film, he heard the song " It's Only a Paper Moon " by Billy Rose , Yip Harburg , and Harold Arlen . Seeking advice from his close friend and mentor Orson Welles , Bogdanovich listed Paper Moon as a possible alternative. Welles responded: "That title is so good, you shouldn't even make the picture, you should just release the title!" Bogdanovich added
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1376-472: The neighbors suspect he is Addie's father. He denies this, but agrees to deliver the orphaned Addie to her aunt's home in St. Joseph, Missouri . At a local grain mill, Moses convinces the brother of the man who accidentally killed Addie's mother to give him $ 200 for the newly orphaned Addie. Addie overhears this conversation and, after Moses spends nearly half the money fixing his old Model A convertible and buying her
1419-458: The other." On June 1, 2008, O'Neal was arrested for buying crack cocaine near her Manhattan apartment building. When police searched her, they allegedly found two bags of drugs—one of crack cocaine, one of powder cocaine—and an unused crack pipe. She was charged with a misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled substance. Authorities released her without bail. On July 2, 2008, O'Neal pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with
1462-478: The road. When he refuses her company, she reminds him that he still owes her $ 200 and points out that his truck has just rolled away without him. They catch the truck and leave together. The film project was originally associated with John Huston and was to star Paul Newman and his daughter, who was a child actor at the time named Nell Potts . However, when Huston left the project, the Newmans became dissociated from
1505-427: The role, although she had no acting experience. Bogdanovich had worked with Tatum's father Ryan O'Neal on What's Up, Doc? , and decided to cast them as the leads. Various changes were made in adapting the book to film. Addie's age was reduced from twelve to nine to accommodate young Tatum, several events from the book were combined for pacing issues, and the last third of the novel, when Moses and Addie graduate to
1548-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Paper Moon . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paper_Moon&oldid=1222408177 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1591-725: The scene in which Addie has her picture taken in a paper moon solely so the studio would allow him to use the title. Director of photography László Kovács used a red filter on the camera on Orson Welles's advice. Bogdanovich also used deep focus cinematography and extended takes in the film. The film was released on April 9, 1973, in Hollywood and May 9 in the United States. The film released on VHS in 1980, re-released 1984, and re-released again in 1995. The LaserDisc released on 1982 and Director Series on May 7, 1995. The DVD released on August 12, 2003. The Criterion Collection released
1634-577: The second round. She went on to do commentary for the series on Entertainment Tonight . From 2006 to 2007, she portrayed the vindictive and psychotic Blythe Hunter in the MyNetworkTV drama Wicked Wicked Games . She appears opposite Nashawn Kearse and Vanessa Williams in the film My Brother (2007). In 2008, she appeared in the Lifetime original film Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal . The film
1677-402: Was molested by her father's drug dealer when she was 12. She also alleges physical and emotional abuse by her father, much of which she attributed to drug use. She also detailed her heroin addiction and its effects on her relationship with her children. Her father denied the allegations. In a prepared statement, Ryan O'Neal said: "It is a sad day when malicious lies are told in order to become
1720-479: Was "just plain marvelous and Paper Moon is a tough, funny, beautifully calculated diversion". Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote that the film "may prove a keen disappointment if you go with high expectations. At its best the film is only mildly amusing, and I'm not sure I could come up with a few undeniable highlights if pressed on the point". Tom Milne in The Monthly Film Bulletin called
1763-685: Was cast in Split Image but had to be let go during filming because she was too young (seventeen) for night schools and was replaced by Karen Allen. She appeared as the title character in the Faerie Tale Theatre episode " Goldilocks and the Three Bears " (1984). O'Neal appeared in only five films during the next 15 years, one of them being Basquiat (1996) as Cynthia Kruger. In the early 2000s, O'Neal returned to acting with guest appearances in Sex and
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1806-551: Was produced at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 1993. The show featured a book by Martin Casella, music by Larry Grossman , and lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh and Carol Hall , and was directed by Matt Casella. The cast included Gregory Harrison , Christine Ebersole , Brooks Ashmanskas , and Christopher Sieber . In The Simpsons episode " The Great Money Caper ", Homer and Bart conduct a series of cons, initially to pay to repair
1849-713: Was with singer Michael Jackson in the late 1970s. In a 2002 interview with Martin Bashir , Jackson said that O'Neal tried to seduce him, but he was terrified by the idea of sex. O'Neal adamantly denied all of Jackson's claims in her 2004 autobiography and stated that her relationship with Jackson was platonic . O'Neal's relationship with tennis player John McEnroe began in 1984 when she moved into his Central Park West apartment in New York City. They married in 1986. The couple have three children: Kevin, Sean and Emily. They separated in 1992 and were divorced in 1994. Following
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