This DVD item from Paramount was reviewed on 11-Dec-2008.
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1) DVD DVD Paper Moon by Paramount.
" SIMPLY PUT "___________ONE OF THE BEST FLICKS EVER" AND THATS A BIG CHAW OF BACCER TO BITE OFF, BUT I WILL [ HAVE TO SAY, ONE OF THE BEST EVER]. HANDS DOWN.. WHEN ADIE AND MOSES, WHERE AT THE JAIL HOUSE AND ADDIE TOLD MOSES_____ " MOSE, I HAVE TO GO TO THE S###ER. I THOUGHT I WOULD SWALLOW MY TEETH. AND THE 20 DOLLAR BILL HUSTLE WITH THE NAME ON IT, IN THE VARIETY STORE. WAS A KILLER.:-) :-) :-). THAT POOR CLERK WAS SO DANGED UGLY AND CONFUSED, SHE LOOKED LIKE THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, WHEN LITLE ADDIE, GOT DONE WITH HER. ON A SCALE OF 1-10, I WOULD RATE PAPER MOON AND EACH AND EVER SINGLE CHARACTER IN IT A BIG OLE [[[[______20______]]]. THANK YOU ALL. JERRY L.¤ 2) DVD DVD Paper Moon by Paramount. My husband and I watched PAPER MOON with our 11 year old daughter the other night. What a fun, sweet, thoroughly enjoyable family movie. I can´t think of a better way to spend an evening at home.
Filmed in the early `70s in black and white, PAPER MOON tells the story of recently orphaned 9-year old, Addie, who falls in with con man Moses Pray. As it turns out, Addie is perhaps a better con than Moses is, and the two of them set out to relieve some unsuspecting widows of their butter and egg money. While swindling their way across the mid-west and surviving a series of hilarious misadventures, Addie and Moses develop a genuine affection for each other, and learn the true meaning of what it is to be a family.
Ryan and Tatum O´Neal both give outstanding performances as the erstwhile father and daughter. In fact, Tatum won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in PAPER MOON, the youngest actress to do so. Other cast members, including Madeline Kahn and John Hillerman are equal to the task; all the performances complement each other perfectly. The chemistry between all of the characters is genuine and very believable.
The black and white print adds to authentic feel of the film. You really believe that you are driving around the dust bowl during the Great Depression. Costuming, sets, and locations are all dead-on Depression era, and lend to realism of this film. Additonally, there is no sound track to this film. You hear every chirp of a cricket, every creak of a stair, every rumble of a car motor. This really puts the viewer there, in the movie, in the story.
Full of a wonderfully effective combination of sentimentality, humor, and cynicism, PAPER MOON stands the test of time. Watch this film with your family. I guarantee, no matter what the age, everyone will enjoy the evening. In fact, my oldest enjoyed this film so much that she "forgot it was in black and white."
¤ 3) DVD DVD Paper Moon by Paramount. No matter what we think of the personal lives of Ryan and Tatum now, (none of our business, anyway) there can be no denying that this Father/Daughter team could act--and what-on screen chemistry they project. Their expressions and timing are amazing as we imagine them using their real lives as valuable experience for the roles. The whole motley crew is entertaining. Con man, standoffish and manipulative young female offspring, exotic dancer, Trixie Delight, played so well by Madelyn Kahn, the bickering of young Addie and Trixie over "possession" of Moses Pray, the rich textures of the rural Thirties landscape. It is a beautiful, beautiful and humorous movie. I wish the father and daughter could have given us more of this wonderful stuff over the years.¤ 4) DVD DVD Paper Moon by Paramount. Tatam and Ryan O´neal are both great in this movie, Tatum(for her age at the time) is soooo grown up.¤ 5) DVD DVD Paper Moon by Paramount. 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.¤ 6) DVD DVD Paper Moon by Paramount. 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.¤ 7) DVD DVD Paper Moon by Paramount. 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¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 8-Jan-2009, 0792181174097360846546, 570-730-9LB-C9B-GAB-QUB-RCB-5MB-K0B-8 
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