Directed by Peter Bogdanovich, Paper Moon is a black-and-white comedy-drama starring Ryan ONeal and Tatum ONeal. Set during the Great Depression, the film follows a small-time con man and a sharp-witted young girl traveling across the Midwest while pulling modest scams. The story balances dry humor with emotional restraint, focusing on character dynamics rather than overt sentimentality. Tatum ONeal won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

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Continuing a run of Seventies smash-hits for director Peter Bogdanovich after the enormous success of his The Last Picture Show and Whats Up, Doc?, Paper Moon saw the filmmaker sustaining his collaboration with actor Ryan ONeal, and introduced the world to the precocious talent of the future Barry Lyndon stars daughter Tatum, then 10, who for her performance was the youngest-ever actress to be awarded an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

After meeting a newly orphaned girl named Addie Loggins (Tatum ONeal), con man Moses Pray (Ryan ONeal), who may or may not be Addies father, is enlisted to deliver the newly orphaned Addie to her aunt in Missouri. Shortly after however, the two realise that together they make an efficient scam-artist duo. Adventure ensues as the pair blaze through the American Midwest, stealing, swindling, and selling the moon…

With its stunning black-and-white cinematography shot by the great László Kovács and its superb evocation of Depression-era locales, Paper Moon endures as one of the key American comedies of the 1970s. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the film in its UK home viewing premiere in a new Blu-ray edition.

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