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 Moses and Addie. Tatum O'Neal received widespread praise from critics for her performance as Addie

Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, and John Hillerman star in the Peter Bogdanovich film Paper Moon (1973) / Hollywood Summer Nights -- at the County #tonight at 7:30! www.countytheater.org/films/paper-moon At the age of 10, Tatum O'Neal became the youngest person to win an Oscar in a competitive category; she bested Madeline Kahn for Best Supporting Actress. "I wonder how many moviegoers will be prepared for the astonishing confidence and depth that Tatum brings to what's really the star