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Brassed Off
Why this pick
Its old-fashioned travelling-performer world, wary child-and-adult pairing, and steadily deepening affection echo Paper Moon’s blend of comic hustle and unsentimental tenderness.
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MOVIE1973 1h 42m USA
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A Perfect World
Why this pick
This Depression-era fugitive road story finds warmth and uneasy surrogate-family feeling in an unlikely man-and-boy partnership, with a similarly evocative period-Americana texture.
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Kolya
Why this pick
Like Moses and Addie, its reluctant caretaker and resilient child start as an inconvenient arrangement; dry humor and quietly earned attachment carry the film.
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The Night of the Hunter
Why this pick
For Paper Moon’s Depression-era monochrome world and children navigating dangerous adult deceit, this offers a more dreamlike, suspenseful counterpart with unforgettable visual storytelling.
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Rain Man
Why this pick
Another road-bound odd couple begins with money and manipulation in the foreground, then lets humor, friction, and increasingly genuine care reshape the journey.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Confidence tricks Moses Pray meets 9-year-old Addie Loggins at Addie's mother's graveside service, where 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.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tatum O'Neal
Addie Loggins
Noble Willingham
Mr. Robertson
Burton Gilliam
Floyd (Desk Clerk)
Hugh Gillin
2nd Deputy
Ryan O'Neal
Moses Pray
Madeline Kahn
Trixie Delight
John Hillerman
Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
Randy Quaid
Leroy