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Paper Moon (1973)

Between the book and the film adaptation of 1973's Paper Moon, a number of things changed, including its setting. The novel was set primarily in the rural south, but the film opted to move toward the midwest. The film was shot in the small towns of Hays, McCracken, and Wilson, Kansas, well as St. Joseph, Missouri.

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