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Pay It Forward
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Pay It Forward is a 2000 American drama film directed by Mimi Leder and written by Leslie Dixon. The cast includes Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, and Jay Mohr. The story is set in the Las Vegas Valley and deals with the subject of alcoholism. The film was produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Pathé, Bel Air Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Tapestry Films, with Thomas Newman serving as composer and Oliver Stapleton as director of photography.
The movie has a runtime of 123 minutes and was released in the United States on October 20, 2000. It was distributed by Netflix in video on demand format. The production had a budget of 40,000,000 and generated revenue of 55,707,411. Audience ratings vary across platforms, with an IMDb score of 7.2 based on 127,771 votes, a TMDb average of 7.38 from 2,008 votes, and other assessments including 5.1/10, 40/100, and 39%.
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Film · TMDB
7.4Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Cast
- Kevin Spacey as Eugene Simonet
- Helen Hunt as Arlene McKinney
- Angie Dickinson as Grace
- Haley Joel Osment as Trevor McKinney
- Jay Mohr as Chris Chandler
- Jim Caviezel as Jerry
Themes
- child's point of view
- candlelight vigil
- good deed
- exotic dancer
- schoolteacher
- extra credit assignment
- disfigurement
- junior high school
- burn injury
- woman director
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mimi Leder
- Screenplay by
- Leslie Dixon
- Based on
- Pay It Forward , by Catherine Ryan Hyde
- Produced by
- Peter Abrams Robert L. Levy Steven Reuther
- Starring
- Kevin Spacey Helen Hunt Haley Joel Osment Jay Mohr James Caviezel Jon Bon Jovi Angie Dickinson
- Cinematography
- Oliver Stapleton
- Edited by
- David Rosenbloom
- Music by
- Thomas Newman
- Production companies
- Bel-Air Entertainment Tapestry Films
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- October 20, 2000 ( 2000-10-20 )
- Running time
- 123 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $55.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Pay It Forward is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Mimi Leder. The film is based loosely on the novel of the same name by Catherine Ryan Hyde. It is set in Las Vegas, and it chronicles 12 year-old Trevor McKinney's launch of a goodwill movement known as "pay it forward". It stars Haley Joel Osment as Trevor, Helen Hunt as his alcoholic single mother Arlene McKinney, and Kevin Spacey as his physically and emotionally scarred social studies teacher Eugene Simonet. The film was released on October 20, 2000, to mixed reviews and was a box office disappointment, grossing $55.7 million worldwide against a $40 million budget.
Plot
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