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Pay It Forward
Like 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.
2000 · Directed by Mimi Leder · 122 min · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
When someone does you a big favor, don't pay it back...
Crew
- Screenplay: Leslie Dixon
- Cinematography: Oliver Stapleton
- Edited by: David Rosenbloom
- Music: Thomas Newman
- Production design: Leslie Dilley
- Produced by: Steven Reuther, Robert L. Levy, Peter Abrams
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
- Jon Bon Jovi as Ricky McKinney
- David Ramsey as Sidney Parker
- Gary Werntz as Mr. Thorsen
- Colleen Flynn as Woman on Bridge
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Bel Air Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, Tapestry Films
- Budget: $40,000,000
- Box office: $55,707,411
- 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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