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Release Date
• USA: Oct 20, 2000
• UK: 26 Jan 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 2, 2004
• R2: 30 Jul 2001
Budget $40,000,000
Official Website:
Pay It Forward Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements including substance abuse/recovery, some sexual situations, language and brief violence
Running Time
2 hours, 3 minutes
Country USA
Studio Bel-Air Entertainment, Tapestry Films
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Other Titles
• Pay It Forward
• Das Glücksprinzip (2001)
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Genre: Drama, School / Campus, Tear Jerker, Society, Drugs
Tagline: Sometimes The Simplest Idea Can Make The Biggest Difference.
Plot: Based on a best-selling novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde and boasting the star power of three prior Oscar winners--Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment--PAY IT FORWARD spins a heartwarming yarn about an 11-year-old boy who comes up with an utopian idea as a project for school. History teacher Eugene Simenot (Spacey) offers the same ongoing extra-credit assignment he has proffered every year: Come up with an idea that will change the world. However, he expects nothing more from his students than halfhearted efforts that fall far shy of their mark. Simenot is therefore unprepared for precocious, irrepressible Trevor McKinney (played with wide-eyed wonder by Osment), who conjures up a stunning scheme. Trevor suggests the concept that every person who benefits from someone else's good deed should "pay it forward," instead of paying it back, and in turn offer favors to three other people. The first guinea pig for Trevor's experiment is his overworked, imperfect mom (Helen Hunt) for whom he tries to find a boyfriend.Director Mimi Leder, best known for such powerful thrillers as DEEP IMPACT, imbues the solid script of PAY IT FORWARD with a more grandiose aura. However, it is the movie's triumvirate of heralded stars--Spacey, Hunt, and Osment--that propels this compelling yarn.
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| Written by |
| Leslie Dixon
The Thomas Crown Affair, Just Like Heaven, Overboard |
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Thomas Newman
The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, The Green Mile |
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