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2000 Certificate 12 Certificate 12
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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 heart-warming yarn about an 11-year-old boy who comes up with an utopian idea as a project for school. History teacher Eugene Simenot (Spacey) .. Read more

Starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr
Director Mimi Leder
Genres Drama

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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 heart-warming 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 half-hearted 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 favours to three other people. The first guinea pig for Trevor's experiment is his overworked, imperfect mum (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.

Starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr, James Caviezel, Jon Bon Jovi, Angie Dickinson
Director Mimi Leder
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 59 mins
LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 58 mins
Certificate Certificate 12 DVD
Certificate 12 LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Hearing-impaired Italian
Subtitles DVD: English, Romanian, Bulgarian, Arabic
Released Production year: 2000

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LOVEFiLM Instant: 09 Jul 2010

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DVD: 30 Jul 2001
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