Movies / Pay It Forward (2000)
Runtime: 123 min
Languages: English
Countries: USA
Eugene Simonet, an emotionally and physically scarred social studies teacher, challenges his young students to devise some type of philanthropic plan and put it into effect. A young boy, whose own life is far from rosy, takes the assignment to heart and invents the "pay-it-forward" philosophy, which encourages paying back favors in advance. The whole town embraces the boy's concept, and random acts of kindness become a community pastime. Though celebrated by acquaintances and the media, the boy struggles at home with his alcoholic mother, and the only one who recognizes his lonely fight is Eugene Simonet.
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Mimi Leder | ... |
Writers (2) | Credit |
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Catherine Ryan Hyde | (book) |
Leslie Dixon | (screenplay) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Thomas Newman | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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David Rosenbloom | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Oliver Stapleton | (director of photography) |
Actors (59) | Credit |
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Alexandra Kotcheff | Alexandra |
Andrew Patrick Flood | Andy |
Angie Dickinson | Grace |
Bernard White | Cop |
Bob McCracken | Creepy Middle-Aged Man |
Bradley White | Jordan |
Brenae Suzanne Davey | Brenae |
Carrick O'Quinn | Man in Window |
Carrie Ann Sullivan | School Girl |
Christi Colombo | Christi |
Colleen Flynn | Woman on Bridge |
Cynthia Ettinger | (unconfirmed) |
David Ramsey | Sidney Parker |
Eugene Osment | Cop Who Gives Directions |
Frank Whiteman | Doctor |
Gabriela Rivas | Hallway Kid #2 |
Gary Werntz | Mr. Thorsen |
Haley Joel Osment | Trevor McKinney |
Hannah Werntz | Thorsen's Daughter |
Helen Hunt | Arlene McKinney |
Ian Hodgkinson | Vampiro (archive footage) (uncredited) |
James Caviezel | Jerry |
Jay Mohr | Chris Chandler |
Jeannetta Arnette | Nurse |
Jeremy Dunn | Diner Patron (uncredited) |
Joe Rampino | Bar patron |
Johnny Drocco | Stripper's Boyfriend (uncredited) |
John Powers | Lowlife #2 |
Jonathan Nichols | Liquid Man #3 |
Jon Bon Jovi | Ricky McKinney |
Julian Correa | Julian |
Justin Parsons | Justin |
Kathleen Wilhoite | Bonnie |
Kendall Tenney | Male Newscaster |
Kevin Spacey | Eugene Simonet |
Lana Kinnear | Dancer (uncredited) |
Leslie Dilley | The Governor |
Liza Snyder | Michelle |
Loren D. Baum | Rough Kid #1 |
Marc Donato | Adam |
Molly Kate Bernard | Molly |
Myeshia Dejore Walker | Myeshia |
Nico Matinata | Rough Kid #2 |
Patricia Deanda | Change Girl |
Phillip D. Stewart | Phillip (as Phillip Stewart) |
Ron Keck | Lowlife #1 |
Rusty Meyers | News Stand Guy |
Ryan Berti | Hallway Kid #1 |
Ryan Keating | Stranded Motorist (uncredited) |
Sebastian Feldman | Looky Lou (uncredited) |
Shawn Pyfrom | Shawn |
Stacy Bellew | School Girl (uncredited) |
Stephanie Feury | Sandra |
Sue Tripathy | Female Newscaster |
Tameila N. Turner | Tameila |
Tim De Zarn | Liquid Man #2 (as Tim Dezarn) |
Tina Lifford | Principal |
Tom Bailey | Liquid Man #1 |
Zack Duhame | Rough Kid #3 |