Pay It Forward

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Pay It Forward is a 2000 drama film about a young boy who starts a movement of altruistic acts, starring Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, and Haley Joel Osment.

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Pay It Forward canonical 2
Pay It Forward (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
basedOn Pay It Forward self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pay It Forward (novel)
basedOnWorkBy Catherine Ryan Hyde
cinematographyBy Oliver Stapleton
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Mimi Leder NERFINISHED
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures
distributorRegion United States theatrical release
editedBy David Rosenbloom NERFINISHED
filmingLanguage English
genre drama
hasTagline "When someone does you a big favor, don't pay it back... Pay It Forward."
hasTheme altruism
kindness
sacrifice
social change
language English
mainCharacter Arlene McKinney
James LeGros
surface form: Eugene Simonet

Trevor McKinney
medium feature film
mpaaRating PG-13
musicBy Thomas Newman
narrativeFocus chain reaction of good deeds
plotSummary A young boy attempts to change the world by starting a movement of altruistic acts, asking recipients to pay the kindness forward to others.
portraysCharacter Haley Joel Osment
surface form: Haley Joel Osment as Trevor McKinney

Helen Hunt as Arlene McKinney
Kevin Spacey as Eugene Simonet
producer Peter Abrams
Robert L. Levy NERFINISHED
Steven Reuther
productionCompany Bel Air Entertainment
Warner Bros. Pictures
releaseDate 2000-10-20
releaseYear 2000
runtimeMinutes 123
screenwriter Leslie Dixon
settingLocation Las Vegas, Nevada
starring Haley Joel Osment
Helen Hunt
Jay Mohr
Jim Caviezel
Kevin Spacey
targetAudience general audience

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Kevin Spacey notableWork Pay It Forward
Helen Hunt notableWork Pay It Forward
Pay It Forward basedOn Pay It Forward self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pay It Forward (novel)