Pay it forward / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Bel-Air Entertainment ; a Tapestry Films production ; a Mimi Leder film ; screenplay by Leslie Dixon ; produced by Steven Reuther, Peter Abrams, and Robert L. Levy ; directed by Mimi Leder.
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FilmPublisher number: 1000112615 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English, French Original language: English Distributor: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1419887459
- 9781419887451
- Director of photography, Oliver Stapleton; editor, David Rosenbloom; music by Thomas Newman.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A young boy stumbles upon a simple way to change the world in this drama. Trevor (Haley Joel Osment) is a bright 11-year-old boy who comes from a troubled home; his mother Arlene (Helen Hunt) is an alcoholic trying to hold down two jobs to support her son, while Trevor's father Jon Bon Jovi) left his family behind some time ago. At school, Trevor's class is introduced to their new social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet (Kevin Spacey), a guarded man with severe facial scars. Simonet gives his class an unusual assignment -- think up a practical way to make the world a better place, and put it into action. Trevor comes up with the notion of Pay It Forward" -- do a needed favor for three different people without being asked, and then ask them to do the same for three others. Trevor starts by letting Jerry (James Caviezal), a junkie living on the streets, stay in his home. Next, he tries to fix Arlene up with Mr. Simonet, since both seem to be lonely and the clean and sober teacher might help Arlene stay away from alcohol. Finally, he tries to rescue one of his schoolmates, who is constantly tormented by bullies. Meanwhile, journalist Chris Chandler (Jay Mohr) finds himself stuck on the road without a car late one night when a man stops and give him the keys to a new car, asking him only to pay the favor forward to someone else; astonished, Chris wants to find out where this philosophy came from. Based on the novel by Catherine Ryan Hide, Pay It Forward also stars Angie Dickinson and Liev Schreiber. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.
Special features: HBO first look: The making of Pay it forward; commentary by director Mimi Leder; cast/director film highlights; theatrical trailer.
Director of photography, Oliver Stapleton; editor, David Rosenbloom; music by Thomas Newman.
Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr, James Caviezel, Jon Bon Jovi, Angie Dickinson.
A boy creates a scheme which involves helping three people who must each help three people and so on. His plan actually works, though not in the way he anticipated, and not until his own world is forever changed for better and worse.
Rating: PG-13; for mature thematic elements including substance abuse/recovery, some sexual situations, language and brief violence.
DVD; widescreen; dual-layer format; region 1; Dolby digital, Dolby surround 5.1.
English or French dialogue; English or French subtitles.
Closed-captioned.