Pay It Forward (film)

Pay It Forward
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mimi Leder
Screenplay by	Leslie Dixon
Based on	Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Produced by	Peter Abrams Robert L. Levy Steven Reuther
Starring	Kevin Spacey Helen Hunt Haley Joel Osment Jay Mohr James Caviezel Jon Bon Jovi Angie Dickinson
Cinematography	Oliver Stapleton
Edited by	David Rosenbloom
Music by	Thomas Newman
Production companies	Bel-Air Entertainment Tapestry Films
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	October 20, 2000 (2000-10-20)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$40 million[1]
Box office	$55.7 million[1]

Pay It Forward is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Mimi Leder. The film is based loosely on the novel of the same name by Catherine Ryan Hyde. It is set in Las Vegas, and it chronicles 11- to 12-year-old Trevor McKinney's launch of a goodwill movement known as "pay it forward". It stars Haley Joel Osment as Trevor, Helen Hunt as his alcoholic single mother Arlene McKinney, and Kevin Spacey as his physically and emotionally scarred social studies teacher Eugene Simonet. The film was released on October 20, 2000 to mixed-to-negative reviews and was a box office disappointment, grossing $55.7 million worldwide against a $40 million budget.