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Oct 20, 2000 · Haley Joel Osment, the gifted young actor from " The Sixth Sense ," stars as Trevor, a resourceful latchkey kid whose father has disappeared and whose mother, Arlene ( Helen Hunt ), works two jobs as a Vegas cocktail waitress. She's a recovering alcoholic with a few relapses still to go.
Synopsis. A 12-year-old schoolboy in Las Vegas, Nevada named Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) is given a class project to complete by his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey), a man with terrible burn scars on his face and neck. His task is to come up with a plan that will change the world through direct action.
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".
Pay It Forward is a novel that centers on the lives of three individuals in Atascadero, California, a California city roughly equidistant from Los Angeles and San Francisco. Reuben, a middle school social studies teacher, has recently moved to the area.
Oct 20, 2000 · Pay It Forward: Directed by Mimi Leder. With Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr. A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance.
Prologue Summary: “October 2002” Chris Chandler reflects on the beginnings of “the movement that changed the world” (7). He introduces himself as the investigative reporter who made known the disfigured teacher and the twelve-year-old boy who “didn’t seem all that remarkable on the outside, but who could see past his teacher’s ...
Pay It Forward. Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff. Las Vegas overflows with confidence men but is low on trust, which is why the desert oasis makes such an appropriate setting for Pay It Forward. This feel-good film is rigged from the start. A competent cast prevents the corn syrup sweetness from bubbling over until the last half.
