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Pay It Forward
Synopsis
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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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Mimi Leder,
  • Writer:
    Leslie Dixon, Catherine Ryan Hyde,
  • Producer:
    Robert L. Levy, Steven Reuther, Peter Abrams,
  • Cinematographer:
    Oliver Stapleton,
  • Editor:
    David Rosenbloom,
  • Executive Producer:
    Jonathan Treisman, Mary McLaglen,
  • Cast:
    Liev Schreiber, Kevin Spacey, Jay Mohr, Haley Joel Osment, Jim Caviezel, Helen Hunt, Jon Bon Jovi, Angie Dickinson,
  • Associate Producer:
    Paddy Sam Carson,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Siobhan Prior,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Steve Danton,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    David H. Venghaus Jr.,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Paul Byrne Prenderville,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    J. Paul Huntsman, Christopher S. Aud,
  • Camera Operator:
    Stephen S. Campanelli,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Julie Pitkanen,
  • ADR Mixer:
    Thomas J. O'Connell,
  • Art Department Coordinator:
    Laura M. O'Brien,
  • Assistant Production Coordinator:
    Candice D. Campos,
  • Boom Operator:
    Raul A. Bruce,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Marvin Salsberg,
  • Construction Foreman:
    David Gabrielli,
  • First Assistant Camera:
    Bill Coe,
  • Location Manager:
    Maggie Peterson,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Denise Heinrich,
  • Production Sound Mixer:
    Mark Hopkins McNabb,
  • Property Master:
    Douglas Fox,
  • Set Dresser:
    John M. Schenk,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    David Werntz, John Voss Bonds Jr.,
  • ADR Editor:
    Lee Lemont,
  • Assistant Makeup Artist:
    Christine Steele,
  • Novel:
    Catherine Ryan Hyde,
  • Casting:
    Geraldine Leder,
  • Assistant Location Manager:
    Elaine Patarini,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Thomas Newman,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff,
  • Costumer:
    Dennis McCarthy, Nadine Haders, Dennis McCarthy, Tangi Crawford,
  • Music Editor:
    Bill Bernstein,
  • Assistant Accountant:
    Shaun M. McGovern,
  • Foley Editor:
    David M. Horton, David L. Horton Jr.,
  • Stunts:
    Brennan Dyson, Debbie Evans, Kim Renee, Ralph Odum, Debbie Lynn Ross, Ryan Keating, William H. Burton Jr., Chad Dashnaw, Greg Harris, Norman Howell, Dick Ziker, Greg Harris, Peter Weireter,
  • Greensman:
    Carlo Basail,
  • Set Designer:
    Mick Cukurs, Gary Speckman, Marcos Alvarez,
  • Production Supervisor:
    Scott Elias,
  • Producer's Assistant:
    Brigette Roux-Lough, Michelle Pinkney, Dori Kancher, Hallie Sirota,
  • Post Production Assistant:
    Jeremy Bradley,
  • Key Hair Stylist:
    Waldo Sanchez,
  • Prosthetic Makeup Artist:
    Matthew W. Mungle,
  • Orchestrator:
    Thomas Pasatieri,
  • Hairstylist:
    Carol A. O'Connell, Darrell Redleaf-Fielder,
  • Cableman:
    Jack Wolpa,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Gregory Plotkin, Richmond Riedel,
  • Unit Publicist:
    Jeanmarie Murphy-Burke,
  • Storyboard Artist:
    Philip Keller,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Bobby McMahan,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    Lynda Foote,
  • Production Design:
    Leslie Dilley,
  • Craft Service:
    Richard Cody,
  • First Assistant 'B' Camera:
    Scott Andrew Ressler, Barry Idoine,
  • Actor's Assistant:
    Dana Brunetti, Stacey Berns,
  • Production Accountant:
    Stevie Lazo,
  • Still Photographer:
    David James, David James,
  • Leadman:
    Larry McGuire,
  • Studio Teacher:
    Lois Carl, Judith M. Brown, Adria Later,
  • Assistant Property Master:
    Michael P. Sweeney, China Fox,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Jeffrey J. Dashnaw, Buddy Joe Hooker, Johnny Martin,
  • B Camera Operator:
    Chris Lombardi,
  • Costume Design:
    Renee Ehrlich Kalfus,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Terry Garcia, Mark Morrell, Jeff Cranford,
  • Key Makeup Artist:
    Tania McComas,
  • Negative Cutter:
    Mo Henry,
  • Makeup Department Head:
    Vivian McAteer,
  • Special Effects:
    Albert Delgado,
  • Special Effects Supervisor:
    Burt Dalton,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    Stephen S. Campanelli,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Ronnie Specter, Louis Lazzara,
  • Second Assistant 'B' Camera:
    Isaac Friedman,
  • Scoring Mixer:
    Joel Iwataki,
  • Key Grip:
    J. Patrick Daily,
  • Key Rigging Grip:
    Michael McGuire,
  • Screenplay:
    Leslie Dixon,
  • Music Supervisor:
    G. Marq Roswell,
  • Pilot:
    Kevin LaRosa,
  • Transportation Captain:
    Lee Garibaldi,
  • Transportation Coordinator:
    Tommy Tancharoen,
  • Chief Lighting Technician:
    James R. Tynes,
  • Art Direction:
    Lawrence A. Hubbs,
  • Foley Artist:
    Catherine Harper, Kevin Bartnof,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    John F. Reynolds, Patrick J. Foley,
  • Color Timer:
    David Orr,
  • Supervising ADR Editor:
    James Simcik,
  • Production Secretary:
    Cary Levine,
  • Set Decoration:
    Peg Cummings,
  • Casting Assistant:
    Jessie Disla, Stacey Bunch,
  • Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
    John 'Fest' Sandau,
  • Foley Mixer:
    Eric Gotthelf,
  • Dolby Consultant:
    Thom 'Coach' Ehle,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    Mary McLaglen,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Dwight Joseph Lavers,
  • Video Assist Operator:
    Roger C. Johnson,
  • Standby Painter:
    Nicholas C. John,

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