Pay It Forward is a movie directed by Mimi Leder in 2000 and inspired by the book of the same name by Catherine Ryan Hyde, first published in 2014. The movie features Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, Jay Mohr, Jim Caviezel, Jon Bon Jovi, and others.
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Storyline
Trevor begins 7th grade in Las Vegas, Nevada. His social studies, teacher Eugene Simonet, gives the class an assignment to devise and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better. His first good deed is to let a homeless man named Jerry live in his garage, and Jerry pays the favor forward by doing car repairs for Trevor’s mother.
Movie vs Book
Year
2000
Minutes
123
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
Year
1999
Pages
288
Book Rate
8.06
S: Goodreads
Book
Pay It Forward
Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde
Country: USA
First published in: 1999
Length: 288 pages
Genre: Fiction
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