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    Unique ID Code: 0000020894
    Added by: DVD Reviewer
    Added on: 25/7/2001 02:04
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    Pay It Forward (UK)

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    Some favours you`re not allowed to pay back
    Certificate: 12
    Running Time: 123 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
    Release Date:

    Synopsis:
    Is it possible for one idea to change the world?
    Just imagine. You do a favour that really helps someone and tell him or her not to pay it back, but to pay it forward to three other people who, in turn each pay it forward to three more - and on and on into a global outpouring of kindness and decency. Impossible? Junior high student Trevor McKinney won`t accept that.

    Haley Joel Osment plays Trevor, who starts a chain reaction of goodness for his social studies project in this bittersweet and uplifting tale directed by Mimi Leder (Deep Impact), based on the novel by Catherine Ryan Hyde and also starring Academy Award winners Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt. How much impact can one heartfelt idea have? Do yourself a favor and find out: see Pay It Forward.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Director`s Audio Commentary
    HBO First Look Documentary: Making Of Pay It Forward

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 5.1 English

    Subtitle Tracks:
    Romanian
    English
    CC: English
    Arabic
    Bulgarian

    Directed By:
    Mimi Leder

    Written By:


    Starring:
    Loren D. Baum
    Tina Lifford
    Hannah Werntz
    Jeanetta Arnette
    Liza Snyder
    Kathleen Wilhoite
    Marc Donato
    Colleen Flynn
    Gary Werntz
    David Ramsey
    Angie Dickinson
    Jon Bon Jovi
    James Caviezel
    Jay Mohr
    Haley Joel Osment
    Helen Hunt
    Kevin Spacey

    Casting By:
    Geraldine Leder

    Soundtrack By:
    Thomas Newman

    Director of Photography:
    Oliver Stapleton

    Editor:
    David Rosenbloom

    Costume Designer:
    Renee Ehrlich Kalfus

    Production Designer:
    Leslie Dilley

    Visual Effects:
    Albert Delgado
    Burt Dalton
    Rodney M. Byrd

    Producer:
    Jonathan Treisman
    Steven Reuther
    Mary McLaglen
    Robert L. Levy
    Paddy Carson
    Peter Abrams

    Distributor:
    Warner Home Video

    Your Opinions and Comments

    8 / 10
    "Pay It Forward" is a movie about the natural human notion of doing a good thing for someone else. As simple as that. Now - it seems that basic an idea cannot support 2 hours of a movie. Well, it can, and it does. Beautifully.
    The cast includes the always annoying Osment (who doesn`t perform that well here), Spacey (always classic) and Hunt (who gives a superb performance).
    The video transfer is good. There are no compression signs and the transfer is usually clean of any defects.
    The DD 5.1 soundtrack is good. there`s a lot of dialog in the movie, so the surrounds are barely used, but hey - it`s acceptable.
    The menus are static with music.
    The extras include a commentary by the director and a behind the scenes featurette.
    Bottom line - a really good well thought of drama. Recommended.
    posted by Zvi Josef on 17/8/2004 15:46