20 Oct 2000
Pay It Forward
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Teachers
They fall asleep in class. Throw ink on each other. Never come in Mondays. And they're just the teachers.
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.
Top Billed Cast
Nick Nolte Alex Jurel
JoBeth Williams Lisa Hammond
Judd Hirsch Roger Rubell
Ralph Macchio Eddie Pilikian
Allen Garfield Carl Rosenberg
Lee Grant Dr. Donna Burke
Richard Mulligan Herbert Gower
Royal Dano Ditto Stiles
William Schallert Horn
Art Metrano Troy
Laura Dern Diane
Crispin Glover Danny
Morgan Freeman Lewis
Madeleine Sherwood Grace
Steven Hill Sloane
Zohra Lampert Mrs. Pilikian
Mary Alice Linda Ganz
Katherine Balfour Theresa
Vivian Bonnell Nurse
Virginia Capers Landlady
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