What do actors Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment have in common?

They all see dead people? No.

They are all considered an American Beauty? Wrong again.

These actors will be presenting their acting expertise during a special advanced screening of the new movie Pay It Forward.

It is the story of a middle-aged social studies teacher, Reuben St. Clair (Spacey), who gives a rather complicated assignment to his junior high class. He asks his students to come up with an idea to change the world for the better, and then put this plan into action.

One young student, Trevor McKinney (Osment), creates a plan to "pay forward" favors, and his idea sparks the transformation of the lives of those around him, including his strained single mother, Arlene McKinney (Hunt), and the lives of others nationwide.

The screening will take place Tuesday in the HUB-Robeson Center Auditorium. It is sponsored locally by Penn State Network Event Theater (PS-NET) Committee, a division of Network Event Theater Inc. (NET) that began in February to offer free movies to students.

NET is a division of Youthstream Media Networks, a youth-based market. The university has a contract with Youthstream to provide movies to students at universities across the nation.

Passes are required to attend the screening and are available at the HUB-Robeson Center's Information desk.

Caryn Knapp, PS-NET's director of marketing and publicity, said that there will be banners and promotional booths in the HUB-Robeson Center starting in the next few days that will inform students about the screening.

Knapp also said that when students come to get their tickets, their names and e-mail addresses are added to a list serve that will inform them of future screenings.

Screenings are hosted by Student Activities, and about 600 tickets are offered to students, Knapp said. Students should arrive early because passes do not guarantee a seat.

"We do have the majority (of students) show up," she said.

The movie, presented by Warner Bros. Pictures, is directed by Mimi Leder and rated PG-13. It is scheduled to open in theaters on Friday.