North (1994 film)
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Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
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| Directed by | Rob Reiner |
| Produced by | Rob Reiner Alan Zweibel |
| Screenplay by | Alan Zweibel Andrew Scheinman |
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North: The Tale of a 9-Year-Old Boy Who Becomes a Free Agent and Travels the World in Search of the Perfect Parents by Alan Zweibel |
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| Narrated by | Bruce Willis |
| Music by | Marc Shaiman |
| Cinematography | Adam Greenberg |
| Edited by | Robert Leighton |
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Columbia Pictures (US) Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
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87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $7.1 million |
North is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Rob Reiner and starring an ensemble cast including Elijah Wood, Jon Lovitz, Jason Alexander, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Kathy Bates, Faith Ford, Graham Greene, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Reba McEntire, John Ritter, and Abe Vigoda, with cameos by Bruce Willis and a 9 year old Scarlett Johansson (in her film debut). It was shot in Hawaii, Alaska, California, South Dakota, New Jersey, and New York. The story is based on the novel North: The Tale of a 9-Year-Old Boy Who Becomes a Free Agent and Travels the World in Search of the Perfect Parents by Alan Zweibel, who wrote the screenplay and has a minor role in the film.
North is a child prodigy, skilled in academics, sports, and drama, and admired by many for his good work and obedient attitude, but ignored by his own parents. One day, while finding solace in a living room display at a mall, North confides to a benevolent man in an Easter Bunny suit that his parents do not appreciate his obvious talents. The Easter Bunny suggests that North simply tell his parents how he feels; but North retorts that they do not deserve him. With the help and encouragement of his friend Winchell, he hires the ambulance-chasing lawyer Arthur Belt to divorce him from his parents. The divorce filing takes North’s parents completely by surprise, and renders them comatose. As such, they cannot object when Judge Buckle gives North one summer to find new parents.
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