North
North is a 1994 American comedy-drama adventure film directed by Rob Reiner. The story is based on the 1984 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.
Plot
Skilled in academics, sports, and drama, and praised for his good work and obedience, North feels unvalued by his own parents. One day, while finding solace in a living room display at a mall, he complains to the Easter Bunny—a man in a pink bunny suit—who recommends that North simply explain his feelings to them, but North says their neglect makes them undeserving. Aided and encouraged by his best friend Winchell, who works on the school paper, North plots to "divorce" his parents, hiring ambulance-chasing lawyer Arthur Belt to file the papers. The announcement greatly shocks his parents, leaving them unresponsive when Judge Buckle grants his petition, giving him one summer to find new parents or go to an orphanage.
Cast
- Abe Vigoda
- Alan Arkin
- Alan Rachins
- Alan Zweibel
- Alana Austin
- Alexander Godunov
- Ben Stein
- Bruce Willis
- Dan Aykroyd
- Dan Grimaldi
- Elijah Wood
- Faith Ford
- George Cheung
- Graham Greene
- Helen Hanft
- Jason Alexander
- John Ritter
- Jon Lovitz
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Jussie Smollett
- Kathy Bates
- Kelly McGillis
- Lauren Tom
- Marc Shaiman
- Reba McEntire
- Richard Belzer
- Robert Costanzo
- Rosalind Chao
- Scarlett Johansson
- Taylor Fry
More details
| author | Alan Zweibel Andrew Scheinman |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City Paris Texas |
| director | Rob Reiner |
| editor | Robert Leighton |
| genre | adventure comedy-drama fantasy |
| keywords | alaska ambulance chasing amish bare butt beg best friend bonanza bullet hole catatonia catatonic china comedian coppertone disturb divorce easter bunny emancipation of minors fedex follow guardian angel inuit lawyer living room meet metal detector musical number new parents on the beach on the run out to sea on an ice floe plan return home school paper senicide sharpshoot zaire |
| musicBy | Marc Shaiman |
| producer | Alan Zweibel Rob Reiner |
| productionCompany | Castle Rock Entertainment New Line Cinema |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | California Hawaii New Jersey |
| theme | children's adventure |