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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })North is a 1994 film directed by Rob Reiner in what he stated was his attempt to make his own Wizard of Oz. note  Seemingly forgetting that he was also the same guy who made The Princess Bride, a film which has a much better chance of being called his "own Wizard of Oz" than North ever will. The story is based on the novel North by Alan Zweibel, who also wrote the screenplay and has a minor role in the film.An 11-year-old boy named North (Elijah Wood) tires of his parents (Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus), who never pay any attention to him even though he's a model student, athlete, and even actor. He legally emancipates himself from them, and wanders around the world seeking a new family with a deadline of Labor Day; if he doesn't find a new family by then, he will be placed in an orphanage. Along the way, he encounters parents that are Texan, Alaskan, Hawaiian, Amish, etc, and tries to blend in with each group of parents (well, not the Amish). He finally decides that his own parents are the best with the help of a guardian angel (Bruce Willis) who uses several guises throughout the film. However a conniving kid friend of his, Winchell, used the publicity North's escapades garnered to rally kids everywhere to make their parents more subservient to them. Knowing that North reconciling with his parents would undermine this, he plots to have him killed.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })Not related to the film El Norte. This film was also Scarlett Johansson's film debut. Such humble beginnings.
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 Actor Allusion: The Amish couple is played by Alexander Godunov and Kelly McGillis, a reference to their roles in Witness.
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 Ambulance Chaser: Arthur Belt (played by Jon Lovitz), who is literally seen chasing an ambulance until he comes across North. Apparently, he just uses it to beat the traffic.
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 Adults Are Useless: Save for the American family North comes across, Bruce Willis characters and arguably North's real parents. Nearly all the adults here are either stupid, corrupt, manipulative or all three.Considering this is North dreaming and him being a kid, well...
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 All Just a Dream: The only facet that makes it back to reality is Bruce Willis' character and the good luck charm. And even then that's just coincidence.
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