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''North'' is a 1994 film directed by Rob Reiner. 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), [[Parental Abandonment|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 [[Walking the Earth|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 [[Captain Ethnic|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 (Creator)]]) who uses [[Paper
Not related to the film ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Norte_<!-- 28film29 El Norte]]''. ScarlettJohansson's film debut. -->
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: The Amish couple is played by Alexander Godunov and Kelly McGillis, a reference to their roles in ''[[Witness]]''.
* {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream]]}} Or is it?
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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.
* [[Artistic License]]: The various cultures depicted. {{spoiler|When an 11 year old dreams the whole thing inaccuracies are to be expected.}}
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* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: The Texan parents sing a parody of the ''[[Bonanza]]'' theme song to North.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: The "all just a dream" ending means that the highly unflattering representations of the different cultures are based entirely on North's mental image of them, and therefore, ''[[In-Universe|North is a gigantic fucking racist]]''.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: All of the background on how smart and popular North is comes from North himself, and includes things he was not present for and could not possibly know. [[Bruce Willis (Creator)]] has a voice-over narration, but his character only gets info from talking to North as well.
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* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: A literal example.
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