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Synopsis: Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus north starts off on an hilarious journey around the world to find the parents that really care about him.
Director(s): Rob Reiner
Production: New Line/Columbia Tristar
  4 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
14%
PG
Year:
1994
87 min
606 Views


would that be?

Yeah, he was a big one.

Mighty hard being your own man

when they're always comparing

you to somebody else.

Yeah, right.

I mean, I left home

because I had parents who

didn't appreciate who I was.

Why would I want new parents

who'd only appreciate me

if I was someone else?

You might be

onto something there, son.

You know, down here in these

parts we got a saying...

sometimes when you're

panning for gold,

you got to try

more than one stream.

We really wish

you'd reconsider.

I'm sorry, but it wouldn't

be fair to any of us.

Thanks for

the opportunity, north.

Oh, sir?

Yes, north?

I think it's only right

I give you back the astros.

Well, thanks, son.

That's a class gesture.

Well...

Goodbye.

So long, pard.

We'll miss you.

Hold on there, son.

Just a little something

to remember your old

buddy Gabby by.

Hope it brings you good luck.

Thanks.

So north resumed his search,

and though he got

to the airport by noon,

out of respect

for ma and pa Tex,

in true cowboy tradition,

he chose to wait eight hours

to fly off into the sunset,

with no knowledge at all

of what was going on back home.

How much longer do we have to

put up with this indignity?

How much longer must we

tolerate these injustices?

The subservience?

It's humiliating, my friends.

It's demeaning.

Right on!

Now is the time to say no!

Now is the time to say,

"just because you were born

25 or 30 years before me

"doesn't make you smart.

"It doesn't make you right.

It just makes you old!"

"It just makes you

smell worse in the morning!"

Now is the time

to band together

and let our parents know

we're at the dawn

of a new era...

the era of our liberation!

An era made possible

by a kid who had the guts

to fight for the power

we now possess!

And now the man

whose brilliant legal mind

shone the light

on the pathway to freedom...

Mr. Arthur ulysses belt,

esquire!

Thank you!

I am but a humble servant,

standing at your ready,

to assist in this noble cause!

Viva El norte!

Viva El norte!

Viva El norte!

Viva El norte!

Viva El norte!

But like I said,

north didn't know

about any of this.

He was on his way to Hawaii

to meet what he hoped

would be his new parents.

Governor and Mrs. ho?

Aloha, north.

Welcome to our

island paradise, north.

Aloha.

We've got a big day

planned for you.

Waki-waki will take you

to the house to change.

Aloha.

Aloha?

I thought that meant hello.

In Hawaii, aloha means

hello and goodbye.

Doesn't that get confusing?

Only when you're

firing someone.

Oh, well, aloha.

Isn't he great?

You know, north,

if you settle here,

you'll be many years younger

because of the difference

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Alan Zweibel

Alan Zweibel (born May 20, 1950) is an American producer and writer who has worked on such productions as Saturday Night Live, PBS' Great Performances, and It's Garry Shandling's Show. more…

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