Northern Lights (1997)

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Written By Jamie Fenderson
 

In this episode of Overlooked, Jamie and Milo are joined by Allison McClain Merrill to discuss the 1997 film Northern Lights. The movie stars Diane Keaton, who finds out that her estranged brother Frank has died in a small town, and that she has a nephew she didn’t know about. This film first aired on the Disney Channel and since then Disney has tried to distance itself from the movie. In this review, we try to find out why.

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Northern Lights (1997)

I can’t tell you how much of a thrill it was for me just to type the words “northern lights.” I have been searching for this movie for a couple of years now. I didn’t want to buy a questionable $30 VHS tape online, so I waited it out, hoping that a generous ’90s Disney Channel fan would upload the film… because, ya know, it’s not on Disney+.

 
 
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