Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

7.1 | 2000-04-27 | Comedy Drama Romance

Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

Featured Crew

Matt Williams Director
Billie Letts Novel
Mason Daring Original Music Composer
Lowell Ganz Screenplay
Ian Crafford Editor
Richard Greatrex Director of Photography
Russell Towery Stunts
Diane Towery Stunts
Randy Fife Stunt Coordinator
Nadine Grycan Stunts

Cast

Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman
Novalee Nation
Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd
Lexie Coop
Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Joan Cusack
Joan Cusack
Ruth Meyers
Sally Field
Sally Field
Mama Lil
James Frain
James Frain
Forney Hull
Dylan Bruno
Dylan Bruno
Willy Jack Pickens
Keith David
Keith David
Moses Whitecotten

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