Where the Heart Is
movie
Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.
Released April 27, 2000
Overview
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.
Cast
Natalie Portman
as
Novalee Nation
Ashley Judd
as
Lexie Coop
Stockard Channing
as
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Joan Cusack
as
Ruth Meyers
Sally Field
as
Mama Lil
James Frain
as
Forney Hull
Dylan Bruno
as
Willy Jack Pickens
Keith David
as
Moses Whitecotten
Ray Prewitt
as
Tim
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Laura House
as
Nicki
Mary Ashleigh Green
as
Girl in Bathroom
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Kinna McInroe
as
Wal-Mart Clerk
Crew
Matt Williams
as
Director
Richard Greatrex
as
Director of Photography
Lowell Ganz
as
Screenplay
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Billie Letts
as
Novel
Mason Daring
as
Original Music Composer
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Ian Crafford
as
Editor
Russell Towery
as
Stunts
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Diane Towery
as
Stunts
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Lonnie Nelson
as
Stunts
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Randy Fife
as
Stunt Coordinator
Jim Henry
as
Stunts
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Nadine Grycan
as
Stunts