Where the Heart Is
Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.
7.1(754) 2000-04-27 120 minComedyDramaRomance
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.
DirectorMatt Williams
ScreenplayLowell Ganz
Original Music ComposerMason Daring
ProducerMatt Williams
ProducerSusan Cartsonis
ProducerDavid McFadzean
ScreenplayBabaloo Mandel
ProducerPatricia Whitcher
Cast & characters
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
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Linda Wakeman
as Hospital Receptionist
David Alvarado
as Cellmate
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Mark Voges
as Religious Man
Todd Lowe
as Troy
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Margaret Hoard
as Mary Elizabeth Hull
Rodger Boyce
as Officer Harry
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Gabriel Folse
as Policeman #2
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Sue McCormick
as Cake Supplier
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Karey Green
as Rhonda
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Laura Auldridge
as Wal-Mart Assistant Manager
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Alicia Godwin
as Jolene
Dennis Letts
as Sheriff
