Where the Heart Is (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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $15,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $33,800,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 15.727 |
Directed By
Matt Williams
Crew
Matt Williams
Ian Crafford
Mason Daring
Richard Greatrex
Lowell Ganz
Billie Letts
Russell Towery
Diane Towery
Jim Henry
Randy Fife
Nadine Grycan
Lonnie Nelson
Matt Temple
Kami Asgar
Bart Brown
Keith Sayer
Jo Kissack Folsom
Adam Jenkins
Scott Dougherty
David E. Fluhr
Shane Patrick
Janet Stokes
Kimmie Furlong
Richard Burton
Christopher Stull
Charlie Shepard
Hank Garfield
Thomas J. Smith
Suhail Kafity
Matt Williams
John Frick
Lisa Brown
Beth Miller
Carmen Finestra
Patricia Whitcher
Susan Cartsonis
Babaloo Mandel
Melinda Eshelman
David McFadzean
Paul Peters
Felicity Bowring
Rick Leed
Amy Wells
TOP CAST
Natalie Portman
Novalee Nation
Ashley Judd
Lexie Coop
Stockard Channing
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Joan Cusack
Ruth Meyers
Sally Field
Mama Lil
James Frain
Forney Hull
Dylan Bruno
Willy Jack Pickens
Keith David
Moses Whitecotten
Ray Prewitt
Tim
Laura House
Nicki
Mary Ashleigh Green
Girl in Bathroom
Kinna McInroe
Wal-Mart Clerk
Linda Wakeman
Hospital Receptionist
David Alvarado
Cellmate
Mark Voges
Religious Man
Todd Lowe
Troy
Margaret Hoard
Mary Elizabeth Hull
Rodger Boyce
Officer Harry
Gabriel Folse
Policeman #2
Sue McCormick
Cake Supplier
Karey Green
Rhonda
Laura Auldridge
Wal-Mart Assistant Manager
Alicia Godwin
Jolene
Dennis Letts
Sheriff
Richard Andrew Jones
Mr. Sprock
Kathryn Esquivel
Mrs. Ortiz
Mark Mathis
Reporter
J.D. Evermore
Orderly
Angee Hughes
Religious Woman
Mackenzie Fitzgerald
Americus Nation
Nataly Peña
Angela Ortiz
Yvette Diaz
Rosanna Ortiz
T.J. McFarland
Ray
Richard Nance
Johnny DeSoto
Tony Mann
M.C. of Banquet
John Swasey
Jerry
Scarlett McAlister
Kitty
Kylie Harmon
Praline
Cody Linley
Brownie
Bob Coonrod
Ernie
Heather Kafka
Delphia
Angelina Fiordellisi
Nurse
Cheyenne Rushing
Co-Ed
Deborah Abbott
Bar Girl
Alecia Batson
Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street
Stacy Bellew
Wal-Mart Girl
Jeff Cooper
Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian
Rebecca Davis
Photo Finalist
Lisa Del Dotto
Wedding Guest
Jeremy Denzlinger
Reporter
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