Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is (2000)

Released: 2000-04-27 Duration: 2hr 0min
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Rating 7.1
Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.

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

Wind Dancer Films
Wind Dancer Films
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox

Additional Info

Budget $15,000,000.00
Revenue $33,800,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 13.274

Directed By

Matt Williams

Crew

Director
Matt Williams
Editor
Ian Crafford
Original Music Composer
Mason Daring
Director of Photography
Richard Greatrex
Screenplay
Lowell Ganz
Stunts
Diane Towery
Stunts
Jim Henry
Stunt Coordinator
Randy Fife
Sound Effects Editor
Matt Temple
Sound Effects Editor
Kami Asgar
Set Dresser
Bart Brown
Makeup Artist
Keith Sayer
Costume Supervisor
Jo Kissack Folsom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Adam Jenkins
Visual Effects Producer
Scott Dougherty
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David E. Fluhr
Set Dresser
Shane Patrick
Set Designer
Janet Stokes
Set Costumer
Kimmie Furlong
Sound Effects Editor
Richard Burton
Set Dresser
Christopher Stull
Sound Supervisor
Charlie Shepard
Sound Mixer
Hank Garfield
Visual Effects Supervisor
Thomas J. Smith
Sound Effects Editor
Suhail Kafity
Producer
Matt Williams
Art Direction
John Frick
Music Supervisor
Lisa Brown
Key Hair Stylist
Beth Miller
Executive Producer
Carmen Finestra
Producer
Susan Cartsonis
Screenplay
Babaloo Mandel
Costume Design
Melinda Eshelman
Producer
David McFadzean
Production Design
Paul Peters
Key Makeup Artist
Felicity Bowring
Executive Producer
Rick Leed
Set Decoration
Amy Wells

TOP 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

Mary Ashleigh Green
Mary Ashleigh Green

Girl in Bathroom

Kinna McInroe
Kinna McInroe

Wal-Mart Clerk

Linda Wakeman
Linda Wakeman

Hospital Receptionist

David Alvarado
David Alvarado

Cellmate

Mark Voges
Mark Voges

Religious Man

Margaret Hoard
Margaret Hoard

Mary Elizabeth Hull

Rodger Boyce
Rodger Boyce

Officer Harry

Gabriel Folse
Gabriel Folse

Policeman #2

Sue McCormick
Sue McCormick

Cake Supplier

Karey Green
Karey Green

Rhonda

Laura Auldridge
Laura Auldridge

Wal-Mart Assistant Manager

Dennis Letts
Dennis Letts

Sheriff

Kathryn Esquivel
Kathryn Esquivel

Mrs. Ortiz

Mark Mathis
Mark Mathis

Reporter

Angee Hughes
Angee Hughes

Religious Woman

Mackenzie Fitzgerald
Mackenzie Fitzgerald

Americus Nation

Nataly Peña
Nataly Peña

Angela Ortiz

Yvette Diaz
Yvette Diaz

Rosanna Ortiz

Richard Nance
Richard Nance

Johnny DeSoto

Tony Mann
Tony Mann

M.C. of Banquet

Kylie Harmon
Kylie Harmon

Praline

Cody Linley
Cody Linley

Brownie

Deborah Abbott
Deborah Abbott

Bar Girl

Alecia Batson
Alecia Batson

Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street

Stacy Bellew
Stacy Bellew

Wal-Mart Girl

Jeff Cooper
Jeff Cooper

Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian

Rebecca Davis
Rebecca Davis

Photo Finalist

Lisa Del Dotto
Lisa Del Dotto

Wedding Guest

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