
Where the Heart Is (2000) : 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.
Title | Where the Heart Is (2000) |
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Release Date | Apr 27, 2000 |
Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Production Company | Wind Dancer Films, 20th Century Fox |
Production Countries | United States of America |
Casts | Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, Sally Field, James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, Ray Prewitt, Laura House, Mary Ashleigh Green |
Plot Keywords | california, baby, supermarket, oklahoma, pregnancy, pregnant minor, change, tennessee, unwillingly pregnant, teenage pregnancy, starting over |

Novalee Nation
Natalie Portman

Lexie Coop
Ashley Judd

Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Stockard Channing

Ruth Meyers
Joan Cusack

Mama Lil
Sally Field

Forney Hull
James Frain

Willy Jack Pickens
Dylan Bruno

Moses Whitecotten
Keith David

Tim
Ray Prewitt
Nicki
Laura House

Girl in Bathroom
Mary Ashleigh Green
Wal-Mart Clerk
Kinna McInroe
Hospital Receptionist
Linda Wakeman

Cellmate
David Alvarado
Religious Man
Mark Voges

Troy
Todd Lowe
Mary Elizabeth Hull
Margaret Hoard
Officer Harry
Rodger Boyce
Policeman #2
Gabriel Folse
Cake Supplier
Sue McCormick
Rhonda
Karey Green
Wal-Mart Assistant Manager
Laura Auldridge
Jolene
Alicia Godwin

Sheriff
Dennis Letts
Mr. Sprock
Richard Jones
Mrs. Ortiz
Kathryn Esquivel
Reporter
Mark Mathis

Orderly
J.D. Evermore
Religious Woman
Angee Hughes
Americus Nation
Mackenzie Fitzgerald
Angela Ortiz
Nataly Peña
Rosanna Ortiz
Yvette Diaz
Ray
T.J. McFarland
Johnny DeSoto
Richard Nance
M.C. of Banquet
Tony Mann
Jerry
John Swasey

Kitty
Scarlett McAlister
Praline
Kylie Harmon

Brownie
Cody Linley
Ernie
Bob Coonrod
Delphia
Heather Kafka
Nurse
Angelina Fiordellisi
Co-Ed
Cheyenne Rushing
Bar Girl
Deborah Abbott
Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street
Alecia Batson
Wal-Mart Girl
Stacy Bellew
Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian
Jeff Cooper

Photo Finalist
Rebecca Davis
Wedding Guest
Lisa Del Dotto

Reporter
Jeremy Denzlinger
Truck Driver
Dan Eggleston
Young Brownie
Adrian Garza

Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)
Jim Henry
Lynne
Molly Howe
Customer at Gas Station
K. Todd Lytle
Miss Sequoyah
Erica Mincks
Partygoer
Trevor Doyle Nelson
Wal-Mart Customer
Bobby Shue

Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest
Cassandra L. Small

Bass Player
Russell Towery

Wal-Mart Employee
Chris Warner
Hospital Visitor
Gena West
Bar Patron
Jerry Wu
Professor
Jason C. Young