Rating: PG13
Genre: Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 04/28/2000(USA)
Release Date: 12/21/2001
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 120 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox

Pregnant 17-year-old Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) runs away from her Tennessee home toward the bright lights of California, accompanied by her boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickins (Dylan Bruno). But Willy gets cold feet and abandons her at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, OK. Novalee's life savings amount to $5.55, so she moves into the Wal-Mart, sleeping there at night and venturing out during the day. With the help of the eccentric Sister Husband (Stockard Channing), and Lexie Coop (Ashley Judd), a nurses' aide, Novalee tries to get her life in order for the sake of her expected child, Americus Nation. Based on a novel by Billie Letts, Where the Heart Is also features Keith David, Joan Cusack, Richard Nance, and Heather Kafka.

~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Natalie Portman - Novalee Nation
Ashley Judd - Lexie Coop
Stockard Channing - Sister Husband
Joan Cusack - Ruth Meyers
James Frain - Forney Hall
Dylan Bruno - Willy Jack Pickins
Keith David - Moses Whitecotten
Sally Field - Mama Nell
Richard Jones - Mr. Sprock

Production:
Matt Williams - Director
Matt Williams Patricia Whitcher Susan Cartsonis Diane Minter Lewis David McFadzean Gerrit Folsom - Producer
Diane Minter Lewis Gerrit Folsom - Co Producer
Mason K. Daring - Composer
Ian Crafford - Editor
Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel - Screen Writer
Janet Stokes - Set Designer
John Frick - Art Director
Matt Earl Beesley - Art Director
Roz Weisberg - Associate Producer
Billie Letts - Book Author
Mali Finn - Casting
Richard Greatrex - Cinematographer
Melinda Eshelman - Costume Designer
Carmen Finestra - Executive Producer
Rick Leed - Executive Producer
Matt Earl Beesley - First Assistant Director
Lisa Brown - Musical Direction/Supervision
Paul Peters - Production Designer
Matt Earl Beesley - Second Unit Director
Amy Wells - Set Decorator
Hank Garfield - Sound/Sound Designer
Thomas J. Smith - Visual Effects Supervisor

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