Where the Heart Is
Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.
2000 | 120m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Matt Williams |
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| Writer: | Billie Letts, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 27, 2000 |
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| Director: | Matt Williams |
| Writer: | Billie Letts, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | california, baby, supermarket, oklahoma, pregnancy, pregnant minor, change, tennessee, unwillingly pregnant, teenage pregnancy, starting over |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Wind Dancer Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $33,800,000
Budget: $15,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Dan Eggleston | Truck Driver |
| Adrian Garza | Young Brownie |
| Jim Henry | Bar Room Fighter (uncredited) |
| Molly Howe | Lynne (uncredited) |
| K. Todd Lytle | Customer at Gas Station |
| Erica Mincks | Miss Sequoyah |
| Trevor Doyle Nelson | Partygoer |
| Bobby Shue | Wal-Mart Customer |
| Cassandra L. Small | Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest |
| Russell Towery | Bass Player |
| Chris Warner | Wal-Mart Employee |
| Gena West | Hospital Visitor |
| Jerry Wu | Bar Patron |
| Jason C. Young | Professor |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Billie Letts | Novel |
| Felicity Bowring | Key Makeup Artist |
| Amy Wells | Set Decoration |
| Beth Miller | Key Hair Stylist |
| Lisa Brown | Music Supervisor |
| John Frick | Art Direction |
| Jo Kissack Folsom | Costume Supervisor |
| Charlie Shepard | Sound Supervisor |
| Kimmie Furlong | Set Costumer |
| Suhail Kafity | Sound Effects Editor |
| Hank Garfield | Sound Mixer |
| Ian Crafford | Editor |
| Paul Peters | Production Design |
| Melinda Eshelman | Costume Design |
| David E. Fluhr | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Bart Brown | Set Dresser |
| Christopher Stull | Set Dresser |
| Diane Towery | Stunts |
| Scott Dougherty | Visual Effects Producer |
| Keith Sayer | Makeup Artist |
| Matt Temple | Sound Effects Editor |
| Adam Jenkins | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Richard Burton | Sound Effects Editor |
| Thomas J. Smith | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Janet Stokes | Set Designer |
| Nadine Grycan | Stunts |
| Shane Patrick | Set Dresser |
| Randy Fife | Stunt Coordinator |
| Lonnie Nelson | Stunts |
| Matt Williams | Director |
| Mason Daring | Original Music Composer |
| Lowell Ganz | Screenplay |
| Richard Greatrex | Director of Photography |
| Babaloo Mandel | Screenplay |
| Kami Asgar | Sound Effects Editor |
| Russell Towery | Stunts |
| Jim Henry | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Rick Leed | Executive Producer |
| Susan Cartsonis | Producer |
| Carmen Finestra | Executive Producer |
| David McFadzean | Producer |
| Patricia Whitcher | Producer |
| Matt Williams | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 23 | 35 | 15 |
| 2024 | 5 | 25 | 33 | 14 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 14 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 11 |
| 2025 | 1 | 18 | 25 | 12 |
| 2025 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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