Where the Heart Is

Release Date:

Apr 28, 2000

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Running Time:

2:00

Genre:

Comedy Drama

Director:

Matt Williams

Cast:

Natalie Portman	Novalee Nation
Ashley Judd	Lexie Coop
Stockard Channing	Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Joan Cusack	Ruth Meyers
James Frain	Forney Hall
Dylan Bruno	Willy Jack Pickens
Keith David	Moses Whitecotten
Sally Field	Mama Lil
Richard Jones	Mr. Sprock
Jim Beaver	Clawhammer (uncredited)
Mackenzie Fitzgerald	Americus Nation
Mary Ashleigh Green	Girl in Bathroom
Jim Henry	Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)
Heather Kafka	Delphia
Richard Nance	Johnny DeSoto
Russell Towery	Bass Player (uncredited)
Rodger Boyce	Harry the Policeman

Producers:

Susan Cartsonis , Carmen Finestra , Gerrit V. Folsom , Rick Leed , Diane Minter Lewis , David McFadzean , Patricia Whitcher , Matt Williams

Writers:

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Language:

English

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Fried Green Tomatoes

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The Perfect Man

More Where the Heart Is Pictures

After Tennessee teen Novalee Nation is left literally barefoot and pregnant in a Wal-Mart parking lot by her no-good boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickens, she manages to live within the mammoth megastore until her baby's abrupt arrival makes her a media darling. After this, Good Samaritan nurse Lexie takes in Novalee and her newborn daughter. Before long, Lexie and Novalee form a life-changing bond of friendship and sisterhood.

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