Where the Heart Is

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

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

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Laura House

Nicki

Mary Ashleigh Green

Girl in Bathroom

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Kinna McInroe

Wal-Mart Clerk

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Linda Wakeman

Hospital Receptionist

David Alvarado

Cellmate

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Mark Voges

Religious Man

Todd Lowe

Troy

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Margaret Hoard

Mary Elizabeth Hull

Rodger Boyce

Officer Harry

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Gabriel Folse

Policeman #2

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Sue McCormick

Cake Supplier

Crew

Art

• Bart Brown Set Dresser
• Shane Patrick Set Dresser
• Janet Stokes Set Designer
• Christopher Stull Set Dresser
• John Frick Art Direction
• Paul Peters Production Design
• Amy Wells Set Decoration

Camera

• Richard Greatrex Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Keith Sayer Makeup Artist
• Jo Kissack Folsom Costume Supervisor
• Kimmie Furlong Set Costumer
• Beth Miller Key Hair Stylist
• Melinda Eshelman Costume Design
• Felicity Bowring Key Makeup Artist

Crew

• Russell Towery Stunts
• Diane Towery Stunts
• Jim Henry Stunts
• Randy Fife Stunt Coordinator
• Nadine Grycan Stunts
• Lonnie Nelson Stunts

Directing

• Matt Williams Director

Editing

• Ian Crafford Editor

Production

• Matt Williams Producer
• Carmen Finestra Executive Producer
• Patricia Whitcher Producer
• Susan Cartsonis Producer
• David McFadzean Producer
• Rick Leed Executive Producer

Sound

• Mason Daring Original Music Composer
• Matt Temple Sound Effects Editor
• Kami Asgar Sound Effects Editor
• Adam Jenkins Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• David E. Fluhr Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Richard Burton Sound Effects Editor
• Charlie Shepard Sound Supervisor
• Hank Garfield Sound Mixer
• Suhail Kafity Sound Effects Editor
• Lisa Brown Music Supervisor

Visual Effects

• Scott Dougherty Visual Effects Producer
• Thomas J. Smith Visual Effects Supervisor

Writing

• Lowell Ganz Screenplay
• Billie Letts Novel
• Babaloo Mandel Screenplay

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