Where the Heart Is

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.

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

Matt Williams

Director

Lowell Ganz

Screenplay

Babaloo Mandel

Screenplay

Patricia Whitcher

Producer

Susan Cartsonis

Producer

David McFadzean

Producer

Richard Greatrex

Director of Photography

Ian Crafford

Editor

Mason Daring

Original Music Composer

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Wind Dancer Films