Where the Heart Is (2000)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 10 mins | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Adaptation | Released: 4/28/2000 |Box Office Total: $33.7M

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Synopsis:

Novalee Nation, 17 and very pregnant, has never been a part of a real home. The closest thing to family for the hard-luck teen is her selfish, would-be musician boyfriend Willy Jack, with whom she's traveling from Tennessee to California in a rust bucket that used to be a Plymouth. A bathroom stop en route, at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart, changes Novalee's life forever. For when she leaves the store, she discovers that Willy Jack and the Plymouth are gone. Alone and broke, Novalee surreptitiously moves into the vast store, borrowing food and supplies from its shelves. When she gives birth on the floor- and her hideaway is revealed- Novalee and her 'Wal-Mart Baby' become instant celebrities. More importantly, over the next few years, Novalee finally becomes part of an unconventional, makeshift family comprised of her wonderfully eccentric new friends. Now, with the family she always wanted, Novalee is transformed from a homeless teen into a successful and strong woman, who has finally found a home.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
4/28/2000

Director	Credit
Matt Williams	Director
Matt Earl Beesley	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Natalie Portman	Novalee Nation
Keith David	Moses Whitecotten
Ashley Judd	Lexie Coop
Joan Cusack	Ruth Meyers
Stockard Channing	Sister Husband
Dylan Bruno	Willy Jack Pickens
Ray Prewitt	Tim
Laura House	Nicki
Karey Green	Rhonda
Mary Ashleigh Green	Girl in Bathroom
Kinna McInroe	Wal-Mart Clerk
Laura Auldridge	Wal-Mart Assistant Manager
Alicia Godwin	Jolene
Dennis Letts	Sheriff
James Frain	Forney Hull
Richard Jones	Mr Sprock
Kathryn Esquivel	Mrs Ortiz
John Daniel Evermore	Orderly
Mark Mathis	Reporter
Sally Field	Mama Lil
Linda Wakeman	Hospital Receptionist
David Alvarado	Cellmate
Mark Voges	Religious Man
Angee Hughes	Religious Woman
Todd Lowe	Troy
Margaret Ann Hoard	Mary Elizabeth Hull
Rodger Boyce	Officer Harry
Gabriel Folse	Policeman No 2
Mackenzie Fitzgerald	Americus
Natalie Pena	Angela Ortiz
Yvette Diaz	Rosanna Ortiz
T J McFarland	Ray
Richard Nance	Johnny Desoto
Tony Mann	MC 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
Production Credits	Credit
Susan Cartsonis	Producer
Carmen Finestra	Executive Producer
Roz Weisberg	Associate Producer
Gerrit Folsom	Co-Producer
Dianne Minter Lewis	Co-Producer
Rick Leed	Executive Producer
David McFadzean	Producer
Patty Whitcher	Producer
Matt Williams	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Wind Dancer Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
20th Century Fox Studios	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Twentieth Century Fox	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Eagle Entertainment	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
UFD	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Austin, Texas, USA
Writer	Credit
Lowell Ganz	Screenplay
Billie Letts	Source Material (from novel)
Babaloo Mandel	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Lisa Carey	Accountant - payroll accountant
Colleen Arnaud	Assistant Accountant
David Bennett	Production Accountant
Mark Miller	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Janet Stokes	Set Designer
Amy Wells	Set Decorator
Darren Patnode	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Paul Peters	Production Designer
John A Frick	Art Director
David Hack	Lead Person - leadman
Molly Murray	Art Department Coordinator
Shane Patrick	Set Dresser
Bart Brown	Set Dresser
Christopher Stull	Set Dresser
Patricia Dillon	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Mali Finn	Casting
Lindsey Hayes	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Vicky B Dempsey	Extras Casting Assistant
Dara Gray	Extras Casting
Jo Edna Boldin	Casting
Emily Schweber	Casting Associate
Film Camera	Credit
Dennis McNeill	Color Timer
Paul T LeBlanc	Video Playback
Jimmy W Lindsey	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Richard Greatrex	Director of Photography
Ralph Watson	Steadicam Operator - "B" camera/Steadicam operator
Suzanne Tenner	Photography - still photographer
Rigney Sackley	Camera - camera loader
Theda Cunningham	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Keith Carter	Photography - Novalee's photography creator
Peter Simonite	Assistant Camera Operator - "B" camera 1st assistant camera
Film Sales Financing	Credit
InterMedia Film Equities	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Big Sugar	Song Performer
Martin Brody	Music Conductor
Martin Brody	Orchestrations
Brent Brooks	Music Editor
Dave Shacter	Music Coordinator
Mason Daring	Song
Mason Daring	Music
Lisa Brown	Music Supervisor
Kenny White	Music - musician
Gordie Johnson	Song
Shannon Curfman	Song Performer
Dana Brayton	Orchestrations
Duke Levine	Music - musician
Andrew Whiteman	Song
Joan Osborne	Song Performer
Girlfriendz	Song Performer
Dave Mattacks	Music - musician
Kevin Bowe	Song
Paul Bryan	Music - musician
Shannon Curfman	Song
Michael McCarthy	Song Performer
The Corrs	Song Performer
Billy Novick	Music - musician
Tommy Sims	Song
Tommy Sims	Song - song producer & performer
Lonestar	Song Performer
NRBQ	Song Performer
Gordon Kennedy	Song
Sara Evans	Song Performer
Don Davis	Song
Harvey Scales	Song
Duke Levine	Song Performer
Jennifer Day	Song Performer
Al Vance	Song
John Hiatt	Song
Malford Milligan	Song Performer
Emmylou Harris	Song Performer
John Hiatt	Song - song producer & performer
Keith Follese	Song
Patty Griffin	Song Performer
Adrienne Follese	Song
Coley McCabe	Song Performer
Wade Kirby	Song
Andy Griggs	Song Performer
Byron Gallimore	Song - song producer
Tena Clark	Song
Tim Heintz	Song
Greg De Belles	Song - song producer
James Corr	Song
Andrea Corr	Song
Sharon Corr	Song
Caroline Corr	Song
Buck Ram	Song
Ande Rand	Song
Dann Huff	Song - song producer
Stevie Ray Vaughan	Song
Terry Adams	Song - song producer
Joey Spampinato	Song - song producer
Warren Brothers	Song - song producer & performer
Chris Farren	Song - song producer
Annie Roboff	Song - song producer
Annie Roboff	Song
Beth Nielsen Chapman	Song - song producer & performer
Beth Nielsen Chapman	Song
Carmen Rizzo	Song - song producer
Ray Charles	Song
Lyle Lovett	Song - song co-producer & performer
Russ Titelman	Song - song co-producer
Liz Hengber	Song
Tommy Lee James	Song
Jennifer Day	Song
Bonny Rice	Song
Matt Cartsonis	Song - song producer
Gary Nicholson	Song
Steve Fishell	Song - song producer
Buddy Miller	Song - song producer
Bob DiPiero	Song
Ed Hill	Song
Mark D Sanders	Song
Martina McBride	Song - song producer & performer
Paul Worley	Song - song producer
Hillary Lindsey	Song
Austin Cunningham	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Randy Fife	Stunt Coordinator
Sam Fife	Stunts
Ken Greaves	Stunts
Michael Norris	Stunts
Jim Henry	Stunts
Nadine Grycan Hoss	Stunts
Mark Kay	Stunts
Lonnie Nelson	Stunts
Tim Short	Stunts
Diane Towery	Stunts
Russell Towery	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Matt Earl Beesley	Assistant Director
Gina Grande	Script Supervisor
Patty Whitcher	Unit Production Manager
Leigh A Wilbourn	Production Coordinator
Eric A Williams	Location Manager
Shobie Partos	Location Assistant - location manager's assistant
Vincent Palmo Jr	Assistant Director
Robbie Friedman	Location Manager
Shanti Delsarte	Production Coordinator
Brian Steward	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Robert A Levine	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Hank Garfield	Sound Mixer
John Gidcomb	ADR Supervisor - group ADR supervisor
David E Fluhr	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Linda Folk	ADR Editor
Dennis Meehan	Boom Operator - boom person
Douglas Parker	Assistant Sound Editor
Charlie Shepard	Sound Supervisor
Jonathan Klein	Foley Editor
Christopher Winter	Assistant Sound Editor
Adam Jenkins	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Annilee Ballentine Ramirez	Graphic Designer
Scott Dougherty	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Randy E Moore	Special Effects Supervisor
David J Negron Jr	Visual Effects Supervisor
Margaret Johnson	Special Effects Coordinator
Thomas J Smith	Visual Effects Supervisor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Keith Sayer	Makeup Artist
Melinda Eshelman	Costume Designer
Joanne Kissack	Costume Supervisor
Beth Miller	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Kimberly Sue Furlong	Set Costumer
Felicity Bowring	Makeup - key makeup
Bridget Cook	Hair Stylist
M Caroline Pruet	Set Costumer

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