Where the Heart Is

Name: Where the Heart Is
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2000-04-27
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, Sally Field

Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart.

Where the Heart Is (2000)

Timing: 2:0 (120 min)

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Release date

2000-04-27

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Wind Dancer Films

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$40 863 718

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Director

Matt Williams

Actors

Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, Sally Field, James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, Ray Prewitt, Laura House
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Scenario

Producer

Patricia Whitcher, Susan Cartsonis, Matt Williams, David McFadzean, Carmen Finestra, Rick Leed

Operator

Richard Greatrex

Composer

Mason Daring

Artist

Paul Peters

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Editing

Ian Crafford
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

Claire Danes and Sarah Michelle Gellar were considered for the role of Novalee Nation.
For filming in a roadside supermarket, a large number of souvenirs produced for George Lucas's film "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" (1999), in which Natalie Portman played Princess Amidala, had to be removed from the shelves.