Where the Heart Is (2000 film)
| Where The Heart Is | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Matt Williams |
| Produced by |
Susan Cartsonis David McFadzean Patricia Whitcher Matt Williams |
| Screenplay by |
Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel |
| Based on |
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Mason Daring |
| Cinematography | Richard Greatrex |
| Edited by | Ian Crafford |
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Production
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Wind Dancer Films
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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April 28, 2000 |
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Running time
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120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $40,863,718 |
Where the Heart Is is a 2000 drama/romance film directed by Matt Williams, in his film directing debut. The movie stars Natalie Portman, , Ashley Judd, and Joan Cusack with supporting roles done by James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, and Sally Field. The screenplay, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is based on the best-selling novel by Billie Letts.
The film follows five years in the life of Novalee Nation, a pregnant 17-year-old, who is abandoned by her boyfriend at a Wal-mart in a small Oklahoma town. She secretly moves into the Wal-Mart store where she eventually gives birth to her baby, which attracts media attention. With the help of friends, she makes a new life for herself in the town.
At seventeen years old and seven months pregnant, Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) sets off on a road trip from Tennessee to California with her boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickens (Dylan Bruno) in an old, broken down 1963 Plymouth.
While driving through Sequoyah, Oklahoma, Novalee notices her shoes have fallen through the hole in the floor of the car while she was napping. She asks Willy Jack to stop at the local Walmart so that she can go to the bathroom and buy new shoes. When Novalee reaches out for her change at the checkout, the amount of $5.55 sends her into a panic as we learned early on that she believes that the number 5 is a bad omen. She runs barefoot outside to discover that Willy Jack has abandoned her and left only her new Polaroid camera behind.
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