Where the Heart Is (2000 film)

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Where the Heart Is
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Matt Williams
Screenplay by	Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel
Based on	Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Produced by	Susan Cartsonis David McFadzean Patricia Whitcher Matt Williams
Starring	Natalie Portman Ashley Judd Stockard Channing Joan Cusack
Cinematography	Richard Greatrex
Edited by	Brooke Wilson
Music by	Mason Daring
Production company	Wind Dancer Films
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	April 28, 2000 (2000-04-28)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million
Box office	$40 million

Where the Heart Is is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Matt Williams and starring Natalie Portman, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd, and Joan Cusack with supporting roles 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 1995 novel of the same name 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 Walmart in a small Oklahoma town. She secretly moves into the 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.