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| Where the Heart Is | |
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| 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 | |
| Cinematography | Richard Greatrex |
| Edited by | Brooke Wilson |
| Music by | Mason Daring |
Production company | Wind Dancer Films |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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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.