Natalie Portman
Novalee Nation
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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.
Apr 28, 2000 · Where the Heart Is: Directed by Matt Williams. With Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack. A pregnant seventeen-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.
On the drive from their current home in Tennessee to Bakersfield, California, where they are planning on moving, Willie Jack abandons Novalee in the small town of Sequoyah, Oklahoma. With no food and very little money, Novalee ends up secretly living in the town's Walmart.
After Tennessee teen Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman) is left literally barefoot and pregnant in a Wal-Mart parking lot by her no-good boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickens (Dylan Bruno),...
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When 17-year-old Novalee Nation has her baby in a Wal-Mart, this hard-luck teen becomes an overnight celebrity. 13,351 IMDb 6.7 1 h 59 min 2000. X-Ray PG-13. Comedy · Drama · Fun · Heartwarming. Available to rent or buy.
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The movie is based on a popular novel by Billie Letts, about a 17-year-old unwed mother named Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman), who is abandoned by her no-good boyfriend in a Wal-Mart in Sequoia, Okla., and lives secretly in the store until she gives birth to her child, little Americus.
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Overview. 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 ...
Apr 28, 2000 · Purchase Where the Heart Is on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman), 17 and very pregnant, has never been part of a real home.
