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About
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.
Theatrical
Apr 27, 2000
Box Office
$33.8M
Budget
$15.0M
Return
2.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 26, 2000
Director
Writers
Producers
Scott Dougherty, Matt Williams, Susan Cartsonis
Music
Studio
Wind Dancer Films, 20th Century Fox
Cast
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Natalie Portman
Novalee Nation
A
Ashley Judd
Lexie Coop
S
Stockard Channing
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
J
Joan Cusack
Ruth Meyers
S
Sally Field
Mama Lil
J
James Frain
Forney Hull
D
Dylan Bruno
Willy Jack Pickens
Keith David
Moses Whitecotten
L
Laura House
Nicki
M
Mary Ashleigh Green
Girl in Bathroom
K
Kinna McInroe
Wal-Mart Clerk
D
David Alvarado
Cellmate
M
Mark Voges
Religious Man
T
Todd Lowe
Troy
M
Margaret Hoard
Mary Elizabeth Hull
R
Rodger Boyce
Officer Harry
G
Gabriel Folse
Policeman #2
D
Dennis Letts
Sheriff
R
Richard Andrew Jones
Mr. Sprock
J
J.D. Evermore
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