Where the Heart Is (2000) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Matt Williams.

Cast

Natalie Portman as Novalee Nation
Ashley Judd as Lexie Coop
Stockard Channing as Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Joan Cusack as Ruth Meyers
Sally Field as Mama Lil
James Frain as Forney Hull
Dylan Bruno as Willy Jack Pickens
Keith David as Moses Whitecotten
Ray Prewitt as Tim
Laura House as Nicki
Mary Ashleigh Green as Girl in Bathroom
Kinna McInroe as Wal-Mart Clerk
Linda Wakeman as Hospital Receptionist
David Alvarado as Cellmate
Mark Voges as Religious Man
Todd Lowe as Troy
Margaret Hoard as Mary Elizabeth Hull
Rodger Boyce as Officer Harry
Gabriel Folse as Policeman #2
Sue McCormick as Cake Supplier
Karey Green as Rhonda
Laura Auldridge as Wal-Mart Assistant Manager
Alicia Godwin as Jolene
Dennis Letts as Sheriff
Richard Andrew Jones as Mr. Sprock
Kathryn Esquivel as Mrs. Ortiz
Mark Mathis as Reporter
J.D. Evermore as Orderly
Angee Hughes as Religious Woman
Mackenzie Fitzgerald as Americus Nation
Nataly Peña as Angela Ortiz
Yvette Diaz as Rosanna Ortiz
T.J. McFarland as Ray
Richard Nance as Johnny DeSoto
Tony Mann as M.C. of Banquet
John Swasey as Jerry
Scarlett McAlister as Kitty
Kylie Harmon as Praline
Cody Linley as Brownie
Bob Coonrod as Ernie

Crew

Matt Williams — Director
Billie Letts — Novel
Mason Daring — Original Music Composer
Lowell Ganz — Screenplay
Richard Greatrex — Director of Photography
Matt Williams — Producer
Babaloo Mandel — Screenplay
Susan Cartsonis — Producer
David McFadzean — Producer
Patricia Whitcher — Producer

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