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.
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Natalie Portman | Novalee Nation |
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Ashley Judd | Lexie Coop |
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Stockard Channing | Sister Husband |
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Joan Cusack | Ruth Meyers |
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James Frain | Forney Hull |
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Dylan Bruno | Willy Jack Pickens |
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Sue McCormick | Cake Supplier |
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Keith David | Moses Whitecotten |
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Ray Prewitt | Tim |
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Laura House | Nicki |
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Karey Green | Rhonda |
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Mary Ashleigh Green | Girl in Bathroom |
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Kinna McInroe | Wal-Mart Clerk |
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Laura Auldridge | Wal-Mart Assistant Manager |
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Alicia Godwin | Jolene |
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Dennis Letts | Sheriff |
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Richard Andrew Jones | Mr. Sprock |
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Kathryn Esquivel | Mrs. Ortiz |
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Mark Mathis | Reporter |
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J.D. Evermore | Orderly |
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Sally Field | Mama Lil |
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Linda Wakeman | Hospital Receptionist |
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David Alvarado | Cellmate |
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Mark Voges | Religious Man |
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Angee Hughes | Religious Woman |
Director | Matt Williams |
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Writer | Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Billie Letts | |
Producer | Susan Cartsonis, Carmen Finestra, Gerrit V. Folsom, Rick Leed, Diane Minter Lewis, David McFadzean, Roz Weisberg, Patricia Whitcher, Matt Williams | |
Musician | Mason Daring | |
Photography | Richard Greatrex |