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.
Cast
Natalie Portman
Novalee Nation
Ashley Judd
Lexie Coop
Stockard Channing
Thelma 'Sister' Husband
Joan Cusack
Ruth Meyers
Sally Field
Mama Lil
James Frain
Forney Hull
Dylan Bruno
Willy Jack Pickens
Keith David
Moses Whitecotten
Ray Prewitt
Tim
Laura House
Nicki
Mary Ashleigh Green
Girl in Bathroom
Kinna McInroe
Wal-Mart Clerk
Linda Wakeman
Hospital Receptionist
David Alvarado
Cellmate
Mark Voges
Religious Man
Todd Lowe
Troy
Margaret Hoard
Mary Elizabeth Hull
Rodger Boyce
Officer Harry
Gabriel Folse
Policeman #2
Sue McCormick
Cake Supplier
Karey Green
Rhonda
Laura Auldridge
Wal-Mart Assistant Manager
Alicia Godwin
Jolene
Dennis Letts
Sheriff
Richard Andrew Jones
Mr. Sprock
Kathryn Esquivel
Mrs. Ortiz
Mark Mathis
Reporter
J.D. Evermore
Orderly
Angee Hughes
Religious Woman
Mackenzie Fitzgerald
Americus Nation
Nataly Peña
Angela Ortiz
Yvette Diaz
Rosanna Ortiz
T.J. McFarland
Ray
Richard Nance
Johnny DeSoto
Tony Mann
M.C. of Banquet
John Swasey
Jerry
Scarlett McAlister
Kitty
Kylie Harmon
Praline
Cody Linley
Brownie
Bob Coonrod
Ernie
Heather Kafka
Delphia
Angelina Fiordellisi
Nurse
Cheyenne Rushing
Co-Ed
Deborah Abbott
Bar Girl
Alecia Batson
Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street
Stacy Bellew
Wal-Mart Girl
Jeff Cooper
Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian
Rebecca Davis
Photo Finalist
Lisa Del Dotto
Wedding Guest
Jeremy Denzlinger
Reporter
Dan Eggleston
Truck Driver
Adrian Garza
Young Brownie
Jim Henry
Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)
Molly Howe
Lynne (uncredited)
K. Todd Lytle
Customer at Gas Station
Erica Mincks
Miss Sequoyah
Trevor Doyle Nelson
Partygoer
Bobby Shue
Wal-Mart Customer
Cassandra L. Small
Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest
Russell Towery
Bass Player
Chris Warner
Wal-Mart Employee
Gena West
Hospital Visitor
Jerry Wu
Bar Patron
Jason C. Young
Professor
Crew
Matt Williams
Director, Producer
Lowell Ganz
Screenplay
Babaloo Mandel
Screenplay
Billie Letts
Novel
Ian Crafford
Editor
Richard Greatrex
Director of Photography
Carmen Finestra
Executive Producer
Rick Leed
Executive Producer
Susan Cartsonis
Producer
David McFadzean
Producer
Patricia Whitcher
Producer
Paul Peters
Production Design
Kimmie Furlong
Set Costumer
Jo Kissack Folsom
Costume Supervisor
Melinda Eshelman
Costume Design
Beth Miller
Key Hair Stylist
Felicity Bowring
Key Makeup Artist
Keith Sayer
Makeup Artist
Matt Temple
Sound Effects Editor
Suhail Kafity
Sound Effects Editor
Richard Burton
Sound Effects Editor
Kami Asgar
Sound Effects Editor
Adam Jenkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David E. Fluhr
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Charlie Shepard
Sound Supervisor
Hank Garfield
Sound Mixer
Thomas J. Smith
Visual Effects Supervisor
Scott Dougherty
Visual Effects Producer
Mason Daring
Original Music Composer
Lisa Brown
Music Supervisor
Amy Wells
Set Decoration
Christopher Stull
Set Dresser
Shane Patrick
Set Dresser
Bart Brown
Set Dresser
Janet Stokes
Set Designer
Russell Towery
Stunts
Diane Towery
Stunts
Lonnie Nelson
Stunts
Jim Henry
Stunts
Nadine Grycan
Stunts
Randy Fife
Stunt Coordinator
John Frick
Art Direction
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