Summary:
Novalee Nation is a pregnant 17-year-old from Tennessee heading to California with her boyfriend Willie Jack, but is abandoned by him at a Wal-Mart store in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Novalee has no job, no skills and only $5.55 in her pocket, so she secretly lives in the Wal-Mart until her daughter Americus is born six weeks later. Novalee decides to raise her daughter and rebuild her life in Sequoyah, with the help of eccentric but kind strangers. Based on the best-selling novel by Billie Letts.
| Runtime: | 120 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated PG-13 for intense thematic material, language and sexual content. |
| Production: | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
| Genres: | Drama, Comedy, Romance |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Sep 26, 2000 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Matt Williams | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Babaloo Mandel | Screenplay |
| Billie Letts | Novel |
| Lowell Ganz | Screenplay |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| James Frain | Forney Hull |
| Natalie Portman | Novalee Nation |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alicia Godwin | Jolene |
| Ashley Judd | Lexie Coop |
| Dennis Letts | Sheriff |
| Dylan Bruno | Willy Jack Pickens |
| Joan Cusack | Ruth Meyers |
| Karey Green | Rhonda |
| Keith David | Moses Whitecotten |
| Kinna McInroe | Wal-Mart Clerk |
| Laura Auldridge | Wal-Mart Assistant Manager |
| Laura House | Nicki |
| Mary Ashleigh Green | Girl In Bathroom |
| Ray Prewitt | Tim |
| Stockard Channing | Sister Husband |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Carmen Finestra | Executive Producer |
| David McFadzean | Producer |
| Diane Minter Lewis | Co-Producer |
| Gerrit V. Folsom | Co-Producer |
| Matt Williams | Producer |
| Patricia Whitcher | Producer |
| Rick Leed | Executive Producer |
| Roz Weisberg | Associate Producer |
| Susan Cartsonis | Producer |
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