Where the Heart Is is a movie directed by Matt Williams in 2000 and based on the book of the same name by Billie Letts, first published in 1995. The movie features Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Dylan Bruno, Joan Cusack, Sally Field, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
17-year-old and seven-months-pregnant Novalee Nation and her boyfriend Willy Jack Pickens are moving from Tennessee to California. Willy Jack abandons Novalee at the local Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. There, she meets Thelma Husband who presents her with a buckeye tree, and Moses Whitecotton, a local photographer who advises her to give her baby a strong name.
Movie vs Book
Year
2000
Minutes
120
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
Movie
Where the Heart Is
Director: Matt Williams
Country: USA
Year: 2000
Length: 2h
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Year
1995
Pages
376
Book Rate
8.04
S: Goodreads
Book
Where the Heart Is
User polls & recommendations
“I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. I just want it to be as good a comic book as it can be.”
FRANK MILLER (Author)
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