Where The Heart Is - (2000)

While set in Oklahoma, the movie was filmed primarily in .

Forney Hull, a shy librarian and love interest. Sally Field: Mama Lil, Novalee's estranged mother. 📍 Filming Locations Where the Heart is (2000)

Thelma "Sister" Husband, a kind, religious neighbor. While set in Oklahoma, the movie was filmed primarily in

Served as the fictional "Bowdoin College" in Maine. 📍 Filming Locations Thelma "Sister" Husband, a kind,

The original Walmart was located here (now a county judicial facility).

Where the Heart Is (2000) follows Novalee Nation, a pregnant 17-year-old abandoned at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. She secretly lives in the store until giving birth, eventually building a "chosen family" with the town's eccentric locals. 🎬 Production & Cast Matt Williams. Screenplay: Based on the 1995 novel by Billie Letts. Natalie Portman: Novalee Nation, the resilient protagonist. Ashley Judd: Lexie Coop, a nurse and Novalee's best friend.