evelyn tan, aileen tan played novalee in where the heart is.
evelyn tan, aileen tan played novalee in where the heart is.
who plays novalee in where the heart is?
evelyn tan, aileen tan
17-year-old and seven months pregnant novalee nation (natalie portman) and her boyfriend willy jack pickens (dylan bruno) are moving from tennessee to california. willy jack abandons novalee at the local walmart in sequoyah, oklahoma when she uses the restroom and buys new shoes. there, she meets thelma "sister" husband (stockard channing) who presents her with a buckeye tree, and moses whitecotton (keith david), a local photographer who advises her to give her baby a strong name. a sickly and homeless novalee is forced to live in the walmart, undetected. novalee is also acquainted with surly librarian forney hull (james frain) who looks after his alcoholic sister mary elizabeth (margaret hoard).
where the heart is (2000 film)
with nowhere else to go, novalee spends the afternoon at the wal-mart and meets "sister husband", a kind and spunky woman who runs the town's "welcome wagon." sister husband has a deep faith and hands out chapters of the bible to people she meets. when they first meet, sister husband "mistakes" novalee for a girl named ruth ann mott and gives novalee a welcome wagon basket. she also meets moses whitecotton, a photographer who shoots portraits at the wal-mart. moses tells novalee to give her baby a name "that will mean something" and "withstand a lot of bad times", as well as a photo album. he later becomes novalee's mentor as she becomes more invested in photography. in addition, she also meets benny goodluck, a native american boy, who gives novalee a buckeye tree for good luck. meanwhile willy jack continues on his way to california and comes across a girl named jolene with car problems. willy jack agrees to give her a ride but they are soon stopped by police because jolene shoplifted from a store and the police believe it was willy jack since jolene is only 13 years old. he is subsequently arrested and sent to jail.
where the heart is (novel)