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
• Keith David — Moses Whitecotten
• Rebecca Davis — Photo Finalist
• Dylan Bruno — Willy Jack Pickens
• Laura House — Nicki
• Kinna McInroe — Wal-Mart Clerk
• Dennis Letts — Sheriff
• Richard Jones — Mr. Sprock
• Chris Warner — Wal-Mart Employee
• Margaret Hoard — Mary Elizabeth Hull
• Todd Lowe — Troy
• John Swasey — Jerry
• Scarlett McAlister — Kitty
• Cody Linley — Brownie
• Heather Kafka — Delphia
• Angelina Fiordellisi — Nurse
• Cheyenne Rushing — Co-Ed
• Gabriel Folse — Policeman #2
• J.D. Evermore — Orderly
• Angee Hughes — Religious Woman
• Richard Nance — Johnny DeSoto
• Jeff Cooper — Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian
• Jeremy Denzlinger — Reporter
• Jim Henry — Bar Room Fighter
• Russell Towery — Bass Player
• Rodger Boyce — Officer Harry