Summary:
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life - a treasure trove of ancient Scots-Irish ballads, songs that have been handed down from generation to generation, preserved intact by the seclusion of the mountains. With the goal of securing her promotion, Lily ventures into the most isolated areas of the mountains to collect the songs and finds herself increasingly enchanted - not only by the rugged purity of the music, but also by the raw courage and endurance of the local people as they carve out meaningful lives against the harshest conditions. It is not, however, until she meets Tom - a handsome, hardened war veteran and talented musician - that she's forced to examine her motivations. Is the "Songcatcher," as Tom insists, no better than the men who exploit the people and extort their land?
| Runtime: | 109 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated PG-13 for sexual content and an intense scene of childbirth. |
| Production: | ErgoArts |
| Genres: | Drama, Music |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Oct 23, 2001 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Maggie Greenwald | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Maggie Greenwald | Written By |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Janet McTeer | Professor Lily Penleric, PhD |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Aidan Quinn | Tom Bledsoe |
| Bart Hansard | Hilliard |
| David Patrick Kelly | Earl Giddens |
| E. Katherine Kerr | Harriet Tolliver |
| Emmy Rossum | Deladis Slocumb |
| Erin Blake Clanton | Polly |
| Greg Russell Cook | Fate Honeycutt |
| Jane Adams | Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric |
| Kristin Hall | Isabel |
| Michael Davis | Dean Arthur Pembroke |
| Michael Goodwin | Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD |
| Michael Harding | Reese Kincaid |
| Pat Carroll | Viney Butler |
| Stephanie Roth Haberle | Alice Kincaid |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Caroline Kaplan | Executive Producer |
| Elizabeth Finkelstein | Associate Producer |
| Ellen Rigas-Venetis | Producer |
| Jennifer Roth | Co-Producer |
| Jonathan Sehring | Executive Producer |
| Lisa Vandever | Associate Producer |
| Patrick Allen | Associate Producer |
| Richard Miller | Producer |
| Wendy Sax | Co-Producer |
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