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Songcatcher 2001 Directed by Maggie Greenwald

Fall under its spell..

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Music
Production Companies Rigas Entertainment , ErgoArts
Release Date 1 March 2001
109 mins
Cast
Janet McTeer Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
Michael Goodwin Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD
Gregory Russell Cook Fate Honeycutt
Jane Adams Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric
E. Katherine Kerr Harriet Tolliver
Emmy Rossum Deladis Slocumb
Pat Carroll Viney Butler
Aidan Quinn Tom Bledsoe
Bart Hansard Hilliard
David Patrick Kelly Earl Giddens
Michael Harding Reese Kincaid
Taj Mahal Dexter Speaks
Iris DeMent Rose Gentry
Rhoda Griffis Clementine McFarland
Michael Davis Dean Arthur Pembroke