Songcatcher (2001)
Fall under its spell..
Starring Janet McTeer, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin
Directed by Maggie Greenwald
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.
Runtime: 109 min.
Rating: 5.5
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama,Music
Keywords: musical,independent film,woman director
Cast
Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
Dean Arthur Pembroke
Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD
Fate Honeycutt
Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric
Harriet Tolliver
Deladis Slocumb
Viney Butler
Alice Kincaid
Tom Bledsoe
Hilliard
Polly
Earl Giddens
Isabel
Reese Kincaid
Dexter Speaks
Rose Gentry
Clementine McFarland