

Songcatcher
2001 · Movie · 1h 49m · PG-13
DramaMusic
"Fall under its spell.."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
63/100
Key crew
- Maggie GreenwaldWriter
- David MansfieldOriginal Music Composer
- Maggie GreenwaldDirector
Cast
- Janet McTeerProfessor Lily Penleric, PhD
- Michael GoodwinProfessor Wallace Aldrich, PhD
- Gregory Russell CookFate Honeycutt
- Jane AdamsEleanor 'Elna' Penleric
- E. Katherine KerrHarriet Tolliver
- Emmy RossumDeladis Slocumb
- Pat CarrollViney Butler
- Stephanie Roth HaberleAlice Kincaid
- Aidan QuinnTom Bledsoe
- Bart HansardHilliard
- Erin Blake ClantonPolly
- David Patrick KellyEarl Giddens
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