Songcatcher
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Songcatcher

Fall under its spell..

6.2 / 10 2001 1h 49mPG-13 English
DramaMusic

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer

Professor Lily Penleric, PhD

Lead
Michael Goodwin

Michael Goodwin

Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD

GR

Gregory Russell Cook

Fate Honeycutt

Jane Adams

Jane Adams

Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric

E. Katherine Kerr

E. Katherine Kerr

Harriet Tolliver

Emmy Rossum

Emmy Rossum

Deladis Slocumb

Pat Carroll

Pat Carroll

Viney Butler

Stephanie Roth Haberle

Stephanie Roth Haberle

Alice Kincaid

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Maggie Greenwald's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Songcatcher is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker