Songcatcher (2001)
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.
Director: Maggie Greenwald
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Janet McTeer as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD |
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Michael Goodwin as Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD |
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Gregory Russell Cook as Fate Honeycutt |
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Jane Adams as Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric |
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E. Katherine Kerr as Harriet Tolliver |
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Emmy Rossum as Deladis Slocumb |
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Pat Carroll as Viney Butler |
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Stephanie Roth Haberle as Alice Kincaid |
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Aidan Quinn as Tom Bledsoe |
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Bart Hansard as Hilliard |
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Erin Blake Clanton as Polly |
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David Patrick Kelly as Earl Giddens |
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Kristin Hall as Isabel |
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Michael Harding as Reese Kincaid |
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Taj Mahal as Dexter Speaks |
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Iris DeMent as Rose Gentry |
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Rhoda Griffis as Clementine McFarland |
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Michael Davis as Dean Arthur Pembroke |
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Steve Boles as Ambrose McFarland |
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Taylor Hayes as Reverend Merriweather |
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Josh Goforth as Will |
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Don Pedi as Barn Band - Dulcimer |
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Sheila Kay Adams as Barn Band - Banjo |
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Bobby McMillon as Singer at Barn Dance |
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Hazel Dickens as Singer at Barn Dance |
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Andrea Powell as Josie Moore |
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Danny Nelson as Uncle Cratis |
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David Ducey as Postman Johnson |
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Steven Sutherlan as Cyrus Whittle |
| Directing | Maggie Greenwald | Director |
| Writing | Maggie Greenwald | Writer |
| Sound | David Mansfield | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Enrique Chediak | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Keith Reamer | Editor |
| Production | Vivian Hasbrouk | Casting |
| Production | Tracy Kilpatrick | Casting |
| Production | Ellen Parks | Casting |
| Art | Ginger Tougas | Production Design |
| Art | Molly Mikula | Art Direction |
| Art | Marthe Pineau | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kasia Walicka Maimone | Costume Design |
| Production | Richard Miller | Producer |
| Production | Ellen Rigas-Venetis | Producer |
| Production | Jennifer Roth | Co-Producer |
| Production | Wendy Sax | Co-Producer |
| Production | Patrick Allen | Associate Producer |
| Production | Elizabeth Finkelstein | Associate Producer |
| Production | Lisa Vandever | Associate Producer |
| Production | Caroline Kaplan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jonathan Sehring | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Sheila K. Adams | Vocal Coach |
