Movie

Songcatcher

★ 6.2/10 · 39 votes 2001 1h 49m Released

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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

Janet McTeer Professor Lily Penleric, P Michael Goodwin Professor Wallace Aldrich, G Gregory Russell Cook Fate Honeycutt Jane Adams Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric E. Katherine Kerr Harriet Tolliver Emmy Rossum Deladis Slocumb