Songcatcher

June. 15,2001 PG-13

Rating：

7.3

Genre：

Drama Music

Keywords：

Woman Director Musical

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Janet McTeer as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD

Michael Goodwin as Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD

Jane Adams as Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric

E. Katherine Kerr as Harriet Tolliver

Emmy Rossum as Deladis Slocumb

Pat Carroll as Viney Butler

Stephanie Roth Haberle as Alice Kincaid

Aidan Quinn as Tom Bledsoe

Bart Hansard as Hilliard

David Patrick Kelly as Earl Giddens

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