Songcatcher
“Fall under its spell..”
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.
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Cast
29 people
Janet McTeer
Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
Known for
Me Before You
Ozark
Michael Goodwin
Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD
Known for
Lolita
The Dead Pool
Gregory Russell Cook
Fate Honeycutt
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Cold in July
The Unusuals
Jane Adams
Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric
Known for
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Happiness
E. Katherine Kerr
Harriet Tolliver
Known for
Suspect
Silkwood
Emmy Rossum
Deladis Slocumb
Known for
Shameless
The Day After Tomorrow
Pat Carroll
Viney Butler
Known for
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
Stephanie Roth Haberle
Alice Kincaid
Known for
Deception
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Aidan Quinn
Tom Bledsoe
Known for
Elementary
Unknown
Bart Hansard
Hilliard
Known for
Elvis
Fluke
Erin Blake Clanton
Polly
No other roles listed
David Patrick Kelly
Earl Giddens
Known for
Twin Peaks
The Warriors
Maggie Greenwald Director · David Mansfield Composer Enrique Chediak Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $3.1M · Budget $1.8M · United States release June 15, 2001
Box office
Budget
$1,800,000
Worldwide gross
$3,050,934
Gross vs. budget
1.7×
Production
Rigas Entertainment
Production
ErgoArts
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 25, 2000
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · June 15, 2001
Theatrical
Australia
March 1, 2001 · Theatrical
New Zealand
April 26, 2001 · Theatrical
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