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Jul 27, 2001 · Songcatcher: Directed by Maggie Greenwald. With Janet McTeer, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin, Gregory Russell Cook. 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.
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- Drama, Music
- Maggie Greenwald
- 2001-07-27
Songcatcher is a 2000 drama film directed by Maggie Greenwald. It is about a musicologist researching and collecting Appalachian folk music in the mountains of western North Carolina.
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.
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,...
- Maggie Greenwald
- Janet Mcteer
Winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize SONGCATCHER follows the unforgettable journey of a big-city musicologist who leaves it all behind to start...
Songcatcher. 2001 · 1 hr 49 min. PG-13. Drama · Independent. Set in 1907, this is the story of a musicologist denied the recognition she deserves, who heads to Appalachia to find inspiration. Subtitles: English. Starring: Janet McTeer Aidan Quinn Emmy Rossum. Directed by: Maggie Greenwald.
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Jun 29, 2001 · "Songcatcher" tells the story of a woman who goes into the mountains of Appalachia in 1907, and finds the people singing British ballads that are almost unchanged since they arrived there 200 years earlier.