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Songcatcher (2000)

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Film details

Featuring

Janet McTeer Aidan Quinn Pat Carroll
Director

Maggie Greenwald
Country

USA
Year

2000
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Drama. Dr Lily Penleric is incensed when the music board at her university denies her a tenure. She leaves, but has nowhere else to work as a music teacher except the mountain school founded by her sister. However, for Lily the move proves to be a godsend when she discovers the rich vein of folk music that has been handed down throughout the generations of people who live in the region. She sets about collecting the music, despite the fact that the poor people living in the area are obliged to sell their land to coal mining companies nearby, and thus the source of the music seems set to disappear.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Dr Lily Penleric
    
    Janet McTeer
  - Tom Bledsoe
    
    Aidan Quinn
  - Viney Butler
    
    Pat Carroll
  - Elna Penleric
    
    Jane Adams
  - Fate Honeycutt
    
    Gregory Cook
  - Rose Gentry
    
    Iris Dement
  - Alice Kincaid
    
    Roth Haberle, Stephanie
  - Earl Giddens
    
    David Patrick Kelly
  - Harriet Tolliver
    
    E. Katherine Kerr
  - Dexter Speaks
    
    Taj Mahal
  - Deladis Slocumb
    
    Emmy Rossum
  - Parley Gentry
    
    Muse Watson
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Maggie Greenwald
  - Assistant Director
    
    Adam Escott
  Production:
  - Presented by
    
    Rigas Entertainment
  - In association with
    
    The Independent Film Project
  - Production Company
    
    ErgoArts
  - Executive Producer
    
    Jonathan Sehring
  - Executive Producer
    
    Caroline Kaplan
  - Producer
    
    Ellen Rigas Venetis
  - Producer
    
    Richard Miller
  - Co-producer
    
    Jennifer Roth
  - Co-producer
    
    Wendy Sax
  Casting:
  - Casting
    
    Ellen Parks
  - Casting
    
    Tracy Kilpatrick
  - Casting
    
    Hasbrouk, Vivian
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Maggie Greenwald
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Enrique Chediak
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Reamer, Keith
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Ginger Tougas
  - Art Director
    
    Molly Mikula
  Costumes:
  - Costume Designer
    
    Kasia Walicka-Maimone
  Music:
  - Music
    
    David Mansfield
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Jennifer Murphy

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