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Songcatcher

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.

2001 |1h 49m |  Drama, Music

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Janet McTeer

Professor Lily Penleric, PhD

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Michael Goodwin

Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD

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Jane Adams

Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric

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E. Katherine Kerr

Harriet Tolliver

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Emmy Rossum

Deladis Slocumb

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Pat Carroll

Viney Butler

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Stephanie Roth Haberle

Alice Kincaid

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Aidan Quinn

Tom Bledsoe

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Bart Hansard

Hilliard

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David Patrick Kelly

Earl Giddens

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Michael Harding

Reese Kincaid

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Taj Mahal

Dexter Speaks

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Iris DeMent

Rose Gentry

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Rhoda Griffis

Clementine McFarland

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Status

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Language

English

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