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Songcatcher (2000)
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Ratings: 7.0/10 from 2,227 users
Metascore:
63/100
Reviews: 76 user | 38 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist... See full summary » Director:Maggie GreenwaldWriter:Maggie Greenwald |
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Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
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Michael Davis | ... |
Dean Arthur Pembroke
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Michael Goodwin | ... |
Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD
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Greg Russell Cook | ... |
Fate Honeycutt
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Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric
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E. Katherine Kerr | ... |
Harriet Tolliver
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Deladis Slocumb
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Viney Butler
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Stephanie Roth Haberle | ... |
Alice Kincaid
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Tom Bledsoe
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Bart Hansard | ... |
Hilliard
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Erin Blake Clanton | ... |
Polly
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Earl Giddens
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Kristin Hall | ... |
Isabel
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Reese Kincaid
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Storyline
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 - not only by the rugged purity of the music, but also by the raw courage and endurance of the local people as they carve out meaningful lives against the harshest conditions. It is not, however, until she meets Tom - a handsome, hardened war veteran and talented musician - that she's forced to examine her motivations... Written by Sujit R. Varma
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Rated PG-13 for sexual content and an intense scene of childbirth See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(Australia) See more »Also Known As:
Dallamok szárnyán See more »Filming Locations:
Asheville, North Carolina, USABox Office
Budget:
$1,800,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$41,967 (USA) (17 June 2001) (7 Screens)Gross:
$3,050,934 (USA) (9 September 2001)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Goofs
Anachronisms: Kudzu is shown growing in the forest. Kudzu was introduced into Appalachia in the 1930s from Japan to slow erosion. Kudzu would not have been present during the period this movie covers. (Keeping in mind, of course, that in order to produce a film about the Appalachians WITHOUT the kudzu would of course require filming in another region, as to date there have been very few if any successful attempts at denuding their fast-paced growth.) See more »Quotes
Viney Butler: Alice, you're gonna have to keep Reese away from you. Well, if you don't want butter, you gotta pull the dasher out in time.See more »
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Thank you to the people of Western Mountains of North Carolina. See more »
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