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Maggie Greenwald (written by)
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Release Date:
1 March 2001 (Australia) See more »
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After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist... See more » | Add synopsis »
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5 wins & 5 nominations See more »
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Aidan Quinn's Countryside Ambitions
 (From WENN. 16 July 2001)

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Lovely homage to Applachian song, plus great character work See more (72 total) »
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Cast

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Janet McTeer ... Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
Michael Davis ... Dean Arthur Pembroke
Michael Goodwin ... Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD
Greg Russell Cook ... Fate Honeycutt
Jane Adams ... Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric
E. Katherine Kerr ... Harriet Tolliver

Emmy Rossum ... Deladis Slocumb

Pat Carroll ... Viney Butler
Stephanie Roth Haberle ... Alice Kincaid

Aidan Quinn ... Tom Bledsoe
Bart Hansard ... Hilliard
Erin Blake Clanton ... Polly

David Patrick Kelly ... Earl Giddens
Kristin Hall ... Isabel

Michael Harding ... Reese Kincaid
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Rated PG-13 for sexual content and an intense scene of childbirth.
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109 min
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Argentina:13 | Australia:M | New Zealand:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37448)
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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.See more »
Quotes:
Lily Penleric:Are you drunk?
Tom Bledsoe:I'm not drunk, I'm... celebrating.
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10 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
Lovely homage to Applachian song, plus great character work, 11 February 2001
Author: Jim Chevallier (jimcheval@aol.com) from North Hollywood, CA

Just saw this tonight as part of the Spirit Awards showings. A nice surprise, since I spend long hours listening to Alan Lomax's field recordings of mountaineers singing old ballads when I was at Bard College - and later parlayed that experience into a radio job, hosting a traditional music show.

That aspect alone should make anyone loves this music run to see the show. It's reproduced with great authority, and a lot of chestnuts which haven't been heard in Pop culture since Joan Baez are played much as they must have been when first heard: "Matty Groves", "Barbry Allen", "I Wish I Was Single Again", etc. The castng overall is superb - Janet McTeer is a unique and believable presence; Pat Carroll delightful as a mountain matriarch; Aiden Quinn his charming, virile self.

The plot is acceptable, if not 100% believable - several of the (discreet) sexual situations peppered throughout seem much colored by modern attitudes. Especially the reckless bit of carelessness which leads to one of the key catastrophes in the film. And these backwoods people are just a LITTLE too understanding on the issue involved.

On the other hand, several obvious threads veer into surprising directions - the ending being one of them. And the glimpse of Appalachian life will be a revelation to many.

Not to mention the music. Lots and lots of wonderful music. Including Emmy Lou Harris' (NOT Dolly Parton's) closing number over the credits.

Jim Chevallier North Hollywood, CA

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