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1 March 2001 (Australia) morePlot:
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist... more | add synopsisAwards:
5 wins & 5 nominations moreUser Comments:
Music is life........... more (72 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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.Parents Guide:
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109 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalFilming Locations:
Asheville, North Carolina, USAFun Stuff
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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. moreSoundtrack:
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Songcatcher is a fantastic film about understanding culture and people throughout the beauty of music and the poetry of songs. Every beat and word represents something that in many ways is so personally related to people's lives, history and emotions.
This is the lovely story of Dr. Lily Penleric (Janet McTeer) a preeminent teacher musician who impulsively decides to run to visit her sister at a struggling rural school in the Appalachia, right after being denied of an anticipated promotion where she teaches. Over there (in the mountains) she founds a new meaning to her life by finding love and discovering very culturally important Scott-Irish ballads that she might use to save her promotion.
The whole cast performances are awesome, especially Janet McTeer who comes back with another tremendous performance and Aidan Quinn who hasn't been this good so far.
Writer/director Maggie Greenwald gives us a very fresh and tender story that describes so well all characters, situations with the very real and touching concept of music.
Finally, but not the least, David Mansfield music is fantastic. He amazingly takes excellent care of every musical detail related to the lives of these beautiful characters.
Robinson Almanzar.