A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 1, 2001
Original Title:
Songcatcher
Genres:
Drama | Music
Production Companies:
ErgoArts
Rigas Entertainment
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG-13
Runtime: 109
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.
Art Direction:
Molly Mikula
Associate Producer:
Elizabeth Finkelstein
Patrick Allen
Lisa Vandever
Casting:
Ellen Parks
Tracy Kilpatrick
Vivian Hasbrouk
Co-Producer:
Wendy Sax
Jennifer Roth
Costume Design:
Kasia Walicka Maimone
Director:
Maggie Greenwald
Director of Photography:
Enrique Chediak
Editor:
Keith Reamer
Executive Producer:
Jonathan Sehring
Caroline Kaplan
Original Music Composer:
David Mansfield
Producer:
Richard Miller
Ellen Rigas-Venetis
Production Design:
Ginger Tougas
Set Decoration:
Marthe Pineau
Vocal Coach:
Sheila K. Adams
Writer:
Maggie Greenwald
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