Songcatcher
6.054
109 minutes
3/1/2001
Overview
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.
Cast List
Janet McTeer
as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD
Michael Goodwin
as Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD
Gregory Russell Cook
as Fate Honeycutt
Jane Adams
as Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric
E. Katherine Kerr
as Harriet Tolliver
Emmy Rossum
as Deladis Slocumb
Pat Carroll
as Viney Butler
Stephanie Roth Haberle
as Alice Kincaid
Aidan Quinn
as Tom Bledsoe
Bart Hansard
as Hilliard
Erin Blake Clanton
as Polly
David Patrick Kelly
as Earl Giddens
Kristin Hall
as Isabel
Michael Harding
as Reese Kincaid
Taj Mahal
as Dexter Speaks
Iris DeMent
as Rose Gentry
Rhoda Griffis
as Clementine McFarland
Michael Davis
as Dean Arthur Pembroke
Steve Boles
as Ambrose McFarland
Taylor Hayes
as Reverend Merriweather
Josh Goforth
as Will
Don Pedi
as Barn Band - Dulcimer
Sheila Kay Adams
as Barn Band - Banjo
Bobby McMillon
as Singer at Barn Dance
Hazel Dickens
as Singer at Barn Dance
Andrea Powell
as Josie Moore
Danny Nelson
as Uncle Cratis
David Ducey
as Postman Johnson
Steven Sutherlan
as Cyrus Whittle