Songcatcher / Rigas Entertainment in association with the Independent Film Channel Productions presents an Ergo Arts production ; a film by Maggie Greenwald ; produced by Ellen Rigas Venetis, Richard Miller ; written and directed by Maggie Greenwald.

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"When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric ... is passed over for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. Here she discovers a wellspring of emotional tunes passed down from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who se...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Songcatcher (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Rigas Entertainment
Independent Film Channel
Ergo Arts
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Other Authors: Venetis, Ellen Rigas
Miller, Richard
Greenwald, Maggie
McTeer, Janet
Quinn, Aidan
Carroll, Pat, 1927-2022
Adams, Jane, 1965-
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Optional English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: [California] : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2003], ©2003.
Series:Lions Gate signature series.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Appalachian Region > Drama.
Appalachians (People) > Songs and music > Drama.
Musicologists > Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Songs and music
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Also issued on VHS.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric ... is passed over for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. Here she discovers a wellspring of emotional tunes passed down from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, she immerses herself in mountain life, falls in love with a local musician ... and is profoundly changed by the generosity, strength and freedom of the fiercely proud mountain people"--Container.
Note:Videodisc release of the Songcatcher Films motion picture c2000.
Special features: production commentary ; cast and crew interviews ; featurette ; extended scenes ; music-only track.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AN6 D0024833 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content and an intense scene of childbirth.
ISBN:1588177963
9781588177964
Credits:Director of photography, Enrique Chediak ; director of art, Molly Mikula ; editor, Keith Reamer ; music, David Mansfield.
System Details:DVD; widescreen with 1.78:1 aspect ratio for 16x9 tv's; Dolby digital 5.1.
Cast:
Janet McTeer (Lily Penleric), Aidan Quinn (Tom Bledsoe), Pat Carroll (Viney Butler), Jane Adams (Elna Penleric), Greg Russell Cook (Fate Honeycutt), Iris DeMent (Rose Gentry), Stephanie Roth Haberle (Alice Kincaid), David Patrick Kelly (Earl Giddens), E. Katherine Kerr (Harriet Tolliver), Taj Mahal (Dexter Speaks), Muse Watson (Parley Gentry), Emmy Rossum.
Additional Physical Form:
Also issued on VHS.