Songcatcher

Name: Songcatcher
Director: Maggie Greenwald
Released: 2001
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Janet McTeer, Michael Harding, Michael Davis, Michael Goodwin, Gregory Russell Cook

2001 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 3,760 VOTES · DIR. Maggie Greenwald

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,542 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:28 (woman singing) (music) All in the merry month of May (music)

00:04:43 I've arranged the family's whole summer

00:09:13 It's very hot.

00:13:02 would have s e cured that appointment for you.

00:18:00 You see, Deladis sings, "For The Most Part"

00:21:27 I've been writing them down since I came to live here.

00:25:09 Nobody's gonna publish my granny's songs.

00:28:34 Do you play music, Doctor

00:33:29 (sighing)

00:37:27 This place is nothing but a burden for Tom, Viney.

00:41:41 Reese, where in hell have you been?

00:46:18 - How lovely. - Yes, I am.

00:50:07 is to get the hell off this mountain

00:54:43 to help make for advancement.

01:01:54 (scoffing)

01:06:50 I'm not grateful for your vain gallantry, Mr. Bledsoe.

01:11:58 Why aren't you?

01:15:54 Reese belongs here with me.

01:19:24 We'll leave you two to your music lesson.

01:25:36 Elna: Harriet, no! Run!

01:34:17 (music) Mama's weeping (music)

01:39:06 Well...

01:43:01 It isn't.

01:48:29 (music) The Rose wrapped 'round the briar. (music)

Cast & Characters

Janet McTeer Lily Penleric Michael Harding Reese Kincaid Michael Davis Dean Arthur Pembroke Michael Goodwin Professor Wallace Aldrich Gregory Russell Cook Fate Honeycutt Jane Adams Elna Penleric E. Katherine Kerr Harriet Tolliver Emmy Rossum Deladis Slocumb Pat Carroll Viney Butler Stephanie Roth Haberle Alice Kincaid

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,542

Dialogue density14.1 lines / min

First line00:00:28

Final line01:48:29

Production Record

DirectorMaggie Greenwald

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes3,760