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Synopsis: 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 - not only by the rugged purity of the music, but also by the raw courage and endurance of the local people as they carve out meaningful lives against the harshest conditions. It is not, however, until she meets Tom - a handsome, hardened war veteran and talented musician - that she's forced to examine her motivations. Is the "Songcatcher," as Tom insists, no better than the men who exploit the people and extort their l
Genre: Drama, Music
Director(s): Maggie Greenwald
Production: Lions Gate
  5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
74%
PG-13
Year:
2000
109 min
$1,634,064
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were a-bloomin' (music)

(music) Sweet William

on his deathbed lay (music)

(music) For the love

of Barbry Allen (music)

(music) He sent his servant

to the town (music)

(music) He sent him

to her dwelling (music)

(music) Sayin', "Master's sick (music)

(music) and very sick (music)

(music) And for your sake

he's a-dyin'." (music)

Deladis, where did you

learn that song?

My granny gave it to me.

Was your grandmother

from England?

You mean, across the ocean?

No, no.

Granny lived and died

right here in the mountains.

Lily:
Then where

did she learn it?

Granny said she got

all those love songs

from her mama.

Do you know

any more ballads?

love songs.

Oh. I know lots of them.

I know "Lord Randall,"

uh... uh...

"Jacqueline Is Sailing,"

"Two Sisters."

I know "Young Emily."

Would you sing

"Two Sisters," please?

Harriet:
It's all right, dear.

(music) O sister, o sister

come go with me... (music)

Lily... I told you

never to call me here.

I'm calling

as a colleague, Wallace.

- Where are you?

- The southern mountains.

What on earth are you doing

in such a dreadful place?

Lily:
Never mind that.

I'm telephoning because I made

a great discovery.

Old English ballads.

What are you talking about?

Lily:
The mountain people

brought the ballads here

over 200 years ago.

The same songs

that Cyrus Whittle

has been collecting

in England,

songs which haven't been known

there for at least 100 years!

- What of it, Lily?

- Woman:
Wally?

I want you to come home.

Don't you understand?

These may be the purest

versions in existence.

- That's ridiculous.

- It's true!

And I am going to be

the first to collect them

and to publish them.

Nothing I could have said

or done

would have s e cured

that appointment for you.

Nothing you do now

will, either.

Will you help me,

or not?

I have always

belie v ed in you, Lily.

Lily:
Good.

I need supplies.

The collecting must be done

scientifically.

Now, nice and loud.

(music) A holiday, O holy day (music)

(music) The first day of they ear (music)

(music) Little Matthy Groves

to church to goes (music)

(music) Some holy words to hear (music)

(music) Here some holy words

to hear (music)

(play back) (music) He spied some women

dressed in black (music)

(music) As they came into view (music)

(music) Lord Daniel's wife

was gaily clad (music)

(music) The flower of the few (music)

(music) Here the flower

of the few (music)

(music) She stepped up

to Little Matthy Groves (music)

(music) Her eyes cast

on the ground... (music)

Deladis:
(music) Come all y e fair

and tender ladies (music)

(music) Be careful

how you court young men (music)

- (music) They're like... (music)

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Maggie Greenwald

Maggie Greenwald (born June 23, 1955 in Queens, New York) is an American filmmaker.Most recognized as an independent writer and director, Greenwald’s most notable films include Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016), starring an ensemble cast that included Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson, Lorraine Toussaint and Diane Ladd, Songcatcher (2000) starring Aidan Quinn and Janet McTeer and introducing Emmy Rossum, and The Ballad of Little Jo (1993), starring Suzy Amis and Ian McKellan. She also directed an adaptation of Jim Thompson's The Kill-Off featuring an ensemble cast that included Cathy Haase and the film debut of Jorja Fox. more…

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