Songcatcher

Theatrical Release Date: 2001 06 15 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 031398834427

Studio: Lions Gate

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Mild Violence, Adult Situations]

Summary: Janet McTeer follows up her Oscar-nominated performance in Tumbleweeds (1999) with this period drama set during the 1910s. Dr. Lily Penleric (McTeer), an uptight musicologist, is furious after getting denied tenure again at an elite all-male East Coast university. She promptly quits out of protest, and having nowhere else to go, she joins her sister in a remote mountain school. Her high-minded, refined ways quickly clash with the locals, yet her academic interests are peaked when she realizes that this bucolic mountain culture is thoroughly infused with music that harkens back to traditional English and Scottish folk ballads. After retrieving some tools, including a primitive recording device, from the East Coast, she sets out collecting songs. The locals react with a mixture of amusement, bafflement, and suspicion. Meanwhile, a mining company is strong-arming the impoverished residences into selling their coal-rich land for a pittance. Lily soon realizes that the culture she's seeking to preserve is quickly being torn asunder. Aidan Quinn and David Patrick Kelly also appear in this film, which was screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Performance – Sundance Film Festival Best Supporting Actress – Independent Spirit Awards Best Debut Performance – Independent Spirit Awards

Features: Production commentary
Cast and crew interviews
Featurette
Extended scenes
Music-only track
16 x 9 widescreen with aspect ratio 1.78:1
English, French, and Spanish subtitles
5.1 Dolby Digital

Songcatcher

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 06/03/2003

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 109 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Unanimous Vote [5:13]
2. 5 Mountain Miles [3:49]
3. Twas Month of May [2:58]
4. Lilly's Song Collection [5:31]
5. Ivina Butler [6:08]
6. Meeting Tom [3:12]
7. Tom Plays Banjo [4:22]
8. Eleanor and Harriet [3:32]
9. Earl Giddons [2:28]
10. Pushing the Baby Out [6:59]
11. Going to See Rose [4:04]
12. Deal is Done [5:00]
13. Dance Brawl [9:12]
14. Oh Death, Oh Death [6:40]
15. The Black Panther Run [3:22]
16. Reese Comes Home [3:58]
17. The Picnic [4:00]
18. Urgent Letter [3:37]
19. The Fire [4:45]
20. Condemned Sinners [4:26]
21. When the Mountain Cry [3:19]
22. Come With Me [4:23]
23. Going Down the Mountain [2:49]
24. Credits [4:43]

Cast and Crew: Rhoda Griffis  Actor 
Hazel Dickens  Actor 
Emmy Rossum  Actor 
Maggie Greenwald  Director 
Maggie Greenwald  Screenwriter 
David Mansfield  Composer (Music Score) 
Richard Miller  Producer 
Caroline Kaplan  Executive Producer 
Jonathan Sehring  Executive Producer 
Janet McTeer  Actor 
Aidan Quinn  Actor 
Pat Carroll  Actor 
Jane Adams  Actor 
Gregory Cook  Actor 
Iris DeMent  Actor 
Stephanie Roth  Actor 
David Patrick Kelly  Actor 
E. Katherine Kerr  Actor 
Taj Mahal  Actor 
Muse Watson  Actor 

Country: USA