Songcatcher /

When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over, again, for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. While there, Lily, discovers a well spring of emotional "love songs" (ballads) that have been passed dow...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Songcatcher (Motion picture)
Main Author:	Mansfield, David, 1956- (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Rigas Entertainment, Independent Film Channel, Ergo Arts, Lions Gate Home Entertainment, Trimark Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Venetis, Ellen Rigas (Producer), Miller, Richard (Producer), Greenwald, Maggie (Director, Screenwriter), McTeer, Janet (Actor), Quinn, Aidan (Actor), Carroll, Pat, 1927- (Actor), Adams, Jane, 1965- (Actor), Cook, Greg Russell (Actor), DeMent, Iris (Actor), Haberle, Stephanie Roth, 1963-, Kelly, David Patrick, Kerr, E. Katherine (Actor), Taj Mahal (Musician) (Actor), Watson, Muse, 1948-, Rossum, Emmy, 1986- (Actor), Chediak, Enrique (Cinematographer), Mikula, Molly (Artistic director), Reamer, Keith (Film editor), Maimone, Kasia Walicka (Costume designer), Tougas, Ginger (Set designer)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[United States] : Lions Gate Home Entertainment : [2001]
Subjects:	Appalachian Region > Drama. Appalachians (People) > Songs and music > Drama. Musicologists > Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Summary:	When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over, again, for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. While there, Lily, discovers a well spring of emotional "love songs" (ballads) that have been passed down through generations from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who have settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, and the recording of them as well, she is profoundly changed by the generosity, strength and freedom of the fiercely proud mountain people.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. Also issued on VHS.
Format:	DVD.
Audience:	MPAA rating: PG-13.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Enrique Chediak ; art director, Molly Mikula ; editor, Keith Reamer ; original music, David Mansfield ; costume designer, Kasia Walicka Maimone ; production designer, Ginger Tougas.
ISBN:	9781588173058 1588173054