| Edition |
Widescreen ver. |
| Description |
1 DVD (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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Dolby digital 5.1 |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. |
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Special features: production commentary; trailer; featurette; music only track; extended scenes. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Enrique Chediak ; art director, Molly Mikula ; editor, Keith Reamer ; original music, David Mansfield ; costume designer, Kasia Walicka Maimone ; production designer, Giner Tongas. |
| Cast |
Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Pat Carroll, Jane Adams, Greg Russell Cook, Iris DeMent, Stephanie Roth Haberle, David Patrick Kelly, E. Katherine Kerr, Taj Mahal, Emmy Rossum. |
| 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. |
| System Details |
DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1 stereo. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
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English soundtrack with English, French and Spanish subtitles. |
| Subject |
Musicologists -- Drama.
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Musicologists. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Feature films.
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Feature films. |
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Appalachians (People) -- Songs and music -- Drama.
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Appalachians (People) |
| Genre/Form |
Songs and music.
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| Subject |
Appalachian Region -- Drama.
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Appalachian Region. |
| Genre/Form |
Melodrama.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Music.
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Music.
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| Added Author |
Venetis, Ellen Rigas.
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Miller, Richard.
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Greenwald, Maggie.
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McTeer, Janet.
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Quinn, Aidan.
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Carroll, Pat, 1927-2022.
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Adams, Jane, 1965-
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Cook, Greg Russell.
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DeMent, Iris.
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Haberle, Stephanie Roth, 1963-
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Kelly, David Patrick.
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Kerr, E. Katherine.
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Taj Mahal (Musician)
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Rossum, Emmy, 1986-
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Rigas Entertainment.
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Independent Film Channel.
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Ergo Arts.
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| Added Title |
Songcatcher (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001040807
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Song catcher |
| ISBN |
1588173054 |
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9781588173058 |
| Standard No. |
031398754329 |
| Music No. |
VM7543D Lions Gate Home Entertainment |
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