---
title: 'Songcatcher (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Maggie Greenwald'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 109
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/songcatcher-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210299/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Songcatcher (2000)

2000 · 109 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Songcatcher is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Maggie Greenwald. It is about a musicologist researching and collecting Appalachian folk music in the mountains of western North Carolina. Although Songcatcher is a fictional film, it is loosely based on the work of Olive Dame Campbell, founder of the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina, and that of the English folk song collector Cecil Sharp, portrayed at the end of the film as professor Cyrus Whittle. The film grossed $3 million in limited theatrical release in the United States, which was generally considered as a respectable result for an arthouse film release in 2001.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Maggie Greenwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/maggie-greenwald)
- **Screenplay:** [Maggie Greenwald](https://cinepixo.com/people/maggie-greenwald)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Mansfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-mansfield)
- **Director of Photography:** [Enrique Chediak](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrique-chediak)

## Cast

- [Jane Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-adams)
- [Emmy Rossum](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmy-rossum)
- [Janet McTeer](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-mcteer)
- [Pat Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-carroll)
- [Aidan Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/aidan-quinn)
- [Rhoda Griffis](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhoda-griffis)

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