Movies and TvShows featuring "musicologist" theme.

What's Up, Doc? is a hilarious screwball romantic-comedy set in San Francisco. Chaos ensues when several identical bags get mixed up, leading to mistaken identities, car chases, and comedic chaos. A bumbling college student and a musicologist find themselves caught up in a wild chase for a mysterious bag that contains valuable jewels. With slapstick comedy, clever wordplay, and madcap antics, What's Up, Doc? is an entertaining and zany ride.

In Songcatcher, a musicologist from a university in North Carolina travels to the Appalachian Mountains to collect and preserve traditional folk songs. Along the way, she discovers a community full of talented musicians and becomes entangled in a love triangle. The film explores themes of tradition, betrayal, and the power of music.

Henry Kesdi is a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust. He is coaxed out from retirement by an inspired musicologist, Stefan, who convinces him to compose a complex symphony on his neglected piano. As a help Kesdi gets his new musical secretary. His loyal wife reluctantly accepts her as his young lover.

Wes and Nancy are a married academics couple. One day they host Nancy's long-ago lover Matt and his current sexy girlfriend Kim. Matt is a musician and Kim is a computer specialist who helped Matt to make some discovery in his science. Wes suspects Kim of stealing 50 dollars from him and that starts tension, intrigues, mistrust.

After the tragic loss of his son, a man returns to his small town seeking redemption. Along the way, he encounters a series of events involving crime, a car chase, and a psychic. Through these experiences, he grapples with guilt, grief, and the complexities of his past.

Japanese Yann Dedet's Land of the Singing Dog concerns a musicologist, Toyo Mahiru (Gen Shimaoka), and his wife, Yoshiko (Katsuo Nakamura), who travel to a remote French village because Toyo has heard there is a citizen of the village that owns a singing dog. As the childless pair humorously adjust to their new surroundings, they soon spend more time concentrating on conceiving than in searching for the talented canine. The subdued, reflective Land of the Singing Dog was screened as part of the Director's Fortnight at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.