Taking Woodstock (2009)

Taking Woodstock | United States of America

Taking Woodstock is the new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee - and it’s a trip! Based on the memoirs of Elliot Tiber, the comedy stars Demetri Martin as Elliot, who inadvertently played a role in making 1969’s Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Featuring a standout ensemble cast, and songs from a score of ’60s musical icons Taking Woodstock is a joyous voyage to a moment in time when everything seemed possible. Working as an interior designer in Greenwich Village, Elliot is still staked to the family business - a dumpy Catskills motel called the El Monaco that is being run into the ground by his overbearing parents. In the summer of 1969, Elliot has to move back upstate to the El Monaco in order to help save the motel from being taken over by the bank. Upon hearing that a planned music and arts festival has lost its permit from the neighboring town of Wallkill, NY, Elliot calls producer Michael Lang (Jonathan Groff) at Woodstock Ventures to offer his family’s motel to the promoters and generate some much-needed business. Elliot also introduces Lang to his neighbor Max Yasgur (Eugene Levy), who operates a 600-acre dairy farm down the road. Soon the Woodstock staff is moving into the El Monaco - and half a million people are on their way to Yasgur’s farm for “3 days of Peace & Music in White Lake.” With a little help from his friends and with a little opposition from townspeople Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life - and popular culture - forever. Cast: Demetri Martin, Dan Fogler, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Eugene Levy, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber Directed by Ang Lee Script: James Schamus, Elliot Tiber, Tom Monte Producer: Ang Lee, James Schamus

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Director

Ang Lee

Writers

James Schamus

Stars

Demetri Martin
Elliot Teichberg

Imelda Staunton
Sonia Teichberg

Henry Goodman
Jake Teichberg

Liev Schreiber
Wilma

Jonathan Groff
Michael Lang

Eugene Levy
Max Yasgur

Emile Hirsch
Billy

Paul Dano
VW Guy

Kelli Garner
VW Girl

Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Dan

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Keywords

independent film, music festival, catskills, dog tags

Production

Focus Features

Actor

Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Liev Schreiber, Jonathan Groff, Eugene Levy, Emile Hirsch, Paul Dano, Kelli Garner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Adam Pally, Mamie Gummer, Dan Fogler, Skylar Astin, Richard Thomas, Kevin Chamberlin, Edward Hibbert, Lee Wong, Katherine Waterston, Anthoula Katsimatides, Clark Middleton, Bette Henritze, Sondra James, Christina Kirk, Daniel Eric Gold, Josh Safdie

Creators

Ang Lee (Director), Elliot Tiber (Novel), Tom Monte (Novel), James Schamus (Screenplay), Ang Lee (Producer), James Schamus (Producer), Patrick Cupo (Producer), David Lee (Producer), David Sauers (Producer), Celia D. Costas (Executive Producer), Michael Hausman (Executive Producer), Danny Elfman (Original Music Composer), Eric Gautier (Director of Photography), Tim Squyres (Editor), Avy Kaufman (Casting), David Gropman (Production Design), Mary Cybulski (Script Supervisor), James Ferrera (Unit Publicist), David Davenport (Costume Supervisor), Kevin Draves (Costume Supervisor), Joseph G. Aulisi (Costume Design), Ellen Christiansen (Set Decoration), Peter Rogness (Art Direction), Ken Regan (Still Photographer), E. Gedney Webb (Music Editor), Drew Kunin (Sound mixer), Steven Kirshoff (Special Effects Coordinator), Eugene Gearty (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Eugene Gearty (Supervising Sound Editor), Reilly Steele (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Philip Stockton (Supervising Sound Editor), Philip Stockton (Dialogue Editor), Wyatt Sprague (Sound Effects Editor)

Alternative titles

Aconteceu em Woodstock (PT)
Aconteceu em Woodstock (BR)
Hôtel Woodstock (FR)
胡士托風波 (TW)
Destino: Woodstock (ES)
테이킹 우드스탁 (KR)

Release dates

29.07.2010 (KR)
09.10.2009 (IT)
03.09.2009 (DE)
23.09.2009 (FR)
05.11.2009 (US)