Taking Woodstock

Comedy, Drama, History, Music · 2009R

A generation began in his backyard…From Academy Award®-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) comes Taking Woodstock, the comedy inspired by the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents' run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life–and American culture–forever.

Starring

Demetri Martin, Avy Kaufman, Imelda Staunton, Danny Elfman, Ang Lee, Henry Goodman, Ang Lee, Liev Schreiber, Jonathan Groff, James Schamus

Director

Ang Lee