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2009 · Taiwan, United States

Taking Woodstock

Tonight at a glance

Runtime
120 min
Age rating
R
Language
English
Country
Taiwan, United States

The story

The story of Elliot Tiber 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.

  • based on novel or book
  • biography
  • woodstock
  • new york
  • music festival
  • dog tag
  • catskills
  • 1960s

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Directed
Ang Lee

Production

Rating
6.2 / 10 · 485 ratings
Studio
Focus Features, Ang Lee Productions