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Taking Woodstock
“A generation began in his backyard.”
6.2 / 10• 2009• 2h 0m•R• English
MusicComedyDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Demetri Martin
Elliot Teichberg
Lead
Imelda Staunton
Sonia Teichberg
Henry Goodman
Jake Teichberg
Jonathan Groff
Michael Lang
Eugene Levy
Max Yasgur
Emile Hirsch
Billy
Dan Fogler
Devon
Liev Schreiber
Vilma
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ang Lee's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Taking Woodstock is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
