Taking Woodstock

Produced in 2008

Film Information

Festival Edition 2009 - Edition 9

Section Opening Film

Director Ang Lee

Country USA

Duration 110 min

Language English

Category Opening & Closing Films 2009

Producer Ang Lee, Celia Costas, Tim Squyres

Screenplay James Schamus

Cast Jonathan Groff, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Imelda Staunton, Dan Fogler, Henry Goodman

Synopsis

Elliot helps his parents run their dilapidated motel. When he hears that a neighbouring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers, thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for the motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbour's farm and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and popular culture, forever.

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Taking Woodstock