Taking Woodstock

– The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the fame..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours
Release Year:
2009
Taking Woodstock (2009)

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.

Taking Woodstock (2009) - Trailer

Release Date:

28 Aug 2009

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Ang Lee

Writer:

James Schamus (screenplay), Elliot Tiber (book), Tom Monte (book)

Main Actors:

Henry Goodman, Edward Hibbert, Imelda Staunton, Demetri Martin

Plot:

A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.

Awards:

8 nominations.

Gross profit:

$7,366,736

Production:

Focus Features

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
48%
Metacritic:
55%