Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

2009 · 120 min · EN · R · 6.2 (401 votes)
Dir. Ang Lee · Starring Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Eugene Levy, Emile Hirsch · Music Danny Elfman

A generation began in his backyard.

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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.

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A groovy, sun-drenched trip back to the 60s. It's a feel-good, slightly chaotic immersion into the spirit of Woodstock, capturing the era's idealism and communal energy with a warm, nostalgic glow.

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