Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

120 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Aug. 26, 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

120 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Aug. 26, 2009

Taking Woodstock
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Focus Features, Haishang Films, Taking Woodstock
Original title Taking Woodstock
Directors Mary Cybulski, Ang Lee
Writers Tom Monte, Elliot Tiber, James Schamus

Cast

Demetri Martin

as Elliot Teichberg

Imelda Staunton

as Sonia Teichberg

Henry Goodman

as Jake Teichberg

Liev Schreiber

as Wilma

Jonathan Groff

as Michael Lang

Eugene Levy

as Max Yasgur

Emile Hirsch

as Billy

Paul Dano

as VW Guy

Kelli Garner

as VW Girl

Adam Pally

as Artie Kornfeld

Mamie Gummer

as Tisha

Dan Fogler

as Devon

Skylar Astin

as John Roberts

Kevin Chamberlin

as Jackson Spiers

Edward Hibbert

as British Gentleman

Lee Wong

as George the Doorman

Clark Middleton

as Frank

Bette Henritze

as Annie

Sondra James

as Margaret

Christina Kirk

as Carol

Daniel Eric Gold

as Joel Rosenman

Josh Safdie

as Documentary Cameraman

Kevin Sussman

as Stan

Caitlin FitzGerald

as Young Woman

David Lavine

as Journalist