Taking Woodstock (2009) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	August 28, 2009 (Limited)
On DVD:	December 15, 2009
Genre:	Drama
Director:	Ang Lee
Writer:	James Schamus
Cast:	Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer, Eugene Levy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Liev Schreiber
Studio:	Focus Features
Official site:	takingwoodstockthemovie.com
Running Time:	110 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use and language

"Taking Woodstock," the new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee, is a 1969-set true story about a man, Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Mr. Tiber found himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever. Based on the book by Mr. Tiber with Tom Monte, the screenplay adaptation...

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If there's one director who doesn't stick to a single style or genre, it is Ang Lee. The director has achieved "acclaimed" status for his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain, but he also done everything from superhero adaptations (the much reviled Hulk), Jane Austen (Sense & Sensibility) and political dramas (Lust, Caution). So, it was only fitting that the Taiwanese director take on something near and dear to his heart: Woodstock.

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