taking woodstock

Details will change as the release date approaches and more information becomes available. Taking Woodstock Directed by Ang Lee Produced by Ang Lee

James Schamus Written by James Schamus Starring Demetri Martin

Jonathan Groff

Eugene Levy

Emile Hirsch

Liev Schreiber

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Editing by Tim Squyres Distributed by Focus Features Release date(s) August 14, 2009 (limited) Country United States Language English Budget $35,000,000

Taking Woodstock is an upcoming comedy-drama film about the Woodstock Festival of 1969. It is directed by Ang Lee and written by James Schamus based on the autobiography Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte.[1] It is scheduled to be released on August 14, 2009. Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Marketing 5 See also 6 External links 7 References //

Plot

The film, based upon the book of the same name, follows the true life story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), an aspiring Greenwich Village interior designer whose parents owned a small motel in Upstate New York and at the time held the only musical festival permit in the entire town of Bethel, New York. Tiber offered both the motel and the permit to the Woodstock Festival's organizers.

The film also focuses on Tiber's life as a closeted gay man hiding his marijuana as well as sexual orientation from his family, and his self-discovery following the Stonewall Riots.

Cast Demetri Martin as Elliot Tiber, who volunteered his family's motel to be the home base for Woodstock concert organizers which would take place on a nearby farm[2] Imelda Staunton as Tiber's mother[2] Henry Goodman as Tiber's father[2] Liev Schreiber as a transvestite named Vilma[2] Jonathan Groff as Woodstock organizer Michael Lang[2] Emile Hirsch as a recently returned Vietnam vet[2] Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan as a hippie couple attending the concert[2] Jeffrey Dean Morgan as a closeted married man having an affair with Tiber[2] Eugene Levy as Max Yasgur, who owns the nearby farm[2] Mamie Gummer as Lang's assistant[2] Dan Fogler as a local theater troupe head[2] Kevin Chamberlin as a local banker foreclosing on Elliot's family's motel Damian Kulash as a long-haired folk singer[3] Kevin Sussman as Stan Stephen Kunken as Mel Lawrence

It will star two of the original Broadway cast members of Spring Awakening, Jonathan Groff and Skylar Astin. Also features actors from all over NY including Stuart Seidel, Jason Kile and Stefano Da Fre.

Production

Filming took place from August 18, 2008 to October 2008 in Columbia County, in Upstate New York, and New York City[1][4][5]

Marketing

A trailer aired March 25, 2009, during the seventh episode of Martin's series Important Things with Demetri Martin, on Comedy Central.

See also Woodstock Festival

External links Taking Woodstock at the Internet Movie Database Taking Woodstock at