Taking Woodstock

2009·120'

Ang Lee

ComedyDramaMusic

★ 6.2

Letterboxd TMDB #26320

A generation began in his backyard.

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.

Cast

Demetri Martin Elliot Teichberg

Imelda Staunton Sonia Teichberg

Henry Goodman Jake Teichberg

Jonathan Groff Michael Lang

Eugene Levy Max Yasgur

Emile Hirsch Billy

Dan Fogler Devon

Liev Schreiber Vilma

Mamie Gummer Tisha

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Dan

Adam Pally Artie Kornfeld

Kevin Sussman Stan