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Taking Woodstock

2009 · Movie · R · 120 min · ★ 6.2

MusicComedyDrama

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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Details
Years
2009
Release date
2009-08-26
Language
English
Rated
R
Runtime
120 min
TMDB rating
6.2/10 (476 votes)

Themes

  • based on novel or book
  • biography
  • woodstock, new york
  • music festival
  • dog tag
  • catskills
  • 1960s

Cast & crew

Directed by Ang Lee