Taking Woodstock (2009) [R]

Release Date:
August 26, 2009

Original Title:
Taking Woodstock

Alternate Titles:
Aconteceu em Woodstock
Destino: Woodstock
Hôtel Woodstock
胡士托風波
테이킹 우드스탁

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Music

Production Companies:
Ang Lee Productions
Focus Features
Taking Woodstock

Production Countries:
Taiwan | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BE: 16  CA: 18A  CH: 16  DE: 6  FR: U  GB: 15  IE: 16  KR: 18  PL: 16  PT: M/16  US: R 

Runtime: 120

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.

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Art Direction:
Peter Rogness

Casting:
Avy Kaufman

Costume Design:
Joseph G. Aulisi

Costume Supervisor:
David Davenport
Kevin Draves

Dialogue Editor:
Philip Stockton

Director:
Ang Lee

Director of Photography:
Éric Gautier

Editor:
Tim Squyres

Executive Producer:
Celia D. Costas
Michael Hausman

Music Editor:
E. Gedney Webb

Novel:
Elliot Tiber
Tom Monte

Original Music Composer:
Danny Elfman

Producer:
David Sauers
David Lee
Ang Lee
James Schamus
Patrick Cupo

Production Design:
David Gropman

Production Supervisor:
Deb Dyer

Screenplay:
James Schamus

Script Supervisor:
Mary Cybulski

Set Decoration:
Ellen Christiansen

Sound Effects Editor:
Wyatt Sprague

Sound Mixer:
Drew Kunin

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Reilly Steele
Eugene Gearty

Special Effects Coordinator:
Steven Kirshoff

Still Photographer:
Ken Regan

Supervising Sound Editor:
Eugene Gearty
Philip Stockton

Transportation Captain:
James P. Whalen

Unit Publicist:
James Ferrera

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