Taking Woodstock (2009)

08/26/2009 (TW) • 2h

Music, Comedy, Drama

A generation began in his backyard.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Demetri Martin

Elliot Teichberg

Imelda Staunton

Sonia Teichberg

Henry Goodman

Jake Teichberg

Jonathan Groff

Michael Lang

Eugene Levy

Max Yasgur


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$30,000,000.00

Revenue

$9,975,737.00

Keywords

based on novel or book

biography

woodstock, new york

music festival

dog tag

catskills

1960s

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