Taking Woodstock Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

The new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee. A 1969-set true story about a man, Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Working as an interior designer in Greenwich Village during culturally and politically exciting times, Mr. Tiber felt empowered by the gay rights movement. But he was also still staked to the family business – a Catskills motel. Upon hearing that a planned concert had lost its permit from the neighboring town of Wallkill, NY, Mr. Tiber called producer Michael Lang (Jonathan Groff) at Woodstock Ventures to offer his motel. Soon the Woodstock staff was moving into the El Monaco; half a million people were on their way to Mr. Tiber’s neighbor’s Max Yasgur’s (Eugene Levy) farm in White Lake, NY; and Mr. Tiber found himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever.

Comedy Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Taking Woodstock.

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  Demetri Martin

  In a World…, Contagion

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  Emile Hirsch

  The Comeback Trail, Inside Man

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  Eugene Levy

  Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection, Bringing Down the House 2

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  Imelda Staunton

  Paddington in Peru, Maleficent

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  Jonathan Groff

  A Nice Indian Boy, Frozen 2

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  Henry Goodman

  Sundown, Finding Altamira

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  Liev Schreiber

  Caught Stealing, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Crew Behind the Film

The Taking Woodstock behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Ang Lee last directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Gemini Man. The film's writer James Schamus last wrote The King's Daughter and Indignation.

Director

Ang Lee

Screenwriter

James Schamus

Production Details

What we know about the Taking Woodstock movie production.

Key Facts

• The Focus Features project is based on Elliot Tiber's memoir, which is being adapted by James Schamus.

Production Updates for Taking Woodstock

Mar 2009

Completed

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