Taking Woodstock poster

Taking Woodstock

20092h 0mMusic · Comedy · Drama
directed by Ang Lee

“A generation began in his backyard.”

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Synopsis

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

Average shot length

5.8s per shot

Ang Lee's career average is 7.4s across 13 measured films —see the full picture.