Taking Woodstock (2009)
"A generation began in his backyard."
Movie · 2009 · 2h · Released · Rated R · Music, Comedy, Drama
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.
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Cast
- Demetri Martin as Elliot Teichberg
- Imelda Staunton as Sonia Teichberg
- Henry Goodman as Jake Teichberg
- Jonathan Groff as Michael Lang
- Eugene Levy as Max Yasgur
- Emile Hirsch as Billy
- Dan Fogler as Devon
- Liev Schreiber as Vilma
- Mamie Gummer as Tisha
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Dan
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