Taking Woodstock
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December 15, 2009
- Synopsis
- Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee tells the story of the Greenwich Village interior designer who inadvertently helped to spark a cultural revolution by offering the organizers of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival boarding at his family's ......
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- Starring
- Demetri Martin, Dan Fogler, Imelda Staunton, Emile Hirsch, Eugene Levy
- Director(s)
- Ang Lee
- Distributor(s)
- Focus Features
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 120 min.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Taking Woodstock has the freshness of something being created, not remembered.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites
If you've ever wondered what it would be like to be there - to actually be there, man - this movie gets it.Read the full review
The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites
It's a low-wattage film about a high-wattage event. Which is somewhat disappointing, though you do get a thoughtful, playful, often amusing film about what happened backstage at one of the '60s' great happenings.Read the full review
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