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Taking Woodstock

Focus Features | Release Date: August 26, 2009

Summary: Working as an interior designer in Greenwich Village, Elliot feels empowered by the gay rights movement. But he is also still staked to the family business - a dumpy Catskills motel called the El Monaco that is being run into the ground by his overbearing parents, Jake and Sonia Teichberg. In the summer of 1969, Elliot has to move back upstate to the El Monaco in order to help save the motel from being taken over by the bank. Upon hearing that a planned music and arts festival has lost its permit from the neighboring town of Wallkill, NY, Elliot calls producer Michael Lang at Woodstock Ventures to offer his family's motel to the promoters and generate some much-needed business. Soon the Woodstock staff is moving into the El Monaco - and half a million people are on their way to Yasgur's farm for "3 days of Peace & Music in White Lake." (Focus Features)

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Runtime:	120 min
Rating:	Rated R for graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use and language.
Production:	Focus Features
Genres:	Drama, Comedy, Music
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Home Release Date:	Dec 15, 2009

Director	Credit
Ang Lee	Director

Writer	Credit
Elliot Tiber	Book
James Schamus	Screenplay
Tom Monte	Book

Principal Cast	Credit
Demetri Martin	Elliot Teichberg

Cast	Credit
Adam LeFevre	Dave
Bette Henritze	Annie
Christina Kirk	Carol
Clark Middleton	Frank
Edward Hibbert	British Gentleman
Emile Hirsch	Billy
Gail Martino	Town Clerk
Henry Goodman	Jake Teichberg
Imelda Staunton	Sonia Teichberg
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	Dan
Kelli Garner	VW Girl
Lee Wong	George The Doorman
Paul Dano	VW Guy
Sondra James	Margaret

Producer	Credit
Ang Lee	Producer
Celia D. Costas	Executive Producer
David Sauers	Associate Producer
James Schamus	Producer
Patrick Cupo	Associate Producer