| Taking Woodstock | |
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| Directed by | Ang Lee |
| Screenplay by | James Schamus |
| Based on | Taking Woodstock by Elliot Tiber Tom Monte |
| Produced by | James Schamus Ang Lee Celia Costas |
| Starring | Demetri Martin Paul Dano Dan Fogler Henry Goodman Jonathan Groff Emile Hirsch Eugene Levy Jeffrey Dean Morgan Imelda Staunton Liev Schreiber |
| Cinematography | Eric Gautier |
| Edited by | Tim Squyres |
| Music by | Danny Elfman |
| Distributed by | Focus Features |
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Running time | 120 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million[2] |
| Box office | $10 million[2] |
Taking Woodstock is a 2009 American historical musical comedy-drama film about the Woodstock Festival of 1969, directed by Ang Lee. The screenplay by James Schamus is based on the memoir Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte.[3]
The film premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival,[4] and opened in New York and Los Angeles on August 26, 2009, before its wide theatrical release two days later. It received mixed reviews and was a box office failure.
- ^ "TAKING WOODSTOCK (15)". British Board of Film Classification. August 12, 2009. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Taking Woodstock". festival-Cannes.com. Retrieved May 9, 2009.