Taking Woodstock (R)

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synopsis

It's 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a down-on-his-luck interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel, The El Monaco. The bank's about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still figuring how to come out to his parents. 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 the motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor's farm in White Lake, N.Y., and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever. The film features a standout ensemble cast and songs from a score of '60s musical icons, including The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane and Country Joe and the Fish -- plus a new recording of "Freedom" from Richie Havens.

details

Comedy, Musical
1 hr. 50 min.
Opened August 26th, 2009

MovieGoer Review

WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

It's 1969 and Elliot Teichberg is back in his hometown of White Lake, New York, struggling in earnest to keep his parents' dilapidated getaway motel in business. Elliot is a fey, sensitive soul who longs to run ... MORE

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synopsis

It's 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a down-on-his-luck interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel, The El Monaco. The bank's about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still figuring how to come out to his parents. 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 the motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor's farm in White Lake, N.Y., and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever. The film features a standout ensemble cast and songs from a score of '60s musical icons, including The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane and Country Joe and the Fish -- plus a new recording of "Freedom" from Richie Havens.

details

Comedy, Musical
1 hr. 50 min.
Opened August 26th, 2009

MovieGoer Review

WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

It's 1969 and Elliot Teichberg is back in his hometown of White Lake, New York, struggling in earnest to keep his parents' dilapidated getaway motel in business. Elliot is a fey, sensitive soul who longs to run ... MORE