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17-12-2009, 06:54 AM
Rented this last night, it was pretty good. Obviously not everyone's cup of tea but it's a pretty good story about how Woodstock came about and a look at the life of the guy who made it a reality after it was shut down the first time. The synopsis says it's a comedy...but don't let the fact that demetri martin is in it let them fool you...it's not really a comedy although there are a couple of funny parts in it.
synopsis:
A generation began in his backyard. From Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), comes Taking Woodstock, a new comedy inspired by the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was.
Its 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 banks about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasnt 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 neighbors farm in White Lake, NY, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever.
Love, Peace, and Hair Grease...experimentation was king in the 60's! (or at least is my understanding from movies ;)) haha I'm no hippy, but the music of woodstock is incredible...this is coming from a guy who's fav bands include Cradle of Filth and Pantera!!!!
synopsis:
A generation began in his backyard. From Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), comes Taking Woodstock, a new comedy inspired by the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was.
Its 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 banks about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasnt 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 neighbors farm in White Lake, NY, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever.
Love, Peace, and Hair Grease...experimentation was king in the 60's! (or at least is my understanding from movies ;)) haha I'm no hippy, but the music of woodstock is incredible...this is coming from a guy who's fav bands include Cradle of Filth and Pantera!!!!