Taking Woodstock

Resource Information

The work Taking Woodstock represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Taking Woodstock

Statement of responsibility

Focus Features presents an Ang Lee film ; produced by James Schamus, Ang Lee, Celia Costas ; screenplay by James Schamus ; directed by Ang Lee

Creator

• Taking Woodstock (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Costas, Celia
• Elfman, Danny
• Hirsch, Emile, 1985-
• Lee, Ang, 1954-
• Martin, Demetri
• Schamus, James, 1959-
• Schreiber, Liev
• Staunton, Imelda, 1953-
• Tiber, Elliot, 1935-
• Focus Features

Subject

• Comedy films
• Feature films
• Festivales de música -- Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) | Woodstock -- Teatro
• Fiction films
• Historical films
• Lang, Michael -- Drama
• Moteles -- Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) | Woodstock -- Teatro
• Musical films
• Rock music festivals -- New York (State) -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Woodstock Festival, 1969 -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Historical films
• Musical films
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Comedy films

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

In 1969, Elliot Tiber, an interior designer living in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel, The El Monaco. 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 business. Three weeks later half a million people are on their way to his neighbor's farm

Member of

• Focus Features spotlight series

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music, Danny Elfman ; editor, Tim Squires ; director of photography, Eris Gautier

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use and language

Language note

In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.T35 2009

PerformerNote

Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber

Runtime

121

Series statement

Spotlight series

Target audience

general

Technique

live action