# Taking Woodstock (2009)

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**Runtime**: 120 min
**Genres**: Music, Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Ang Lee
**Written by**: James Schamus
**Starring**: Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Eugene Levy, Emile Hirsch

> *A generation began in his backyard.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Only the rewrite, please: An accidental festival impresario helps half a million strangers crash his parents' motel, turning a local permit revocation into Woodstock. Elliot Tiber spends three weeks herding freaks, freaks he barely recognizes by the end. The real monument may be his dad’s newly painted sign.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cozy, tender

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