Taking Woodstock /

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, Ell...

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Uniform Title:Taking Woodstock (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Focus Features, Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Schamus, James, 1959-, Lee, Ang, 1954-, Costas, Celia, Martin, Demetri, Staunton, Imelda, 1956-, Hirsch, Emile, 1985-, Schreiber, Liev, Elfman, Danny, Tiber, Elliot, 1935-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language Notes:In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. Closed-captioned.
Published: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009]
Series:Focus Features spotlight series.
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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.
Item Description:Based on the book by Elliot Tiber with Tom Monte.
Special features: deleted scenes; feature commentary with director Ang Lee and James Schamus; "Peace, love and cinema" featurette.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use and language.
Production Credits:Music, Danny Elfman ; editor, Tim Squires ; director of photography, Eris Gautier.