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Taking Woodstock Details

2009 Certificate 15
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A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969. Read more

Starring Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff
Director Ang Lee
Genres Comedy, Music/Musical

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Taking Woodstock

A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.

Starring Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Emile Hirsch, Eugene Levy
Director Ang Lee
Studio Universal UK
Run time DVD: 1 hr 50 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Comedy, Music/Musical
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: unknown
Production year: 2009
Format DVD
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    Rated - 5 stars

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    Lee's kids urged him to take drugs

    • 29 Oct 2009

    Oscar-winning moviemaker Ang Lee was stunned when his kids told him to try drugs to make his new Taking Woodstock movie more authentic. The director's new film is based on the iconic 1969 Woodstock music festival in New York and features a psychedelic sequence with characters high on hallucinogenic LSD. Lee admits he has never taken drugs and was stunned when his sons, aged 25 and 19, suggested he try an acid trip - but he refused. He says, "I'm almost embarrassed to say I've never taken LSD... Read more

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