It is 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a failing interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has moved back home to help his parents run their dilapidated motel. The bank is about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still deciding how to "come out" to his parents. .. Read more
| Starring | Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff |
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| Director | Ang Lee |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music/Musical |
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It is 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a failing interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has moved back home to help his parents run their dilapidated motel. The bank is about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still deciding how to "come out" to his parents.
When Elliot hears that a nearby town has withdrawn the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the organisers, thinking he could drum up some business for the motel. Three weeks later, half a million people turn up at his neighbour's farm and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever.
| Starring | Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Emile Hirsch, Eugene Levy, Dan Fogler, Adam LeFevre, Kevin Chamberlain, Kelli Garner, Paul Dano, Estelle Harris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Boris McGiver, Clark Middleton, Liev Schre, Liev Schreiber, Imelda Stau |
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| Director | Ang Lee |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 50 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 2009 To Rent: DVD: Unavailable for rental Blu-ray: Unavailable for rental To Buy: DVD: 06 Jun 2060 Blu-ray: 03 May 2010 |
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Lovely film
This film is very easy going and charming. There are some great characters and wonderful performances, mainly by Imelda Staunton who is just magnificent in this... read more »
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Easy Watch-Good performances
This is best described as an easy watch, with good performances especially from Staunton. The period detail was great, but if you are looking for a challenging ... read more »
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peace love and festivals
I just watched this film, it's fab, really a great film. Elliot returns home from New York to help his parents run their very dodgy motel which the bank is ... read more »
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disappointing
a big disappointment was the lack of any of the iconic music from the festival. This was a story very much (only) about the motel, farm and town where Woodstock... read more »
Yann Martel's bestselling novel The Life of Pi is set to be made into a film. According to reports, Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, famous for Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, is in talks to adapt the Booker Prize-winning novel. Earlier reports suggested that M Night Shyamalan had been set to write and direct the movie. Lee is currently working on Taking Woodstock, starring Emile Hirsch and Demetri Martin. The novel, which tells the story of a boy cast adrift on the ocean... Read more