Taking Woodstock
| Taking Woodstock | |
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| Directed by | Ang Lee |
| Screenplay by | James Schamus |
| Based on | Taking Woodstock by Elliot Tiber Tom Monte |
| Produced by | James Schamus Ang Lee Celia Costas |
| Starring | Demetri Martin Paul Dano Dan Fogler Henry Goodman Jonathan Groff Emile Hirsch Eugene Levy Jeffrey Dean Morgan Imelda Staunton Liev Schreiber |
| Cinematography | Eric Gautier |
| Edited by | Tim Squyres |
| Music by | Danny Elfman |
| Distributed by | Focus Features |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $10 million |
Taking Woodstock is a 2009 American historical musical comedy-drama film about the Woodstock Festival of 1969, directed by Ang Lee. The screenplay by James Schamus is based on the memoir Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte. The film premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and opened in New York and Los Angeles on August 26, 2009, before its wide theatrical release two days later. It received mixed reviews and was a box office failure.