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Taking Woodstock

A Generation Began In His Backyard.

Based on a true story, this is the tale of how a young gay Jewish man was instrumental in making the famous Woodstock rock festival a reality. He was helping out his immigrant parents at their run-down hotel, when he heard that a neighbouring town had turned down the Woodstock promoters. He offered his town as host instead, and the rest is history. Be prepared for some really quirky characters, and plenty of nudity and drugs.

122 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Nudity, Drug abuse)
Comedy, Drama, Musical, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Demitri Martin, Paul Dano, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Liev Schreiber, Eugene Levy

Director

Ang Lee

Screenplay

James Schamus

Music

Danny Elfman

Cinematography

Eric Gautier

Editing

TIm Squyres

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Focus Features

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Comedy, drama
Language	Strong
Nudity	Frequent, strong
Sex	Mild
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Mild
Drug abuse	Strong
Comments	Explicit drug usage somewhat glamourised and normalised.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

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Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Andersons Atypically ambling, only intermittently involving and hampered by a kind of smiley-faced slackness that, to be fair to Lee, probably goes with the mud-strewn territory.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs The film is easy enough to watch, but it never really amounts to anything, which is something of a shame considering the cultural significance of the big music event that's always just around the corner or over the horizon from this offering.

Metacritic.com35 critics

RottenTomatoes.com168 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Featuring numerous 60s-era clichés, but little of the musical magic that highlighted the famous festival, Taking Woodstock is a breezy but underwhelming portrayal.

Internet (IMDB)7323 Netizens Getting inside by hovering on the outskirts

Average .. 54%

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