The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents' run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life–and American culture–forever.
Acting
Imelda Staunton's Sonia is a screaming banshee masterpiece.
Direction
Ang Lee finds epic intimacy in the margins of history.
Cinematography
Split-screen acid trip sequences that actually work.
Director
Ang Lee
Demetri Martin
Elliot Teichberg
Imelda Staunton
Sonia Teichberg
Henry Goodman
Jake Teichberg
Jonathan Groff
Michael Lang
Eugene Levy
Max Yasgur
Emile Hirsch
Billy
Dan Fogler
Devon
Liev Schreiber
Vilma
Mamie Gummer
Tisha
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Dan
Adam Pally
Artie Kornfeld
Kevin Sussman
Stan
Skylar Astin
John Roberts
Daniel Eric Gold
Joel Rosenman
Paul Dano
VW Guy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Elliot Tiber originally wrote a novel called 'Knock on Woodstock'—this film compresses three books into one gentle comedy.
FREE: This was Ang Lee's follow-up to 'Lust, Caution' and 'Brokeback Mountain'—arguably the most chaotic three-film run in modern directing history.
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