directed by: Ang Lee, year: 2009
actors: Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Liev Schreiber, Emile Hirsch

Taking Woodstock is a 2009 American comedy-drama film about the events leading up to the famed Woodstock Festival of 1969. Directed by Ang Lee, the film is based on the memoir of Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte, centering on Tiber's involvement in helping to facilitate the festival. The story follows Elliot, a young man who inadvertently plays a crucial role in bringing the music festival to his small town, capturing the spirit and chaos of the hippie movement.

Hippie Movement, Comedy Drama, Hippie, Woodstock, 1960s, Music Festival