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Taking Woodstock

# A generation began in his backyard.

Music Comedy Drama

📜 Overview: 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.

💵 Budget: USD 30,000,000

🌏 Languages Available: English

📆 Date Released: 2009-08-26

⌚ Running Time: 120 mins

⭐ Vote Average: 6.218