---
title: 'Taking Woodstock (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ang Lee'
released: '2009-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/taking-woodstock-2009'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1127896/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Taking Woodstock (2009)

2009 · 110 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ang Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/ang-lee)
- **Producer:** [Ang Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/ang-lee), [James Schamus](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-schamus)
- **Screenplay:** [James Schamus](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-schamus)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Danny Elfman](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-elfman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Éric Gautier](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-gautier)
- **Editor:** [Tim Squyres](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-squyres)

## Cast

- [Paul Dano](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dano)
- [Jeffrey Dean Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-dean-morgan)
- [Jason Antoon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-antoon)
- [Henry Goodman](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-goodman)
- [Emile Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-hirsch)
- [Kevin Chamberlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-chamberlin)
- [Jonathan Groff](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-groff)
- [Dan Fogler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-fogler)
- [Imelda Staunton](https://cinepixo.com/people/imelda-staunton)
- [Liev Schreiber](https://cinepixo.com/people/liev-schreiber)
- [Adam LeFevre](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-lefevre)
- [Kelli Garner](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelli-garner)
- [Katherine Waterston](https://cinepixo.com/people/katherine-waterston)
- [Skylar Astin](https://cinepixo.com/people/skylar-astin)
- [Mamie Gummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mamie-gummer)

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Official site: http://www.takingwoodstockthemovie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/taking-woodstock-2009
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