Movie Review: "Taking Woodstock"

Seen on: July 31, 2009

The players: Director: Ang Lee, Writer: James Schamus, Cast: Henry Goodman, Edward Hibbert, Imelda Staunton, Demetri Martin, Kevin Chamberlin, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber

Facts of interest: Lee also directed "Brokeback Mountain."

The plot: The film chronicles the events that eventually led to the gigantic Woodstock Festival in 1969.

Our thoughts: I wasn’t alive yet when the ultra-popular Woodstock Festival rocked the little town of Bethel, New York in the summer of 1969, but after watching Ang Lee’s wildly entertaining new film “Taking Woodstock,” I kind of wish I could’ve been part of this historic three-day concert event. What an experience this must have been!

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This week's new movie releases - August 28, 2009

Opening this week are David R. Ellis' "The Final Destination"; Rob Zombie's "Halloween II" with Tyler Mane; and Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" with Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch and Imelda Staunton.

THE FINAL DESTINATION (will open in 3D)

Synopsis: On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave...

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