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Taking Woodstock Trailer HD |
Taking Woodstock - Trailer |
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14 August 2009 |
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Focus Features |
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Drama, Musical/Performing Arts and Adaptation |
| Filming Locations
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Cherry Plain State Park, New York, USA |
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English |
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USA |
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Overwiew :A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969. |
Starring :
Demetri Martin, Kevin Chamberlin, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Liev Schreiber, Henry Goodman, Eugene Levy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Dan Fogler, Mamie Gummer
Directors :
Ang Lee
Producers :
Celia D. Costas, James Schamus, David Sauers, Patrick Cupo
Writers :
James Schamus, Elliott Tiber Ernotte |
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USA Today - Claudia Puig
: The vibe is definitely happening, but the signature tunes and sense of portent are missing in Taking Woodstock.
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B-
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Rolling Stone - Peter Travers
: It's no strain to see what Lee is aiming for and only fitfully achieves...
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B-
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Reelviews - James Berardinelli
: The movie hits its stride when it deals directly with the concert.
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B-
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New York Times - Stephen Holden
: ...likable, humane movie ...
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B
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New York Post - Lou Lumenick
: ...an exceedingly lame, heavily clichéd, thumb-sucking bore.
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D+
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Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt
: A solid but minor film from Ang Lee.
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B
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Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman
: ...impressively staged, thinly written...
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B-
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Chicago Tribune - Matt Pais
: A fun, mellow trip.
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B
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Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
: ...entertaining...
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B
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Boston Globe - Wesley Morris
: (Ang) Lee has gone for shaggy comedy. Some of it is funny. Some of it just sits there.
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B-
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andrea.maxwell says @ Monday - August 31,2009
A good movie with an excellent peformance from Ang Lee. It was a good idea to use split sceen. Some shots of the Woodstock area were great. | | | | Reply | | |
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