Entertainment Weekly’s Web site EW.com revealed this morning a first look at production of Ang Lee’s locally set film “Taking Woodstock.” “Director Ang Lee leads his traditional on-set Big Luck ceremony to commemorate the start of production on Taking Woodstock, an adaptation of the memoir of Elliot Tiber, a key player behind the historic 1969 music fest that took place on his neighbor’s farm. Filming kicked off in upstate N.Y. on August 18. Also pictured are screenwriter James Schamus (in white hat), and actors Demetri Martin (in striped shirt), Emile Hirsch (V-neck T-shirt), and Jonathan Groff (with bag slung over his shoulder and across his chest). The movie also stars Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mamie Gummer, Dan Fogler, Richard Thomas, Skylar Astin, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, and Eugene Levy.” “Taking Woodstock,” an adaptation Elliot Tiber’s memoir about one man’s role in helping to bring the famous festival to Yasgur Farm in Bethel, is currently shooting in Columbia County.
Entertainment Weekly’s First Look at “Taking Woodstock”
posted by Frederik on September 13th, 2008 under Magazine Alerts, Taking Woodstock
