Join Academy Award(R)-Winning Director Ang Lee on This Generation-Defining
Experience That Changed American Culture Forever: TAKING WOODSTOCK
OWN IT ON BLU-RAY(TM) HI-DEF & DVD DECEMBER 15, 2009 FROM UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
HOME ENTERTAINMENT
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ --
OVERVIEW: Academy Award®-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) brings
audiences back to the groovy days of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival
with the funny, entertaining and very human comedy - Taking Woodstock.
Inspired by a true story, Taking Woodstock captures all the color and
excitement of this generation-defining experience that forever changed
American culture. The far-out cast includes Demetri Martin (Comedy Central
Presents), Eugene Levy (American Pie franchise), Emile Hirsch (Milk), Liev
Schreiber (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix) and Dan Fogler (Fanboys).
BONUS FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO BLU-RAY(TM) HI-DEF: Unleash the power of HDTV and
experience Taking Woodstock with perfect picture and purest digital sound.
-- EXCLUSIVE DELETED SCENES
-- NO AUDIENCE REQUIRED - THE EARTH LIGHT PLAYERS: Dan Fogler gives
viewers an inside look at who the Earth Light Players were and how
their
spirit influenced their cinematic recreation.
-- BD-LIVE(TM): Access the BD-Live(TM) Center through an
Internet-connected
player to download exclusive content, the latest trailers and more!
-- MY SCENES SHARING: Bookmark favorite scenes from Taking
Woodstock,
then share with BD-Live(TM) buddies!
BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY(TM) HI-DEF AND DVD):
-- DELETED SCENES
-- PEACE, LOVE AND CINEMA: The fate of the world's most famous concert
was
in jeopardy until a man most have never heard of made a phone call.
See
how Focus Features combined humor and a lot good vibes to bring 1969
back to life. Featuring interviews with James Shamus, Ang Lee,
Demetri
Martin, Liev Schreiber, Emile Hirsch and Eugene Levy.
-- FEATURE COMMENTARY: Travel back to Woodstock with director Ang Lee and
writer James Schamus.
SYNOPSIS: A generation began in his backyard. . .From Academy Award®-winning
director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) comes Taking Woodstock, the comedy
inspired by the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) 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
parent's 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.
http://www.filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/taking_woodstock/
TECHNICAL INFORMATION (BLU-RAY(TM) HI-DEF):
Street Date: December 15, 2009
Copyright: 2009 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62110996
Running time: 2 Hours, 1 Minute
Layers: BD-50
Picture Format: Widescreen
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R for graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use and language
Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS Surround 5.1, French
DTS Surround 5.1
TECHNICAL INFORMATION (DVD):
Street Date: December 15, 2009
Copyright: 2009 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Selection Number: 62108356
Running time: 2 Hours, 1 Minute
Layers: Dual layer
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rating: R for graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use and language
Languages/Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Sound: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby
Digital 5.1
CAST AND FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Demetri Martin, Eugene Levy, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Imelda
Staunton, Dan Fogler
Directed By: Ang Lee
Written By: James Schamus, Elliot Tiber, Tom Monte
Executive Producer: Michael Hausman
Produced By: Ang Lee, James Schamus, Celia Costas
Director of Photography: Eric Gautier
Production Designer: David Gropman
Editor: Tim Squyres
Music By: Danny Elfman
Costume Design By: Joseph G. Aulisi
Casting By: Avy Kaufman
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