Taking Woodstock (2009) - Credits and Details

Taking Woodstock Credits and Details

Directed by
	Ang Lee
Written by
	James Schamus	...	screenplay
	Elliot Tiber	...	book
	Tom Monte	...	book
Cast
	Henry Goodman	...	Jake Teichberg
	Edward Hibbert	...	British Gentleman
	Imelda Staunton	...	Sonia Teichberg
	Demetri Martin	...	Elliot Teichberg
	Kevin Chamberlin	...	Jackson Spiers
	Lee Wong	...	George the Doorman (as Takeo Lee Wong)
	Anthoula Katsimatides	...	Esther
	Clark Middleton	...	Frank
	Bette Henritze	...	Annie
	Sondra James	...	Margaret
	Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	Dan
	Christina Kirk	...	Carol
	Gail Martino	...	Town Clerk
	Emile Hirsch	...	Billy
	Adam LeFevre	...	Dave
	Eugene Levy	...	Max Yasgur
	Andy Prosky	...	Bob
	Dan Fogler	...	Devon
	Carmel Amit	...	Earthlight Player
	Zachary Booth	...	Earthlight Player
	Jennifer Merrill	...	Earthlight Player
	Ivan Sandomire	...	Earthlight Player
	Matthew Shear	...	Earthlight Player
	Darcy Bledsoe	...	Earthlight Player
	Halley Cianfarini	...	Earthlight Player
	Jesse Kile	...	Earthlight Player
	Ashley Middlebrook	...	Earthlight Player
	Bec Stupak	...	Earthlight Player
	Gabriel Sunday	...	Steven
	Jonathan Groff	...	Michael Lang
	Mamie Gummer	...	Tisha
	Stephen Kunken	...	Mel
	Adam Pally	...	Artie Kornfeld
	Kevin Sussman	...	Stan
	Pippa Pearthree	...	Miriam
	Skylar Astin	...	John Roberts
	Daniel Eric Gold	...	Joel Rosenman
	Leonard Berdick	...	Angry Diner Patron
	Sharon J. Giroux	...	Angry Diner Patron
	William B. Ward Jr.	...	Angry Diner Patron
	Louisa Krause	...	Hippie Girl
	Spadaque Volcimus	...	Hippie Guy
	Bill Coelius	...	Inspector
	Nick Taylor	...	Inspector
	Michael Izquierdo	...	John Morris
	Katherine Waterston	...	Penny
	Will Janowitz	...	Chip Monck
	Jeremy Shamos	...	Steve Cohen
	Malachy Cleary	...	Wes Pomeroy
	Richard Thomas	...	Reverend Don
	Sebastian Beacon	...	Assistant
	Kelly Klein	...	Assistant
	Garett Ross	...	Woodstock Ventures PA
	Darren Pettie	...	Paul
	Andrew Katz	...	Hippie in Line
	Patrick Cupo	...	Charlie
	Boris McGiver	...	Doug
	Liev Schreiber	...	Vilma
	Caitlin FitzGerald	...	Young Woman
	Michael J. Burg	...	Journalist
	Taunia Hottman-Hubbard	...	Journalist
	David Lavine	...	Journalist
	Michael Zegen	...	Young Man #1
	Andrew Zox	...	Sam
	Angus Hamilton	...	Hairy Pretzel
	Christopher Meier	...	Hairy Pretzel
	Richard Phelan McGreal	...	Hairy Pretzel
	Casson Rugen	...	Hairy Pretzel
	Joseph Ulmer	...	Hairy Pretzel
	Harry Zittel	...	Young Guy at Phone
	Alyssa May Gold	...	Young Girl at Phone
	Gaston Jean-Baptiste	...	Bongo Player
	Michael McGinnis	...	Flutist
	Daniel Knobler	...	Guitar Player (as Dan Knobler)
	Jonathan Seale	...	Congo Player (as Jon Seale)
	David Wilson Barnes	...	News Reporter
	James Hanlon	...	State Trooper
	Stefano Da Fre	...	Young Man #2 (as Stefano Steven Da Fre)
	Don Puglisi	...	Dealer
	Kirstin Bach	...	Bra Burner (as Kirsten Bach)
	Rachel Morrall	...	Bra Burner
	Paul Dano	...	VW Guy
	Kelli Garner	...	VW Girl
	Marjorie Austrian	...	St. Paul Lady
	Kyle Plante	...	Interviewer
	Lewis Zucker	...	Worker (as Lew Zucker)
	Heskethane Tallulah Bankhead	...	Trisha's Yorkie
Uncredited Cast
	Jess Adams	...	Polansky
	Jason Antoon	...	Abbie Hoffman
	Spencer Aste	...	Parked Hippie
	D.M. Atlas	...	Hippie
	Seth Barrish	...	Angry Townsperson
	Will Bethencourt	...	Bar Patron
	David Breitenstein	...	Regional Press
	Patrick Jax Butler	...	Bar Patron
	Kevin T. Collins	...	Guy at Motel
	Lee Cunningham	...	Yo Yo
	Jeff Delauter	...	Documentary Soundman
	Lindsay DeLuca	...	Hippie Wannabe
	Adam Desautels	...	Concert Staff
	Mike Dreyden	...	Bartender
	John Francis Duggan	...	Film Crew Member
	Jordan Fish	...	Documentary Filmmaker
	Joe Forbrich	...	Cop
	Clark Frankel	...	Hippie
	Cornelius Geaney Jr.	...	Hippie
	Michael Grantland	...	Cameraman
	Richard Hahn	...	Hippie
	Amanda Hammett	...	Background Hippie
	Thomas Hatz	...	Hippie
	Matt Hopkins	...	Carpenter
	Eugene Kim	...	Hippie
	Ren Knopf	...	Townsman
	Damian Kulash	...	Singer
	Aaron Michael Lambert	...	Office Worker
	Ronete Levenson	...	Girl In Hotel
	David MacNutt	...	Documentary Filmmaker
	Lisa Mears	...	Bank Teller
	Jordan Mitchell-Love	...	College Student
	Frederic Noyes	...	Blond Biker
	Eric Oakes	...	Hitchhiker
	Frank Palangi	...	College Student
	Michael Peavey	...	Helicopter Pilot
	Ian Pickus	...	Hippie
	Jennie Pines	...	Camp Counselor
	Ron Pucherelli Sr.	...	Angry Townsperson
	Donna Glee Reim	...	Chruch Fundraiser
	Steve Ricard	...	Hippie
	Bill Richards	...	Helicopter Pilot
	Benjamin Rosenthal	...	College Wannabe Hippie
	Josh Safdie	...	Documentary Cameraman
	Barbara Sebring-Forman	...	Townperson
	Skip Shea	...	Angry Townsperson
	Nicole Signore	...	Hippie
	Michaela Simmons	...	Hippie Girl
	Darcy Singer	...	Hippie
	Vincent J. Spataro	...	Townsperson
	Victoria Stankiewicz	...	Hippy Chick
	Michael Stanton	...	Bank Customer
	Jay Storey	...	Reporter
	Ray Tintori	...	Documentary Cameraman
	Wesley Tunison	...	Hippie Wannabe
	Adam Van Der Voort	...	College Wannabe Hippie
	Amber Lea Voiles	...	Political Activist
	Bob Weisz	...	Documentary Soundman
Produced by
	Celia D. Costas	...	producer
	Patrick Cupo	...	associate producer
	Michael Hausman	...	executive producer
	Ang Lee	...	producer
	David Lee	...	associate producer
	David Sauers	...	associate producer
	James Schamus	...	producer
Original Music by
	Danny Elfman
Special Effects by
	Jack Kirshoff	...	special effects
	Steven Kirshoff	...	special effects coordinator
	Devin Maggio	...	special effects foreman / special effects
	Joseph Martin	...	special effects
	John Stifanich	...	on-set special effects
	Harshal Bhujbal	...	special effects
	Doug Coleman	...	special effects technician
Visual Effects by
	Diwakar Amod	...	visual effects production manager: Mr. X
	Mathieu Archambault	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Michelle Astrug	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Mandy Au	...	lighting: Mr. X
	Sarah Barber	...	visual effects production manager: Mr. X
	Barb Benoit	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Dennis Berardi	...	senior visual effects producer: Mr. X
	Sandeep Bhate	...	visual effects
	Harshal Bhujbal	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Cheyenne Bloomfield	...	visual effects production manager: Mr. X
	Dominik Bochenski	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Yashwant Bombe	...	digital compositor: Anibrain
	Mathew Borrett	...	digital matte painter: Mr. X
	Wayne Brinton	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Wilson Cameron	...	assistant visual effects producer: Mr. X
	Zac Campbell	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Kris Carson	...	lead compositor: Mr.X
	Richard Chiu	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Ovidiu Cinazan	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	James Cooper	...	VFX designer: Mr. X
	Tommaso Corona	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Roberto D'Ippolito	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Anirban Das	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Molle DeBartolo	...	digital restoration artist
	Jeremy Dineen	...	visual effects animator: Mr. X
	Thai Son Doan	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Amélie Dubois	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Danny Duchesneau	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Peter Dydo	...	animator
	Shaiju Ep	...	digital compositor
	Nick Fairhead	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Gustavo Fernandes	...	lighting: Mr. X
	Sarang Gangapurkar	...	compositor
	Tommy Gervais	...	visual effects production assistant: Mr. X
	Parth Ghatge	...	compositor / visual effects artist
	James M. Goodman	...	shader writer: Mr. X
	Jason Gougeon	...	modeling and texturing: Mr. X
	Matt Greenwood	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Roopesh Gujar	...	visual effects production manager: Mr. X
	Pravin Hodage	...	compositor
	Bhushan Humbe	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Nitin Jain	...	vfx compositor: anibrain
	Markus Janner	...	scanning and recording: Deluxe New York
	Colleen Jenkinson	...	visual effects producer: Mr. X
	Anna Joukova	...	digital compositor: Mr.X Inc.
	Vikram Kale	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Sameer Kudale	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Yoga Kurniawan	...	motion graphic artist
	Mike Kwan	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Isabelle Langlois	...	visual effects producer: Mr. X
	Jackson Li	...	modeling and texturing: Mr. X
	Alex Lipschultz	...	visual effects production assistant
	Nikhil Lonkar	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Chris MacKenzie	...	smoke artist: Deluxe New York
	Nitin Mahajan	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Santosh Malkapure	...	compositor
	Mel Martin	...	visual effects coordinator: Mr. X
	Ken McCuen	...	digital matte painter: Mr. X
	Claire McLachlan	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Douglas Melville	...	visual effects coordinator: Mr. X
	Sean Mills	...	modeling and texturing: Mr. X
	Daniel Mizuguchi	...	lead animator
	Jesh Krishna Murthy	...	visual effects production manager: Mr. X
	Pete O'Connell	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Hojin Park	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Rob Phillips	...	visual effects dailies operator: Nr. X
	Jim Price	...	shader writer: Mr. X
	Sebastien Proulx	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Kevin Quatman	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Dominic Remane	...	lighting supervisor: Mr. X
	Paul Saint-Hilaire	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Kenny Sales	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Mohit Salunke	...	digital compositor
	Mag Sarnowska	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Vinod Sathe	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Matt Schofield	...	digital matte painter: Mr. X
	Jerry Seguin	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Carolyn Shelby	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Safia Siad	...	visual effects production assistant: Mr. X
	Kyle Sim	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Ben Simons	...	technical supervisor: Mr. X
	Pankaj Sonawane	...	visual effects artist / digital compositor
	Tamara Stone	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Ravindra Tamhankar	...	matte painter
	Brendan Taylor	...	visual effects supervisor: Mr. X Inc.
	Bridget M. Taylor	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Abu Thahir	...	digital compositor: Mr. X
	Sebastien Veilleux	...	digital compositor
	Aaron Weintraub	...	pipeline supervisor: Mr.X
	Gwen Zhang	...	compositor: Mr. X Inc.
	Mike Borrett	...	visual effects production manager: Mr. X
	Branden Bratuhin	...	visual effects editor
	Mike Duffy	...	flame artist: Mr X
	David Fix	...	senior systems administrator: Mr. X Inc
	James Takashi Higuchi	...	digital artist: Tantrum Visual Effects and Design
	Sushil Kalyanshetti	...	visual effects artist
	Dushyant Kashyap	...	visual effects
	Jaideep Mohan	...	digital compositor
	Jessica Nolet	...	digital artist
	Vishal Rustgi	...	visual effects artist
Stunts
	Andy Armstrong	...	stunts
	Norman Douglass	...	stunts
	Gene Harrison	...	stunts / additional stunt coordinator
	Kimberly Shannon Murphy	...	stunts
	Mick O'Rourke	...	stunts
	Brian Smyj	...	stunt coordinator
Thanks
	Jennifer Ahn	...	special thanks
	Margaret Bodde	...	special thanks
	Alan F. Horn	...	special thanks
	Phil Sauers	...	thanks
	Martin Scorsese	...	thanks

Additional Info
Premiere:	May 16, 2009
Theatrical Release:	August 26, 2009
DVD Release:	December 15, 2009
Blu-ray Release:	December 15, 2009
Countries:
Distributor:	Universal Studios
Websites:

Ratings
6.7 / 10	55 / 100

Production Companies
Focus Features

Distributors
Focus Features (2009) (United States) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2009) (United States) (DVD)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2009) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)

Filming Locations
Cherry Plain State Park, New York, USA (Woodstock concert ground)
Hillsdale, New York, USA
John Perotti's Lone Pine Farm, Millerton, New York, USA (as Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, NY)
Millerton, New York, USA
Sam Dawson's Dairy Farm, Hillsdale, New York, USA (Yasgur's dairy farm)
Schodack, New York, USA (two muddy Woodstock concert areas)
Stephentown, New York, USA
The Stephentown Hotel, Stephentown, New York, USA (bar at the El Monaco Motel)
U.S. Route 20, New York, USA (headline-making massive traffic jam leading to the Woodstock event)
Valley Rest Motel, New Lebanon, New York, USA (El Monaco Motel)

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