We've all seen pictures of one of the most famous festivals of music history. Woodstock. Bands iconic shot of mud hippies ... but that's not what this film is about.
This film shows the story behind the scenes of Woodstock and who made the concert happen by chance, without ever seeing a unique spectacle.
Elliot (Demetri Martin), in a desperate effort to keep his parents' hotel, isolated afloat, is a golden opportunity when he hears a nearby town has pulled the plug on hosting a hippie music festival. Desperate for customers, so they can pay the mortgage on the hotel, which tells of a local farmer (Eugene Levy), providing a field for the event to drum up some business. Before he knows it has 500,000 people jostling at the door.
It's a fun film. The characters are interesting and generally friendly, and it is a fresh look at a pivotal moment in the history of modern music. It is also an Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) film, which led to some huge expectations. This is not an important film, but it is very entertaining.
The special features offer a lot of deleted scenes and behind the scenes pictures and a review of Nice by Ang Lee and one of his favorite collaborators, writer James Schamus.
This film shows the story behind the scenes of Woodstock and who made the concert happen by chance, without ever seeing a unique spectacle.
Elliot (Demetri Martin), in a desperate effort to keep his parents' hotel, isolated afloat, is a golden opportunity when he hears a nearby town has pulled the plug on hosting a hippie music festival. Desperate for customers, so they can pay the mortgage on the hotel, which tells of a local farmer (Eugene Levy), providing a field for the event to drum up some business. Before he knows it has 500,000 people jostling at the door.
It's a fun film. The characters are interesting and generally friendly, and it is a fresh look at a pivotal moment in the history of modern music. It is also an Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) film, which led to some huge expectations. This is not an important film, but it is very entertaining.
The special features offer a lot of deleted scenes and behind the scenes pictures and a review of Nice by Ang Lee and one of his favorite collaborators, writer James Schamus.
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