08.07.08
Ang Lee’s ‘Gay Woodstock’ Film Starts to Take Shape
Remember Ang Lee’s “gay Woodstock” movie (”Taking Woodstock”) that was reported a few months ago?
Well, it’s starting to coalesce. Young (and very droll and excellent) comedian Demetri Martin (”The Daily Show With Jon Stewart”) has already signed on to play an aspiring interior designer and Variety reports that the cast has been rounded out by Emile Hirsch, Liev Schrieber and Imelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge from the Harry Potter” movies among many British kitchen-sink dramas)
“In summer 1969, [Martin] finds himself at the center of a generation-defining experience when he volunteered the motel to be the home base for Woodstock concert organizers after his neighbor, Max Yasgur, made his farm available for the event.”
Staunton and Henry Goodman will play Martin’s parents, Hirsch play a Vietnam vet, Schreiber will likely tackle the role of a transvetite (!) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan from “Watchmen” (The Comedian) will play a closeted man who has an affair with the young Martin. Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan will play a hippie couple. Dan Fogler
Focus Features begins production next month.
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Nick Plowman said,
August 9, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Yeah, this is weird, me commenting first on a story on my own blog, but this news is SO AWESOME.
Kerry said,
August 9, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Oh no, it DOES sound awesome, and that cast speaks for itself.
Looking forward to this indeed.
I love that Lee and Focus Features are so tight
Nick Plowman said,
August 9, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Ang Lee and Focus Features are pretty tight, which is a good thing because it seems as though they give him a lot of artistic freedom and we are all the more lucky for it.
john wombacher said,
August 18, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Can anyone please tell me the filming locations of ‘Taking Woodstock’, I live and work in the immediate area of the ‘69 Woodstock Festival and have a picture car that may be very desirable to the producers and would like any help in getting in touch with the transportation people or picture car agency, thanks,
John Wombacher
1960 Ford Sunliner
Liberty NY
ph 845-292-1195
J.D. said,
August 18, 2008 at 4:24 pm
DEMETRI! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
God, I love him.
Mick said,
August 19, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I tried out for an extras part in hudson New York, any news Yet on this subject?
Nick Plowman said,
August 19, 2008 at 7:33 pm
On the subject of you getting cast? I don’t know…
Crystal said,
September 7, 2008 at 7:23 pm
To John Wombacher
you might know this by now, but in case you don’t lol
filming is in New Lebanon NY
Starts this week (9-8-08)
my son auditioned in June (in VT) got called last week & starts tomorrow for costume fittings. so excited but having a problem w/ transportation! I have 1 car–he doesn’t have a license & we live in Pittsfield, MA–but he’ll get there 1 way or another it pays $100/day & should last at least 3 weeks! (Monday through Fridays 9 to 5 he was told)
Joshu said,
September 19, 2008 at 4:27 am
A lot of people died at Woodstock. Many were conceived there to.
jdmschool said,
November 5, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I believe this may be relevant to your interests:
The School of Jeffrey Dean Morgan
http://jdmschool.wordpress.com/media-center/taking-woodstock-81409/#comment-784