Apr 25 2008
Mr. Woodstock
“By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers jet planes
Riding shotgun in the sky
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation.”
This Crosby Stills Nash and Young song, some concert footage of Hendrix’s screeching “Star Spangled Banner”, and that great 1970 documentary “Woodstock” are some of our only recollections of this fabled music festival. That is if you don’t take into account the billions of baby boomers who claim to have been there. Was it really all of the sex, drugs, and rock and roll I have heard so much about? Did Peace fill the air? I found news today that Director Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, and The HULK!!!!!) will be at helm of a new bio PEACE about Woodstock, and more specifically about a key behind the scenes player. Here is the report from “Variety”:
“Lee will direct and Focus prexy Schamus will pen the comedy based on Elliot Tiber’s memoir “Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, Concert, and a Life,” co-written with author Tom Monte.
Set during the politically turbulent summer of ‘69, story follows an Everyman working at his parents’ motel in the Catskills who inadvertently sets in motion what would become the generation-defining concert.
“Elliot’s exuberant and heartfelt story is a perfect window onto the Woodstock experience,” Schamus said. “It explores an inspiring historical moment when liberation and freedom were in the air.”
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