"Brokeback Mountain"
director Ang Lee is returning to the gay genre with a movie
revolving around the Woodstock music festival.
"Taking Woodstock" centers on the colorful life of a
Greenwich Village-based interior designer and part-time
Catskills hotel manager who headed the Bethel, N.Y., Chamber of
Commerce. He issued the permit for the legendary 1969 concert
on his neighbor Max Yasgur's farm.
It is based on Elliot Tiber's 2007 memoir "Taking
Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life,"
which he wrote with Tom Monte.
The project is set up at Focus Features, and will be
adapted by the studio's CEO, James Schamus. Lee and Schamus'
most recent collaboration was Focus' Chinese-language drama
"Lust, Caution," which earned $66 million worldwide.
The writing-directing pair had their breakthrough indie hit
with the gay-themed comedy "The Wedding Banquet" in 1993, and
Lee directed Focus' biggest hit, the gay Western "Brokeback
Mountain," in 2005.
There have been several Woodstock documentaries, but few
narrative films touching on the festival, one of the few being
Tony Goldwyn's "A Walk on the Moon."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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