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Production of Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock begins late this month.

Lee’s ensemble cast includes Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton and Liev Schreiber and more as you read this post below.  It’s going to be an outstanding film.  I am very excited.

The movie is based on the memoir of Elliot Tiber, who played a role in helping the historic 1969 music fest unfold on his neighbor’s farm.

Contingency plans have been put in place in case SAG strikes in the event that work stoppage occurs because of a strike. With that in place Lee’s film is going into full production.

Demetri Martin (”The Daily Show With Jon Stewart”) is all set to play Tiber, an aspiring interior designer in Greenwich Village obliged to run the family business, a Catskills motel. In summer 1969, he was 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 are set to play Tiber’s parents while Jonathan Groff is set to play Woodstock organizer Michael Lang. Hirsch will play a recently returned Vietnam vet, Eugene Levy is set to play Yasgur, and Schreiber is in talks to play a transvestite named Vilma.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is set to play a closeted married man having an affair with Tiber, while Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan play a hippie couple attending the concert. Dan Fogler is set play a local theater troupe head and Mamie Gummer is set to play Lang’s assistant.

Giveaway details below!

Solid performances come from The Air I Breathe debuting Korean filmmaker, Jieho Lee, American film.  Sarah Michelle Gellar, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Bacon and Emile Hirsch stand out the most for me.

The story follows the four compelling lives that intertwine based on for principles happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love.  

Brendan Fraser’s character and storyline interested me the most.  He plays a clairvoyant gangster who predicts the death or dangers of others.

The movie is not uplifting as it might appear with a butterfly add here and there.  Although Kevin Bacon’s character offers some respite toward the end.

Andy Garcia is mentioned last because I have seen him play characters that are very loving and caring.  In The Air I Breathe he plays a character called “Fingers” –  he cuts off fingers of those who don’t pay off their debts.  To say the least he’s quite convincing.

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