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Check out the trailer for Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock"

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Brian Juergens


The official trailer for Focus Features' upcoming comedy-drama Taking Woodstock (which stars Comedy Central's Demitri Martin as gay Woodstock host Elliot Tiber) is out, and it looks to be a blast. Look for Watchmen hottie Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Spring Awakening hottie Jonathan Groff in the mix, not to mention Liev Schreiber as a cross-dresser.

And if you haven't read it already, check out our exclusive interview with Martin, in which he discussed his big gay breakout role for the first time.

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    • Submitted by
    Brian Juergens
    on Thu, 2009-03-26 14:15.
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    Samuel Gillespie's picture

    I just read the book

    Submitted by
    Samuel Gillespie (1090 points) (206 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-03-26 14:29.
    And I simply cannot wait to see this movie!  I know it's not going to hold perfectly true to the book.  I can't expect that.  But it's just such a great story that this movie is going to be wonderful.
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    ♪ Kit ♪'s picture

    !!!!

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    ♪ Kit ♪ (145 points) (29 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-03-26 14:42.
    I. AM. SO. EXCITED.
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    Liz T's picture

    cool...

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    Liz T (8822 points) (1837 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-03-26 14:57.
    looks to be a pretty cool movie. :-)
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    stuartsez's picture

    Odd how there's ZERO hint of

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    stuartsez (100 points) (20 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-03-26 15:36.
    Odd how there's ZERO hint of the gay connection in the trailer.
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    Liz T's picture

    i really don't think...

    Submitted by
    Liz T (8822 points) (1837 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-03-26 16:46.

    i really don't think the 'gay connection' is really relevant to the movie.

    in the book, from what i understand, it's more autobiographical...but the movie seems to MAINLY be about the making of Woodstock and not so much about the man (and his life) behind it. i mean, yes, he is part of it...but his sexuality is not central to the main storyline.

    make sense??

     

     

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    Latherr's picture

    This movie looks so beyond

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    Latherr (565 points) (115 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-03-26 16:14.

    This movie looks so beyond good.

    Can't wait.

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    Craig Young's picture

    Testing the waters about star power

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    Craig Young (1247 points) (350 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-03-26 16:55.
    The movie trailer looks good. However, the big thing for me is that I think this is a test of how big a star one needs to make a movie with a lead gay character win at the box office. Afterall, even Milk has scored 50 mil in domestic and foreign box office, and I got to think Penn helped that a lot. In other words, do you need a Sean Penn or a Heath Ledger or can you make a movie with a solid cast of great actors who are nevertheless not on the A-list? I hope the answer is yes because that will be a true indicator that we have arrived as a box office force just like it was the same for other groups. We will find out.
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