Ang Lee is slowly making his way through the various eras of American History. He’s already done the 70’s and it looks like now he’ll be doing the 60’s.
It was recently announced that Lee would direct Taking Woodstock, an adaptation of the memoir of Elliot Tiber, the man largely responsible for Woodstock ‘69. Demetri Martin had previously been cast in the roll of Tiber but the new additions to the cast are enough to make your head spin. Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eugene Levy, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Dan Fogler, Mamie Gummer, Henry Goodman, and Jonathan Groff.
Variety has the breakdown of the roles and it reads like fairly complicated stuff though I’m sure Lee will make it all slot in together nicely:
Staunton and Henry Goodman will play Tiber’s parents, and Jonathan Groff (currently starring in the Shakespeare in the Park production of “Hair” in Gotham) will play Woodstock organizer Michael Lang; Hirsch will play a recently returned Vietnam vet, Eugene Levy will play Yasgur, and Schreiber is in talks to play a transvestite named Vilma.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is set as a closeted married man having an affair with Tiber, while Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan play a hippie couple attending the concert. Dan Fogler will play a local theater troupe head, and Mamie Gummer will play Lang’s assistant.
I read it twice to try to figure it all out but it’s hopeless.
It hasn’t been announced yet but I know what’s upcoming for Lee: a film adaptation of the short lived That 80’s Show. He’ll roll up that entire crappy series into one fantastic film!
If you want to watch it onl1ne for free,...
http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/board/flat/104892359?d=114083918#114083918
Ricky
Comment by Little Ricky — August 13, 2008