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Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life is a memoir describing the origins of the 1969 Woodstock Festival by Elliot Tiber with Tom Monte. It was published in 2007 by Square One Publishers, Inc., and was adapted into a film of the same name by James Schamus, Ang Lee's long time writing/producing partner. It was released in ...
Son of Woodstock Festival land owner Max Yasgur Samuel Stephen Yasgur (January 9, 1942 – June 23, 2016 [ 1 ] ) was an American attorney and Sullivan County, New York official. He was the son of Max Yasgur , who leased land on his 600 acres (2.4 km 2 ) dairy farm in Bethel, New York for the Woodstock Music & Art Festival in August 1969.
Taking Woodstock is a 2009 American historical musical comedy-drama film about the Woodstock Festival of 1969, directed by Ang Lee. The screenplay by James Schamus is based on the memoir Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte.
Mar. 28—Woodstock defined a generation. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts has an initiative to preserve an oral history of the iconic moment. From Aug. 15-18, 1969, the Woodstock Music and ...
By MORGAN GIORDANO It has been 45 years since festival-goers began to populate the tiny town of Bethel, N.Y., but the legacy of Woodstock lives on. The officially billed 'Woodstock Music and Art ...
Sam Yasgur, son of Max Yasgur, agrees with Lang's version, and said that his mother, who is still alive, said that Max did not know Tiber. Artie Kornfeld, a Woodstock organizer, has said he found out about Yasgur’s farm from his own sources. [7] [8] The motel later became an Italian restaurant before being torn down in 2004.
Yasgur's farm at 27 Yasgur Rd in Cochecton, New York, in 1999. Max Bernard Yasgur (December 15, 1919 – February 9, 1973) was an American farmer. He was the owner of the 600-acre (240 ha) dairy farm in Bethel, New York, where the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held on August 15–18, 1969.
Joel Rosenman (born 1942) conceived and co-created the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Rosenman thought of the idea for the three-day concert when he and business partner John Roberts were evaluating a proposal from Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld for a recording studio in upstate New York.