The 1st Official TV Spot for "Taking Woodstock", titled "All It Took". Release Date: 28 August 2009 (USA) A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969. Distributor: Focus Features (2009) (USA) (all media) Director: Ang Lee Writer: James Schamus (screenplay), Elliot Tiber (book) and Tom Monte (book) Cast: Demtri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Imelda Staunton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Henry Goodman, Eugene Levy, Paul Dano, Dan Fogler, Mamie Gummer, Jonathan Groff, Martin Elliot