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Was any footage shot in Bethel, New York?

posted 14 years ago by cryptical70
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In the movie there are a few scenes showing the Woodstock concert field, and it looks very much like the actual Yasgur field. The hill, the lake in the background, etc. You can see the scenes near the beginning when Mike Lang & Max Yasgur are negotiating a deal, and at the very end when the concert is over.

According to IMDB and Wikipedia, TAKING WOODSTOCK was filmed in other parts of New York but that field looks so much like Yasgur's farm. Where was it filmed?

[–] House_of_No 14 years ago

the real farm has become a working dairy farm again, so it's unlikely it was filmed at the actual location.

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[–] rklenseth 14 years ago

It was shot in New Lebanon, New York in Rensselaer County.

Here's a link to an article from a local news website...
http://capitalregion.ynn.com/content/131063/film-brings--8-million-to-capital-region/

[–] NYGirl89 12 years ago

I was a "wannabe hippie" in Taking Woodstock. The scenes you're describing were shot in New Lebanon, New York.

[–] Racerg 10 years ago

Really,did you get to meet Skylar Astin,Liev Schreiber John Groff or other cast members?

[–] jellyree 11 years ago

A winter or two after the event I went to the site.
Couple of inches of snow on the ground and back in some small trees I found a stone fire circle on the ground and a scrap of canvas tied to a tree.
Magic time.

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