ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ACCURATE ABOUT THIS FILM

Thanks for sharing your views, Teddy. I am curious to know your first-hand experiences of Woodstock, if you lived in Bethel at the time. Did you attend the concert?

If I sound a bit sentmental, it's because I have 2 relatives who got engaged at the festival. It's part of our family lore.

You said that none of the promoters even remember his involvement. The following is a quote from Michael Lang's autobiography "THE ROAD TO WOODSTOCK" pages 115-116. Ticia Bernuth Argri(Lang's assistant):"While Michael was gone, this guy called and said, my name is Elliot Tiber and I've got land, and we want you in White Lake". I immediately called Michael, and in a few minutes he picked me up to head upstate" Michael Lang:"Following Elliot's directions, we pulled up to one of the sorriest looking motels I've ever seen. The Sagging sign said El Monaco Motel, so knew we were in the right place. A chubby guy in his early thirties bounded out to greet us, introducing himself as Elliot Tiber, I discovered later that his real name is actually Eliyahu Teichberg and he grew up in Bensonhurst, right around the corner from me," And then the book (pages-117-118) goes on to describe how Elliot took them down to the sight that he wanted to show them and it turned out to be all swampy and Mel Lawrence blew a gasket when he saw it. So Elliot gave them a name of a local real estate guy who was driving them around when Lang spotted Yasgur's land and what became the concert site. Granted I'm sure not everything in this film is factual and that somethings didn't happen exactly how they're depicted here. You can't exact all the blame on Tiber for that, Hollywood likes to change things around supposedly to "tighten" up the story... Anyway, I'd have to say the basic framework of this movie is honest... Look into for yourself. Check out Lang's autobiography "THE ROAD TO WOODSTOCK".

You quote from Wikipedia, but where does that info come from? From Lang's autobio? From what interview?



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Very interesting, thanks for sharing that. I would tend to believe Lang's first-hand account of things.

repost: "I agree with you here. That's all I was saying. It's a nice story. It's his recollection, and it's been embellished. I don't think I even insinuated otherwise. Do you really want to hear my story are you being patronizing? I am born and raised in the catskills and come from a long line of catskill residents. It's a very very small town and everyone up there knows everyone. It's not out of the blue. There are plenty of people from that area that would agree with my take. For example, Dirty Dancing certainly isn't an accurate account of the catskills but it is definitely a nostalgic take of the Catskills. Hollywood romanticizes everything and sensationalizes everything. We didn't realize we were living through history at the time and even working at woodstock, as a part time job, doesn't qualify me for celebrity status. As I've stated numerous times, Elliot put together a very caring and interesting take of Woodstock and the surrounding events. I enjoyed it. However, to take credit for finding the location, or even lobbying the town to allow Woodstock is just blatant lies. There are a lot of people who deserve credit for everything Elliott claims. His family owned a well known motel that definitely served as some sort of base for Woodstock. However, Max Yasgur and his family were friends. The real estate agents were friends. They were also friends of Elliotts family. We all knew each other. All I'm saying is for him to take credit for what he takes credit for is just plain wrong. He's a nice guy, but he was wrong to try and make himself the hero. Period."

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Repost 3 I agree with you here. That's all I was saying. It's a nice story. It's his recollection, and it's been embellished. I don't think I even insinuated otherwise. Do you really want to hear my story are you being patronizing? I am born and raised in the catskills and come from a long line of catskill residents. It's a very very small town and everyone up there knows everyone. It's not out of the blue. There are plenty of people from that area that would agree with my take. For example, Dirty Dancing certainly isn't an accurate account of the catskills but it is definitely a nostalgic take of the Catskills. Hollywood romanticizes everything and sensationalizes everything. We didn't realize we were living through history at the time and even working at woodstock, as a part time job, doesn't qualify me for celebrity status. As I've stated numerous times, Elliot put together a very caring and interesting take of Woodstock and the surrounding events. I enjoyed it. However, to take credit for finding the location, or even lobbying the town to allow Woodstock is just blatant lies. There are a lot of people who deserve credit for everything Elliott claims. His family owned a well known motel that definitely served as some sort of base for Woodstock. However, Max Yasgur and his family were friends. The real estate agents were friends. They were also friends of Elliotts family. We all knew each other. All I'm saying is for him to take credit for what he takes credit for is just plain wrong. He's a nice guy, but he was wrong to try and make himself the hero. Period.

I agree with you here. That's all I was saying. It's a nice story. It's his recollection, and it's been embellished. I don't think I even insinuated otherwise. Do you really want to hear my story are you being patronizing? I am born and raised in the catskills and come from a long line of catskill residents. It's a very very small town and everyone up there knows everyone. It's not out of the blue. There are plenty of people from that area that would agree with my take. For example, Dirty Dancing certainly isn't an accurate account of the catskills but it is definitely a nostalgic take of the Catskills. Hollywood romanticizes everything and sensationalizes everything. We didn't realize we were living through history at the time and even working at woodstock, as a part time job, doesn't qualify me for celebrity status. As I've stated numerous times, Elliot put together a very caring and interesting take of Woodstock and the surrounding events. I enjoyed it. However, to take credit for finding the location, or even lobbying the town to allow Woodstock is just blatant lies. There are a lot of people who deserve credit for everything Elliott claims. His family owned a well known motel that definitely served as some sort of base for Woodstock. However, Max Yasgur and his family were friends. The real estate agents were friends. They were also friends of Elliotts family. We all knew each other. All I'm saying is for him to take credit for what he takes credit for is just plain wrong. He's a nice guy, but he was wrong to try and make himself the hero. Period.

I agree with you here. That's all I was saying. It's a nice story. It's his recollection, and it's been embellished. I don't think I even insinuated otherwise. Do you really want to hear my story are you being patronizing? I am born and raised in the catskills and come from a long line of catskill residents. It's a very very small town and everyone up there knows everyone. It's not out of the blue. There are plenty of people from that area that would agree with my take. For example, Dirty Dancing certainly isn't an accurate account of the catskills but it is definitely a nostalgic take of the Catskills. Hollywood romanticizes everything and sensationalizes everything. We didn't realize we were living through history at the time and even working at woodstock, as a part time job, doesn't qualify me for celebrity status. As I've stated numerous times, Elliot put together a very caring and interesting take of Woodstock and the surrounding events. I enjoyed it. However, to take credit for finding the location, or even lobbying the town to allow Woodstock is just blatant lies. There are a lot of people who deserve credit for everything Elliott claims. His family owned a well known motel that definitely served as some sort of base for Woodstock. However, Max Yasgur and his family were friends. The real estate agents were friends. They were also friends of Elliotts family. We all knew each other. All I'm saying is for him to take credit for what he takes credit for is just plain wrong. He's a nice guy, but he was wrong to try and make himself the hero. Period.

Because it's insulting to those of us who actually lived through it and chose not to paint ourselves into the story. I know the people who were instrumental in the woodstock festival and I won't stand for someone taking credit for something that another accomplished. t hank you for your insightful comment though.