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One scene I would have liked included


The actor playing Max Yasgur definitely looked the part; I would have dug seeing him on stage giving the "I'm a farmer...." speech.

All in all, I enjoyed this film, though I understand the reported inaccuracies. Things like seeing the film crew film the nuns give the peace sign was awesome, that's always been a non-musical iconic image of the festival.

I did notice that none of the music on the soundtrack, even when supposed to be distanced from the stage, was from the actual festival. I suppose Ang Lee did not have rights to use the true Woodstock music?

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Yeah, the nuns scene was cool. But I kind of liked how we never got to the stage until it was all over. Somehow it seemed more real than if they had shown real clips mixed in, or actors dressed up as the famous musicians. And we did catch a lot of great music away from the stage, like the hand drums and flutist at the Motel.



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