Taking Woodstock is an upcoming 2009 American comedy-drama film about the Woodstock Festival of 1969. It is directed by Ang Lee and written by James Schamus based on the autobiography Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte. It is scheduled to be released on August 26, 2009. The film has been rated R for graphic nudity, some sexual content, drug use, and language. The film premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.