Taking Woodstock original film poster
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2009
This is an original promotional film poster for the 2009 motion picture Taking Woodstock, produced by Focus Features. The poster is presented in an unmounted format and measures 27 inches by 40 inches.
The visual design reflects the aesthetic of the 1969 festival era, featuring psychedelic-inspired typography and a central teardrop graphic containing imagery of the film's cast against a pastoral backdrop. Surrounding this central element are numerous small portrait images of people, evoking the crowded and diverse nature of the Woodstock music festival. The poster includes billing blocks at the bottom, listing key production members, including director Ang Lee, and the studio branding.
This item serves as a commercial graphic advertising material typically produced for cinema display. As an unmounted sheet, the piece is designed for framing or archival storage, capturing the promotional art associated with the biographical comedy-drama.
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Physical characteristics
- Format
- unmounted
- Dimensions
- 27 inches x 40 inches
Technical characteristics
- Publisher
- Focus Features
Design
- Motif
- Woodstock festival imagery
- Style
- psychedelic
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Focus Features
Catalogue references
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