He socialized with the likes of truman capote, tennessee williams, and photographer robert mappletho. Tiber died at the age of 81 in boca raton, florida from complications of a stroke. The film offers a new perspective into the groundbreaking festival as well as the social and cultural strife faced by individuals of the era. The screenplay by james schamus is based on the memoir taking woodstock. Woodstock deal broker, author, lgbt activist elliot tiber. He died on august 3, 2016 in boca raton, florida, usa. If youve ever dreamed of being at woodstock or even if you were there, the author elliot tiber will take you back. Elliot tiber, then known as eliyahu teichberg, was a budding.
The book was more about eliot the boy, the man and how the woodstock. Rip elliot tiber, one of the capitalists who created woodstock. Enter elliot tiber, one of the unlikeliest heroes of the 1960s counterculture. Taking woodstock a true story of a riot, a concert, and a life book. Taking woodstock is a 2009 american comedydrama film about the woodstock festival of 1969, directed by ang lee. After woodstock, tiber went on to be an activist for gay rights, a set.
He also happened to be head of his local chamber of commerce and owner of the yearly permit to hold summer music concerts. After woodstock, elliot tiber as he is now known, moved to paris. Elliot tiber, an artist, gay rights activist, screenplay writer and interior. Taking woodstock is the funny, touching, and true story of elliot tiber, the man who was instrumental in arranging the site for the original woodstock concert. In his book taking woodstock, tiber says he was present at the stonewall riots on june 28, 1969, and that he had a part in bringing the woodstock festival to bethel, new york on august 1517, 1969. His memoir, taking woodstock, was published in 2007. He has written and coauthored more than thirty books and many hundreds of. He socialized with the likes of truman capote, tennessee williams, and photographer robert mapplethorpe, and yet. James frangione this is the extraordinary, behindthescenes tale of how woodstock went from a pipe dream to the most iconic rock concert of all time. Since moving back to the us, tiber has taught creative writing at the new.
Elliot tiber, who with a permit brought forth woodstock. Elliot tiber author of new book at taking woodstock and entertainment consultant greater new york city area entertainment 1 person has recommended elliot. Taking woodstock 2009 is a delightful film by one of todays finest directors, ang lee brokeback mountain, the wedding banquet. Based on the 2007 memoir by elliot tiber, it tells the story of the young gay man responsible for bringing the woodstock festival to bethel, new york in 1969. It was published in 2007 by square one publishers, inc. A true story of a riot, a concert, and a life, square one publishers, 2007. A true story of a riot, a concert, and a life elliot tiber, author, tom monte, author, jim frangione, read by with tom monte, read by jim frangione. Elliot, whose parents owned an upstate new york motel, was working in greenwich village in the summer of 1969. He was a writer and actor, known for taking woodstock 2009, high street 1977 and maree basse 1977. Taking woodstock book washington county cooperative.
A true story of a riot, a concert, and a life by elliot tiber with tom monte. Taking woodstock is the funny, touching, and true story of elliot tiber, the man. As he recalled in his memoir taking woodstock 2007, mr. Elliot tiber, gay rights activist who helped make woodstock possible.
The book describes tibers involvement, as a young gay man, with the riots at the. Tom monte presents the authors life in the 1960s as a gay, new york interior designer and owner with his parents of an upstate hotel, describing how by living in two worlds he was able to help a concert. Grow the little motel that helped save woodstock on the 45th anniversary of the music festival, elliot tiber tells the story of how his familys brokendown motel helped bring woodstock to life. I knew of woodstock as a hippie happening a bit before my time. A true story of a riot, a concert, and a life written. This memoir offers another backstage look at the woodstock music festival, making it a valuable gem as books about woodstock go. Square one publisherstaking woodstock is the funny, touching, and true. Before there was a woodstock concert, there was elliot tiber working to make a go. Taking woodstock ebook by elliot tiber 9780757053337. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Taking woodstock is the funny, touching, and true story of elliot tiber, the man who was. Taking woodstock is from a book by elliot tiber, who is also the films main character, a jewishamerican new yorker who left home for the art scene in manhattan. Elliot tiber, an artist, gay rights activist, screenplay writer and interior designer best known as a businessman who helped enable the staging of the landmark 1969 woodstock music festival, died.
A true story of a riot, a concert and a life is a memoir describing the origins of the 1969 woodstock festival by elliot tiber with tom monte. The main character, elliot tiber demetri martin, from whose memoir, taking woodstock. The director ang lee used taking woodstock as the basis for his 2009 film of the same name, which starred the comedian demetri martin as. A true story of a riot, a concert, and a life 2007. So i was intrigued by the opportunity to chat with elliot tiber, author of the book taking woodstock with tom monte, for my podcast whine at 9 to learn about his behindthescenes role in.
Elliot tibers spirited and bestselling memoir from 2007, taking woodstock, cowritten by tom monte, was made into an acclaimed 2009 motion picture by twotime oscar winning director ang lee. Tiber has written a book recounting the steps and freak occurrences surrounding the woodstock festival titled taking woodstock. Although he was a wellregarded mural artist whose paintings were also displayed in galleries and sold, by day, he helped his parents run a fleabag motel in the catskills, and by night he haunted the gay. Gay activist elliot tiber, who helped make woodstock. Elliot tiber the lazy historian fascinating stories with. Listen to taking woodstock by tom monte, elliot tiber at. But the stranger happened to be elliot tiber, one of the most interesting and talkative people ive ever met.
Its prequel of sorts, palm trees on the hudson, was released to critical acclaim in 2011. A true story of a riot, a concert, and a life ebook. A man working at his parents motel in the catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generationdefining concert in the summer of 1969. A true story of a riot, a concert, and a life by elliot tiber and tom monte. The movie taking woodstock, scheduled to be released in august 2009 is based on the autobiography of creative writer elliot tiber titled taking woodstock. With demetri martin, henry goodman, edward hibbert, imelda staunton. Tiber picks up where he left off in taking woodstock 2007 with this memoir of the years thereafter, pivotal ones both for him and the gay community. Hes witty with selfdeprecating humor and brutally honest about his life with his crazy family, being in the closet and his sexual adventures, and the experience of being at the epicenter of the woodstock. Taking woodstock 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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