PVR Pictures brings ‘Taking Woodstock’ to India with much fan fare
VR Pictures, is proud to release the world’sfirst ever full length feature film based on The Woodstock Music Festival of1969 – ‘Taking Woodstock’ directed by Academy Award-winning director AngLee, in India on October 9th. The movie, as the name suggests, isinspired by one of the greatest and most pivotal moments in popular musichistory that gave birth to one of the largest music revolutions of all times inthe world.
As a tribute to the festival in its 40thanniversary and to celebrate the release of the movie in India, PVRPictures will be hosting a special premiere of the movie on October 7that INOX in Goa. Celebrity musiciansincluding Luke Kenny, Uday Benegal, Ranjit Barot, Anuradha Pal will be apart of this Woodstock celebration in Goa, along with Brian Tellis (Chairmanof Fountainhead Events) who has visited the Woodstock Festival and DJ BlackJack who recently had an opportunity to meet Artie Kornfeld, one of thefounding organizers of the legendary Woodstock Music & Art Fair held atBethel in New York in 1969. Kingfisher Airlines and Taj Hotels have extendedtheir support by coming on board with INOX to host this ‘exclusively themedpremiere’ in Goa.
The Woodstock celebrationdoesn’t end with the Goa musical sojourn. Forall the die-hard music enthusiasts and wide spread Woodstockfans across the country, the release of this Woodstock-inspired movie in India bringswith it a golden opportunity. Viewers can win an Exclusive Epiphone TakingWoodstock Coronet Guitar bywatching the movie and answering a simple question. This will be for the first timethe ‘Taking Woodstock Guitar’ will be made available to audiences in India. TheExclusive Epiphone Taking Woodstock Coronet Guitar will be displayed at PVRCinemas from next week onwards. This special once in a lifetime opportunity is broughtto you by Epiphone Guitars and PVR Cinemas in association with Rolling StoneMagazine, and VH1.
The movie has received such tremendous support from anenthusiastic set of renowned brands because of the emotional connect thatWoodstock as a concept has generated over the years across people from allwalks of life in the world. These brands include Epiphone Guitar, KingfisherAirlines, INOX Leisure Ltd, Rolling Stone Magazine, Time Out Magazine, VivantaBy Taj – Panaji, Goa, VH1 Music Channel, Mojo Eyegear, DSN Network, PVR Cinemasalong with Radio Indigo & Herald in Goaand Radio One Fm 94.3 in Mumbai & Bangalore.
On the occasion of this musical release, Uday Singh, CEO, PVR Picturessaid, “In our endeavorto bring world class movies and award-winning content to India, we arehappy to present Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock. We would like to thank all ourpartners and media for the encouraging support. It is a big achievement thatwill help us immensely in giving an impetus in promoting quality niche films inIndia.”
After a successful release of The Iron Maiden Film – Flight 666, India’sfirst concert film in theatres, Taking Woodstock is PVR Pictures’ secondoffering in this year to the music lovers.PVR Pictures with its path breakingefforts has been instrumental in recognizing the need gap with respect to thedemand and supply of discerning cinema and has successfully been able tocontribute in developing the cinema viewingpatterns by attracting a growing number of Indian audiences to appreciating new genres of movies.
