Happy Independence Day !
Watched the Ang Lee film Taking Woodstock on Cinimax on Demand. Not a bad flick, Liev Schreiber is a hoot as Vilma.
I know the area and Ang Lee must have visited Vasmer's in Kauneonga Lake. The diner scenes are authentic. El Monaco is also replicated quite well.
Bought this one on DVD, a popcorn movie that is lots of fun. Bill Pullman's speech to the troops has echoes of Henry V's St. Crispin's day speech:
In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and
you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind,
that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by
our petty differences any more. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps
it’s fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression or persecution, but from annihilation. We’re fighting for our right to live, to exist, and should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: 'We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!'
Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore
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