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Demetri Martin is TAKING WOODSTOCK

Comedian Demetri Martin is in final talks for the starring role in Ang Lee’s next movie Taking Woodstock - a film based on Elliot Tiber’s memoir as the in-the-closet gay guy working at this parents motel who inadvertently sets the wheels in motion for the generation-defining concert of 1969.

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I can’t say I know the guy but a lot of pages come up when I type his name in Google, so he must be someone famous. Maybe he hasn’t made the transition to the U.K.

Taking Woodstock will be Martin’s first leading role, though he will have a small role in two comedies next year The Rocker and The Post Grad Survival Guide.

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May 2nd, 2008 at 06:54am Posted by Matt Holmes

2 Comments »

  1. Demetri Martin is in most everyones top 10 comedians list here in the states. He’s in my top 3. Dane Cook has nothing on this guy’s crossover appeal into movies. He will be a star. Think Gene Wilder.

    Comment by Chase Adams | May 2, 2008

  2. Great choice for the lead!
    I have a page about this movie on my site if, you would like to take look. Just click on “Movie Deal” at http://LetHerIn.org.
    Thanks for the info,
    Jim
    Spokane WA

    Comment by James Baldwin | May 2, 2008

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