Today we got this report from Chuck:
“Well it’s been 1 1/2 months since the open call for background extras for Taking Woodstock and I still haven’t gotten a phone call. So I packed up my camera and headed to Stephentown, NY to do a little bit of investigating. I arrived at about 5:30pm Saturday evening, I know that Sunday night into Monday the filming will take place around Route 43 by Tinsley Rd, thanks to a tip from OLV! Here are some pictures I took. The base camp sign is in front of a home that’s for sale. There is a VW van in the back. I believe that it is the same van used in the “3-way” LSD trip scene in the movie–oh yeah, I don’t have a script just a copy of the book I’ve read cover to cover 3 times!! Then a nice woman who was “guarding” the vehicles to be used in the scenes to be filmed there let me take pictures of them. Next along the side of route 43 was a TeePee and some tents and signs that read “Lemonade 35 cents” and “Watermelon 25 cents” There is also a van with a makeshift platform on top of it, probably to hold a camera man and camera equipment. I hope the weather holds out. The extras have a parking space through a mud covered road and the ground is pretty soggy, hopefully no one will get stuck.
That was my adventure for the day, hopefully I’ll hear from casting and spend my day on the set as a townsperson!!!”
We just happened to check out the set ourselves today too but couldn’t get anywhere near it! They had a mile of the road closed with police cars parked on either end. They wouldn’t give us any infomation about what they were filming or how long they would be filming. We pulled into the base camp and was promptly greeted by a woman wanting to know what we were doing. We even tried to drive up a private stone road to see if we could get a view from the back of the set but had no luck! Needless to say, Ang has that set on lockdown! Here is a picture we took of the base camp and the road closed sign, that’s as close as we got!
Good luck to Chuck on getting a call back! (Now that I think of it, they never called me back either!)
How convient it is for the states and towns to make money by closing roads and putting a bigger burden on those of us who travel these roads daily back and forth to work trying to support our families as if gas is not a costly factor now. These detours take me an additional 15 minutes on top of my 40 min commute to work one way.When is someone going to think about the people in the community and how it effects them.Instead of how much money they can make.We support the production of this movie in our community but there must be an easier way.Thank you for your time.
Sue
You said it Sue!! 🙁
AnnieGrace
sue, get over yourself. you complain so much and forget that this movie is:
a) bringing in money to your town
b) making your town a destination for a MOVIE – making it possible more will come with even MORE money
c) increasing sales at local businesses
you sound just like the whiny people who didnt want the original festival in wallkill, ny in the first place – you overlook the good things because you !gasp! have to drive a bit longer?
really sue, you are missing the forest for the trees