This episode is the best Cold Case episode I've seen. I love the historical content, as Woodstock happened when I was 16 years old and I can certainly relate.. And it was done very well considering how wild Woodstock really was and all the possible photo shots that were available. The acting in this episode was exemplary. The one who really stood out in this episode is a young, super actress...Christa B. Allen. As the young Annabelle, she really played her role well. It's almost as if she is a hippie at heart. She has been in many guest star roles and in several movies as well, and this was just another of her fabulous performances. Mark my words...Christa B. Allen is becoming a huge star, and she is very worthy of that designation.
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Murder at Woodstock
jotix10019 May 2010
Warning: Spoilers
Sometimes we have to give it to the writers and creators of this series as they go to territory that has been documented so thoroughly before that the facts get twisted away in search of an entertaining program. The case at hand is one of those far fetched stories that does not make much sense, in spite of the earnest desire of the creators for passing it as plausible plots.
This episode deals with a G.I., David Quinn, on his way to Viet Nam falling in love at first sight with a lovely college student, Annabelle Bennett. They meet on the bus to Ithaca, where she is getting off to start classes at Cornell. They will meet again, but under different circumstances when David returns after a tour of duty to find a transformed Annabelle, now in a hippie mood at that great event at Woodstock in 1969. David, is killed under mysterious circumstances while the biggest musical 'happening' of the last century took place.
Lily Rush is asked by FBI agent Cavanaugh to accompany him to Woodstock to try to get to the bottom of the case. The Cold Case team, meanwhile begin their own investigation. They are anxious to interview Annabelle Bennett, now a high political figure with a lot of clout. Evidently she is the key to understanding her relationship to David and his death.
Although this chapter is not one of the most inspired installments of the series, it has some moments where we are drawn into the story. It was directed by Jeffrey Hunt.
On a sad note, we just read about the demise of "Cold Case", one of the most enjoyable series on CBS. It will be sadly missed.
This episode deals with a G.I., David Quinn, on his way to Viet Nam falling in love at first sight with a lovely college student, Annabelle Bennett. They meet on the bus to Ithaca, where she is getting off to start classes at Cornell. They will meet again, but under different circumstances when David returns after a tour of duty to find a transformed Annabelle, now in a hippie mood at that great event at Woodstock in 1969. David, is killed under mysterious circumstances while the biggest musical 'happening' of the last century took place.
Lily Rush is asked by FBI agent Cavanaugh to accompany him to Woodstock to try to get to the bottom of the case. The Cold Case team, meanwhile begin their own investigation. They are anxious to interview Annabelle Bennett, now a high political figure with a lot of clout. Evidently she is the key to understanding her relationship to David and his death.
Although this chapter is not one of the most inspired installments of the series, it has some moments where we are drawn into the story. It was directed by Jeffrey Hunt.
On a sad note, we just read about the demise of "Cold Case", one of the most enjoyable series on CBS. It will be sadly missed.
What??
gs2011 April 2010
while we all realize these are fictitious stories with fictitious characters sometimes a premise gets shelled out that is offensive to some people ........for me this is one of those ......if you look in the life magazine Woodstock edition and locate the photo of the press parking area (which was virtually empty at the time of the photograph due to, apparently, press dis-interest) you will see three vehicles. a white ford van, a tan Toyota corolla with a black trunk lid and a white Chevy 4 door sedan.....the Toyota was mine, the others belonged to some friends..........the point is, there was never even a hint of purposeful violence the entire time we were there (i arrived a day early and stayed two days after- 6 days), even the rival motorcycle gangs who attended in large numbers never harmed anyone........there were 2 births (although neither occurred at the festival itself) 1 accidental death by tractor in the cow cornfield across the road, next to the press parking lot. 1 heroin overdose and 4 miscarriages.........all unfortunate to be sure as all young deaths are, but no weapons or injuries by weapons and certainly no murders...........why would this upset an old man like me now? and who cares anyway? ...........well, whenever 4 or 5 hundred thousand people get together impromptu with drugs, acid and booze, motorcycles, helicopters, too few toilets, not enough room, too little water and food, and a lot of rock and roll and there isn't any murder; we should honor those times and places just as we honor the veterans of a brave battle for freedom............i had such a good time there that tears are coming to me now as i write this because i wish that the friends i lost later in a god forsaken jungle just after that time, could have been there with me...............i would hate to see this fiction become an urban myth..............other than that i guess the show was okay.
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