Chappaqua

Chappaqua

82 mins | Drama | Aug. 30, 1966

Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran. Though initially confusing, as Rooks blends drug-illusion with reality, and cuts color with black-and-white and monochrome tinted shots, "Chappaqua" is conventionally constructed with a beginning, middle, and end.

Chappaqua

82 mins | Drama | Aug. 30, 1966

Chappaqua
Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran. Though initially confusing, as Rooks blends drug-illusion with reality, and cuts color with black-and-white and monochrome tinted shots, "Chappaqua" is conventionally constructed with a beginning, middle, and end.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Minotaur Productions
Original title Chappaqua
Directors Conrad Rooks
Writers Conrad Rooks

Cast

Jean-Louis Barrault

as Dr. Benoit

Conrad Rooks

as Russel Harwick

William S. Burroughs

as Opium Jones

Allen Ginsberg

as Messiah

Paula Pritchett

as Water Woman

Ravi Shankar

as Sun God

Ornette Coleman

as Peyote eater

Swami Satchidananda

as The guru

Moondog

as The prophet

Ed Sanders

as The Fugs

Tuli Kupferberg

as The Fugs

Jasper Redhat

as Ritualist