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.

6.3

82 min

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

Penny Brown

Ed Sanders

as The Fugs

Moustique

Sophie Stelboun

Peter Orlovsky

France Crémieux

Rita Renoir

Tuli Kupferberg

as Self - The Fugs (uncredited)

Hervé Villechaize

as Little Person (uncredited)

Jasper Redhat

as Ritualist (uncredited)

Jill Lator

as Sacrified One

Director

Conrad Rooks