

Chappaqua
1 hour 22 minutes1966-08-30
6.9
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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.
Cast

Jean-Louis Barrault
Dr. Benoit

Conrad Rooks
Russel Harwick

William S. Burroughs
Opium Jones

Allen Ginsberg
Messiah

Paula Pritchett
Water Woman

Ravi Shankar
Sun God

Ornette Coleman
Peyote eater

Swami Satchidananda
The guru

Moondog
The prophet

Penny Brown

Ed Sanders
The Fugs

Moustique

Sophie Stelboun

Peter Orlovsky

France Crémieux

Rita Renoir

Tuli Kupferberg
Self - The Fugs (uncredited)

Hervé Villechaize
Little Person (uncredited)

Jasper Redhat
Ritualist (uncredited)
