Chappaqua
1966Semi-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.
Acted in
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