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
Unknown
Ed Sanders
The Fugs
Moustique
Unknown
Sophie Stelboun
Unknown
Peter Orlovsky
Unknown
France Crémieux
Unknown
Rita Renoir
Unknown
Tuli Kupferberg
Self - The Fugs (uncredited)
Hervé Villechaize
Little Person (uncredited)
Jasper Redhat
Ritualist (uncredited)
Jill Lator
Sacrified One
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