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.

• Conrad RooksDirector
• Ravi ShankarOriginal Music Composer
• Conrad RooksWriter

• Jean-Louis BarraultDr. Benoit
• Conrad RooksRussel Harwick
• William S. BurroughsOpium Jones
• Allen GinsbergMessiah
• Paula PritchettWater Woman
• Ravi ShankarSun God
• Ornette ColemanPeyote eater
• Swami SatchidanandaThe guru
• MoondogThe prophet
• Penny BrownCast
• Ed SandersThe Fugs
• MoustiqueCast