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.
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Title: Chappaqua (1966)
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1 win & 1 nomination.
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| Jean-Louis Barrault | ... | Dr. Benoit | |
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Conrad Rooks | ... | Russel Harwick |
| William S. Burroughs | ... | Opium Jones | |
| Allen Ginsberg | ... | Messiah | |
| Ravi Shankar | ... | Sun God | |
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Paula Pritchett | ... | Water Woman |
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Ornette Coleman | ... | Peyote Eater |
| Swami Satchidananda | ... | The Guru | |
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Moondog | ... | The Prophet |
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Jill Lator | ... | Sacrificed One |
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John Esam | ... | The Connection |
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Ed Sanders | ... | The Fugs |
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Rita Renoir | ||
| Penny Brown | |||
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Jacques Seiler | ||
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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. Written by Anonymous
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drugsploitation | flashback | france | manhattan new york city | times square manhattan new york city |Genres:
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The Beat Culture was a lot about drugs. Even New York in itself at that time, with all the jazz musicians and poets, was characterized by heroin. I drank mainly but I took heroin to cope with the backstrokes, says Conrad Rooks in Pattaya, Thailand, in the year 2000. See more »Connections
References Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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i'd been waiting with incredible & building excitement to see this film since i first learned of its existence in the mid-seventies when the American film institute's Catalog of Feature Films 1961-70 was made available. unfortunately this "feature" film runs only about 80 min. in length. but i think that's just about right for the careful pacing & overall content. i didn't get a chance to see it until 1997 when it was released on video. in all those years, i couldn't track down conrad rooks & connections with burroughs, ginsberg, et al. didn't yield anything of use however much i inquired. when i finally saw it, it did not disappoint me on any level even with that build up of incredible expectancy of greatness. the robert frank cinematography is amazingly beautiful, as usual (check out those panning, beautiful color lens-flares in the "peyote sequence"). the intriguing & eclectic shankar, glass, coleman & fugs soundtrack is perfectly utilized & integrated. the script is just about flawless & quite complex in it's sometimes subtle & sometimes not-so-subtle symbolism & arcane inferences. the acting may not be perfectly consistent, but is almost always arresting. filmed for at least a couple of years before it was released, it truly is a pioneering effort of its genre (if you can classify that genre). rooks' direction is masterful, particularly when you consider the complexities delved into with this subject matter. & finally, its self-reflexive touches are appropriate, intrinsic & not overdone. definitely miss this one if yer brain-dead!
-bobby cormier