Chappaqua
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Conrad Rooks
Jean-louis Barrault
Conrad Rooks
William S. Burroughs
Allen Ginsberg
Ravi Shankar
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Russel Harwick, the son of a wealthy American business executive, has been an alcoholic since he was 14 and a drug addict since he was 19. At 27 he is in the final stages of heroin addiction, when his father's death shocks him into wanting to be cured. He arrives in Paris for a sleep cure and is driven to a rest home on the outskirts of the city. During Russel's withdrawal period presided over by Doctor Benoit, he frequently has fantasies and nightmarish visions. He imagines himself under the wing of an Indian guru, floating through space with an ethereal and loving woman, and fighting off the persistent lures of his friends--especially Opium Jones, a sinister pusher. Russel is eventually cured and released from the clinic. As he leaves in a helicopter, he turns to look back, only to see himself on a balcony of the chateau that has been his hospital-clinic.
Director
Conrad Rooks
Cast
Jean-louis Barrault
Conrad Rooks
William S. Burroughs
Allen Ginsberg
Ravi Shankar
Paula Pritchett
Ornette Coleman
Swami Satchidananda
Moondog
Jill Lator
John Esam
The Fugs
Rita Renoir
Penny Brown
Jacques Seiler
Moustique
Sophie Steboun
Elder Wilder
Peter Orlovsky
Pascal Aubier
France Crémieux
Mr. & Mrs. René Serisier
Trude Heller
Alla Rakha
Keshay Sathe
Crew
Johann Sebastian Bach
Etienne Becker
Francis Bouche
Robert Frank
Louis Emile Galey
Phil Glass
David Larcher
David Larcher
Claude Le Gallou
Claudine Merlin
Régis Pagniez
Catherine Peltier
Kenout Peltier
Peter Pilafian
Jacqueline Pipard
Jean Pipard
Conrad Rooks
Conrad Rooks
Agnès Senne
Ravi Shankar
Eugen Shuftan
I. M. Sommerville
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed in France, Mexico, India, England, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Jamaica, and the United States. Rooks bought the rights from Universal in January 1968 and rereleased Chappaqua in November 1970 through his Minotaur Releasing Co.
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of The Special Jury Prize at the 1966 Venice Film Festival.
Released in United States 1966
Released in United States 1966
