This controversial, startling and hypnotic mix of music and visuals is a semi-autobiographical psycho-drama following one addict’s journey from sickness to heath, anguish to well-being. When Russel Harwick (Director Conrad Rooks: Siddhartha), a young well to do alcoholic and junkie, heads to Switzerland for the ‘Swiss Sleeping Cure,” he enters a psychedelic world set not in reality, but in the explosive, delusional landscapes of the mind. Tormented during withdrawal by a disorienting mingling of recollection and fantasy, Harwick experiences a life-affirming epiphany, which leads him from his nightmare.

Featuring one of the most diverse casts in movie history, the Chappaqua filmscape is populated with counter-cultural icons Allan Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, French actor Jean Louis Barrault and jazz musician Ornette Coleman. Destined to be a cult-classic, Chappaqua takes us to the edge and back in what Playboy called “a confusing, frightening and weirdly beautiful movie.” - from cover.

Director:Conrad Rooks

Writer:Conrad Rooks

Cast (in credits order)
Jean-Louis Barrault ... Dr. Benoit
Conrad Rooks ... Russel Harwick
William S. Burroughs ... Opium Jones
Allen Ginsberg ... Messiah
Ravi Shankar ... Sun God
Paula Pritchett ... Water Woman
Ornette Coleman ... Peyote Eater
Swami Satchidananda ... The Guru
Moondog ... The Prophet
Jill Lator ... Sacrificed One
John Esam ... The Connection
Ed Sanders ... The Fugs
Rita Renoir
Penny Brown
Jacques Seiler
Moustique
Sophie Stelboun
Elder Wilder
Peter Orlovsky
Pascal Aubier
France Crémieux
Rene Serisier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
The Fugs ... Themselves
Hervé Villechaize ... Little Person (uncredited)

Runtime:82 min
Country:USA / France
Language:English
Color:Black and White / Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:Mono
Certification:USA:Not Rated