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Chappaqua is a 1966 cult film written and directed by Conrad Rooks. The film is based on Rooks' experiences with drug addiction and includes cameo appearances by William S. Burroughs, Swami Satchidananda, Allen Ginsberg, Moondog, Ornette Coleman, The Fugs, and Ravi Shankar. Rooks had commissioned Coleman to compose music for the film, but his score, which has become known as the Chappaqua Suite was not used. Ravi Shankar then composed a score. The film briefly depicts Chappaqua, New York, a hamlet in Westchester County, in a few minutes of wintry panoramas. In the film, the hamlet is an overt symbol of drug-free suburban childhood innocence. It also serves as one of the film's many nods to Native American culture. The word "chappaqua" derives from the Wappinger (a nation of the Algonquian peoples) word for "laurel swamp."
Original Release
08/30/1966
US Release
11/04/1967
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean-Louis Barrault | Dr. Benoit |
William S. Burroughs | Opium Jones |
Ravi Shankar | Sun God |
Allen Ginsberg | Messiah |
Paula Pritchett | Water Woman |
Jacques Seiler | |
Ornette Coleman | Peyote Eater |
Moondog | The Prophet |
Swami Satchidananda | The Guru |
Jill Lator | Sacrificed One |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean-Louis Barrault | Dr. Benoit |
William S. Burroughs | Opium Jones |
Ravi Shankar | Sun God |
Allen Ginsberg | Messiah |
Paula Pritchett | Water Woman |
Jacques Seiler | |
Ornette Coleman | Peyote Eater |
Moondog | The Prophet |
Swami Satchidananda | The Guru |
Jill Lator | Sacrificed One |
Moustique | |
Rita Renoir | |
Penny Brown | |
Sophie Steboun | |
Peter Orlovsky | |
Elder Wilder | |
France Crémieux | |
Pascal Aubier | |
Rene Serisier | (as Mr & Mrs René Serisier) |
The Fugs | Themselves |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Francis Bouche | Executive Producer |
Conrad Rooks | Producer |
Louis-Emile Galey | Producer |