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'''''Chappaqua''''' is a 1967 American drama 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 (musician)|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. |
'''''Chappaqua''''' is a 1967 American drama 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 (musician)|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. |
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The picture has become a [[cult film]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VDsDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149|author=Robert Maycock|title=Glass: A Portrait|publisher=Bobcat Books|origyear=2002|year=2012|page=149|isbn=978-0-85712-807-2}}</ref> |
The picture has become a [[cult film]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VDsDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT149|author=Robert Maycock|title=Glass: A Portrait|publisher=Bobcat Books|origyear=2002|year=2012|page=149|isbn=978-0-85712-807-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2pVClvgu2UC&pg=PA106|title=The Beat Generation|page=106}}</ref> |
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| Directed by | Conrad Rooks |
| Written by | Conrad Rooks |
| Produced by | Conrad Rooks |
| Starring | Jean-Louis Barrault William S. Burroughs Allen Ginsberg Swami Satchidananda Ornette Coleman |
| Cinematography | Étienne Becker Robert Frank Eugen Schüfftan |
| Edited by | Kenout Peltier |
| Music by | Ravi Shankar |
Production company | Minotaur |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Chappaqua is a 1967 American drama 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 picture has become a cult film.[1][2]
Plot
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".
Cast
- Jean-Louis Barrault as Dr. Benoit
- Conrad Rooks as Russel Harwick
- William S. Burroughs as Opium Jones
- Allen Ginsberg as Messie
- Ravi Shankar as Dieu du Soleil
- Paula Pritchett as Water Woman
- Ornette Coleman as Peyote Eater
- Swami Satchidananda as The Guru
- Moondog as The Prophet
- Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg, Ken Weaver and three others as The Fugs
- Rita Renoir
- Hervé Villechaize
- Penny Brown as the nurse
Sources
- ^ Robert Maycock (2012) [2002]. Glass: A Portrait. Bobcat Books. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-85712-807-2.
- ^ The Beat Generation. p. 106.
External links
- Chappaqua at IMDb
- "Conrad Rooks's Chappaqua Is a Therapeutic Travelogue of the Unconscious" New York Times review, November 6, 1967
- Review of Chappaqua at Mondo Digital
- Baumann Graphik (movie poster, German theatrical release 1998)
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- 1967 films
- 1960s drama films
- Films about drugs
- Films set in New York City
- English-language films
- Venice Grand Special Jury Prize winners
- Films scored by Ravi Shankar
- William S. Burroughs
- The Fugs
- Films directed by Conrad Rooks
- Films set in Westchester County, New York
- 1967 directorial debut films
- 1960s drama film stubs