Chappaqua

Year: 1966

Production Country: USA

Directed by Conrad Rooks
Featuring Jean-Louis Barrault / William S. Burroughs / Ravi Shankar

Stills (3)

Autobiographical film about Rook's drug addiction.

Cast & credits

Cast

Doctor Benoit Jean-Louis Barrault
Opium Jones William S. Burroughs
Sun God Ravi Shankar
Messiah Allen Ginsberg
Water Woman Paula Pritchett
cast member Jacques Seiler
peyote eater Ornette Coleman
The Prophet Moondog
The Guru Swami Satchidananda
Sacrificed One Jill Lator
Russel Harwick Conrad Rooks
cast member Moustique
cast member Rita Renoir
cast member Penny Brown
cast member Sophie Steboun
cast member Peter Orlovsky
cast member Elder Wilder
cast member France Crémieux
cast member Pascal Aubier
cast member René Serisier
cast member Mrs René Serisier
cast member The Fugs
The Connection John Esam
[] Herve Villechaize
[] Donovan Leitch

Credits

Direction

A film by Conrad Rooks
Assistant Director Claudine Merlin

Production

Copyright by Conrad Rooks
Unit Management Francis Bouche
Consulting Manager Louis-Emile Galey

Writing

[Written by] Conrad Rooks

Photography

Director of Photography Robert Frank
Camera Robert Frank
Camera Étienne Becker
[Photography Consultant] Eugen Schüfftan

Stills

[Stills] Photographer David Larcher

Special Effects

Special Effects CTR

Editing

Edited by Kénout Peltier
Assistant Editor Claudine Merlin
Assistant Editor Claude Le Gallou
Assistant Editor Catherine Peltier

Design

Art Director Régis Pagniez

Costumes

Wardrobe Agnès Senne

Make-up

Make-up Jean Pipard
Make-up Jacqueline Pipard

Film processing

Laboratories LTC St. Cloud

Music

Original Music Composed and Directed by Ravi Shankar
Other Music (St Matthew's Passion) Johann Sebastian Bach
Other Music (Buttercups) Trude Hellers
Introducing [the music of] The Fugs
Introducing [the music of] Bertha Colbert
Performed by Ravi Shankar
Performed by Alla Rakha
Performed by Keshav Sathe
[Music] Consultant Philip Glass

Sound