Semi-autobiographical story of Conrad Rooks, who travels to France to undergo a drug-withdrawal cure. Flashbacks to the beginings of psychedelia in San Fran. Though initially confusing, as Rooks blends drug-illusion with reality, and cuts color with black-and-white and monochrome tinted shots, "Chappaqua" is conventionally constructed with a beginning, middle, and end.
Key credits listed on this page include Conrad Rooks, Jean-Louis Barrault, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Paula Pritchett, Ravi Shankar, Ornette Coleman, and Swami Satchidananda.