Conrad Rooks

Writing

December 15, 1934 — December 27, 2011

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

1 movies

Biography

Conrad Rooks was an American writer, actor, film director and producer most well-known for "Chappaqua", a semi-autobiographical exploration of the perils of drug addiction, the agony of withdrawal, and the author's journey to Europe and success with the aforementioned "sleeping cure."

🎬 Conrad Rooks's Filmography

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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.

Chappaqua

1966