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Chappaqua 1966 2 stars

    N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Conrad Rooks
Cast: Conrad Rooks, Jean-Louis Barrault, William S. Burroughs, Omette Coleman, Allen Ginsberg, Paula Pritchett, Ravi Shankar

  This is a surreal diary of Conrad Rooks in which he describes his stay at a clinic for alcohol and heroin addicts.

Drugstore Cowboy 1989 3 and a half stars

    R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gus Van Sant
Cast: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James LeGros, Heather Graham, Max Perlich, James Remar, Grace Zabriskie, Beah Richards, William S. Burroughs

  A group of druggies rob drugstores to support their addictions in this realistic depiction of life on the fringes of society.

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1. Chappaqua (1966)
2. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

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