Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from New York’s legendary Chelsea Hotel. Once considered an untouchable, impenetrable tower for writers, artists, musicians and mavericks, it has been recently claimed as a boutique hotel venture for a management company that shows disregard for its formidable history. –Cannes Film Festival
Director: Abel Ferrara
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Ethan Hawke as Self |
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Gaby Hoffmann as Self |
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Dennis Hopper as Self |
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Stanley Bard as Self |
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Robert Crumb as Self |
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Abel Ferrara as Self |
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Miloš Forman as Self |
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Rockets Redglare as Self |
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Bijou Phillips as Nancy Spungen |
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Adam Goldberg as Tim |
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Giancarlo Esposito as Tip |
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Grace Jones as Bev |
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Shanyn Leigh as Janis Joplin |
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Caitlin Mehner as Self |
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Zaldy as Self |
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Christy Scott Cashman as Self |
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Laura Kaplan as Self |
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Vito Acconci as Self |
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Sathima Bea Benjamin as Self |
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Elizabeth Pugh as Self |
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Merle Lister as Self |
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Raphael Cohen-Demers as Self |
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Lola Schnabel as Self |
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Robert Oppel as Self |
| Directing | Abel Ferrara | Director |
| Writing | Abel Ferrara | Writer |
| Writing | David Linter | Writer |
| Production | Jen Gatien | Producer |
| Production | David D. Wasserman | Producer |
| Production | Ovidio E. Diaz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kris Haber | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Langdon Page | Editor |
| Art | Frank DeCurtis | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nile Cmylo | Costume Design |
| Camera | Ken Kelsch | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Christ Zois | Writer |
| Production | Gavin Poolman | Associate Producer |
| Production | John D. Trapman | Associate Producer |
| Production | Rachel Fox | Associate Producer |
| Production | Andrea Caldora | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Jay Kubassek | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Lulu Selby | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Matthew Miller | Co-Executive Producer |
| Sound | Rob Burger | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Tony Garnier | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | G.E. Smith | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Giancarlo Vulcano | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jim White | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hal Willner | Music Producer |
| Sound | Hal Willner | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Gavin Friday | Music Producer |
| Sound | Gavin Friday | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Tim Starnes | Music Editor |
| Sound | Tom Paul | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Rob Koch | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Waris Supanpong | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Sound | Tom Myers | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Abe Dolinger | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Jarrod Kloiber | Gaffer |
| Camera | Nick Morrison | Key Grip |
| Camera | Travis Tipps | Grip |
| Lighting | Brian C. Harnick | Electrician |
| Lighting | Mike Yetter | Electrician |
| Camera | Luke Joerger | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Crew | David Hausen | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Crew | Marshall Korshak | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Crew | Justin Lee Stanley | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Editing | Gabriela Garcia | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Anders Bramsen | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | David Rogers | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joelle Troisi | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joelle Troisi | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Keiko Takagi | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lew Elias | Hairstylist |
| Production | Caroline J. Sanders | Production Manager |
| Production | Rachel Michelle Fernandes | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Pam Williamson | Production Accountant |
| Production | Eileen Eichenstein | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Hunter Gatien | Production Assistant |
| Production | Laura Guest | Production Assistant |
| Production | Antoine Petit | Production Assistant |
| Production | Amanda Harris | Production Assistant |
| Editing | John Dowdell | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Crew | Tim Spitzer | Digital Supervisor |
| Crew | Jean Lane | Digital Supervisor |
| Editing | Dave Pultz | Color Timer |
| Production | Becca Bender | Researcher |
| Crew | Jean M. Brown | Transcriptions |
| Production | Tim Sullivan | Researcher |
| Camera | Maria Grazia Schirripa | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Linda Troeller | Still Photographer |
| Sound | John Kilgore | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Martin Brumba | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Rachel Fox | Music Coordinator |
| Camera | Brian Pryzpek | "B" Camera Operator |