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Naked Lunch

Not Rated
CrimeDrama
7/10(1,074 ratings)

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.

12-27-1991
1h 55m
Naked Lunch
Backdrop for Naked Lunch

Main Cast

Peter Weller

Peter Weller

Bill Lee

Judy Davis

Judy Davis

Joan Frost

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Tom Frost

Julian Sands

Julian Sands

Yves Cloquet

Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Dr. Benway

Monique Mercure

Monique Mercure

Fadela

Nicholas Campbell

Nicholas Campbell

Hank

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:
David Cronenberg
Writer:
David Cronenberg
Production:
Recorded Picture Company, Naked Lunch Productions, 20th Century Fox
Revenue:
$2,641,357
Budget:
$16,000,000

Key Crew

Director of Photography:
Peter Suschitzky
Novel:
William S. Burroughs
Original Music Composer:
Howard Shore
Creature Design:
Chris Walas
Editor:
Ronald Sanders

Locations and Languages

Country:
GB
Filming:
CA; GB; US
Languages:
en