Naked Lunch
“Exterminate all rational thought.”
1991•R•1h 55m•7.0•Released
CrimeDrama
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.
Director
David Cronenberg
Writer
David Cronenberg
Budget
$16M
Revenue
$3M
Languages
Arabic, English
Studio
Recorded Picture Company
Cast
Peter Weller
Bill Lee
Judy Davis
Joan Frost
Ian Holm
Tom Frost
Julian Sands
Yves Cloquet
Roy Scheider
Dr. Benway
Monique Mercure
Fadela
Nicholas Campbell
Hank
Michael Zelniker
Martin
Robert A. Silverman
Hans
Joseph Scoren
Kiki
Peter Boretski
Creature Voices / Exterminator #2
Yuval Daniel
Hafid
John Friesen
Hauser
Sean McCann
O'Brien
Howard Jerome
A.J. Cohen
Production
Company
Recorded Picture Company
Company
Naked Lunch Productions
Producer
Jeremy Thomas
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