

Naked Lunch
1991-12-27 · 115 min · ★ 7.0
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.
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- Directors
- David Cronenberg
- Production companies
- Recorded Picture Company, Naked Lunch Productions
- Countries
- Canada, United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 16,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 2,641,357
Top Cast
Peter WellerBill Lee
Judy DavisJoan Frost
Ian HolmTom Frost
Julian SandsYves Cloquet
Roy ScheiderDr. Benway
Monique MercureFadela
Nicholas CampbellHank
Michael ZelnikerMartin
Robert A. SilvermanHans
Joseph ScorenKiki
John FriesenHauser
Sean McCannO'Brien
Howard JeromeA.J. Cohen
Michael CaruanaPawnbroker
Louis FerreiraExterminator #3
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