Naked Lunch (1991)
Naked Lunch is a 1991 crime movie directed by David Cronenberg, with a running time of 1h 55m. It stars Peter Weller, Judy Davis and Ian Holm.
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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What is Naked Lunch about?
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.
When was Naked Lunch released?
Naked Lunch was released on 27 December 1991.
How long is Naked Lunch?
Naked Lunch runs 1h 55m.
Who made Naked Lunch?
Naked Lunch was directed by David Cronenberg.
Cast
- Peter Weller as Bill Lee
- Judy Davis as Joan Frost
- Ian Holm as Tom Frost
- Julian Sands as Yves Cloquet
- Roy Scheider as Dr. Benway
- Monique Mercure as Fadela
- Nicholas Campbell as Hank
- Michael Zelniker as Martin
- Robert A. Silverman as Hans
- Joseph Scoren as Kiki
- Peter Boretski as Creature Voices / Exterminator #2
- Yuval Daniel as Hafid
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