Naked Lunch

1991·Movie

1h 55min·16

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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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Genres: Crime Drama Biographical Drama Surrealist Film Absurdist Drama
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Sequels and Prequels

No sequels or prequels available

Crew

Directed by:

Peter Suschitzky, David Cronenberg

Written by:

David Cronenberg

Produced by:

Gabriella Martinelli, Jeremy Thomas

Composed by:

Howard Shore, Ornette Coleman

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

John Friesen

Hauser

Sean McCann

O'Brien

Michael Caruana

Pawnbroker

Louis Ferreira

Exterminator #3

Julian Richings

Exterminator #4

Joseph Di Mambro

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