Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch

1991

Movie Information

Overview

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.

Release Date

December 27, 1991

Director

David Cronenberg

Runtime

1h 55m

Cast

Peter WellerJudy DavisIan HolmJulian SandsRoy ScheiderMonique MercureNicholas CampbellMichael ZelnikerRobert A. SilvermanJoseph Scoren

Production

Recorded Picture CompanyNaked Lunch Productions

Genres

CrimeDrama

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