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Feature film — 1991

Naked Lunch (1991)

7.01h 55mCrime — Drama

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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A high-signal pick with 1,280 votes.

Recorded Picture Company / Naked Lunch Productions

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Director: David Cronenberg

On screen

Cast & crew

Peter Weller as Bill Lee

Peter Weller

Bill Lee

Judy Davis as Joan Frost

Judy Davis

Joan Frost

Ian Holm as Tom Frost

Ian Holm

Tom Frost

Julian Sands as Yves Cloquet

Julian Sands

Yves Cloquet

Roy Scheider as Dr. Benway

Roy Scheider

Dr. Benway

Monique Mercure as Fadela

Monique Mercure

Fadela

Nicholas Campbell as Hank

Nicholas Campbell

Hank

Michael Zelniker as Martin

Michael Zelniker

Martin

Robert A. Silverman as Hans

Robert A. Silverman

Hans

Joseph Scoren as Kiki

Joseph Scoren

Kiki

P

Peter Boretski

Creature Voices / Exterminator #2

Y

Yuval Daniel

Hafid

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