
Naked Lunch (1991)
Released:
1991-12-27
Duration:
1hr 55min
Rating 7.0
EXterMINate ALL RatIONAL ThoughT.
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.
Production Companies

Recorded Picture Company
Naked Lunch Productions

20th Century Fox
Additional Info
Budget | $16,000,000.00 |
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Revenue | $2,641,357.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 13.228 |
Directed By
David Cronenberg
Crew
Director
David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg
Novel
William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
Director of Photography
Peter Suschitzky
Peter Suschitzky
Original Music Composer
Howard Shore
Howard Shore
Makeup Department Head
Christine Hart
Christine Hart
Sound Effects Editor
David Evans
David Evans
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Maxwell
Peter Maxwell
Sound Effects Editor
Jane Tattersall
Jane Tattersall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don White
Don White
Creature Design
Chris Walas
Chris Walas
Costume Supervisor
Brenda Gilles
Brenda Gilles
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Appleby
David Appleby
Writer
David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg
Producer
Jeremy Thomas
Jeremy Thomas
Co-Producer
Gabriella Martinelli
Gabriella Martinelli
Original Music Composer
Ornette Coleman
Ornette Coleman
Editor
Ronald Sanders
Ronald Sanders
Casting
Deirdre Bowen
Deirdre Bowen
Production Design
Carol Spier
Carol Spier
Art Direction
James McAteer
James McAteer
Costume Design
Denise Cronenberg
Denise Cronenberg
Set Decoration
Elinor Rose Galbraith
Elinor Rose Galbraith
Hairstylist
Veronica Ciandre
Veronica Ciandre
Hairstylist
Rhoda Ancill
Rhoda Ancill
Assistant Makeup Artist
Marlene Aarons
Marlene Aarons
Hairstylist
Carmen MacDonald
Carmen MacDonald
Assistant Makeup Artist
Judy Murdock
Judy Murdock
Assistant Makeup Artist
Marilyn O'Quinn
Marilyn O'Quinn
Hairstylist
Lucy M. Orton
Lucy M. Orton
Sound Mixer
Bryan Day
Bryan Day
TOP 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
Peter Boretski
Creature Voices / Exterminator #2
Yuval Daniel
Hafid

John Friesen
Hauser

Sean McCann
O'Brien
Howard Jerome
A.J. Cohen

Michael Caruana
Pawnbroker
Kurt Reis
Exterminator #1

Louis Ferreira
Exterminator #3

Julian Richings
Exterminator #4
Jim Yip
The Chink
Claude Aflalo
Forgeman
Laurent Hazout
Interzone Boy

Joseph Di Mambro
Interzone Boy