Naked Lunch
EXterMINate ALL RatIONAL ThoughT.
1991 | 115m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | David Cronenberg |
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| Writer: | David Cronenberg, William S. Burroughs |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Dec 27, 1991 |
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| Director: | David Cronenberg |
| Writer: | David Cronenberg, William S. Burroughs |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, writing, hallucination, writer, bug, illegal drugs, exterminator, beat generation, gay theme |
| Production Companies | Naked Lunch Productions, Recorded Picture Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,641,357
Budget: $16,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| James McAteer | Art Direction |
| Deirdre Bowen | Casting |
| Elinor Rose Galbraith | Set Decoration |
| Carol Spier | Production Design |
| David Evans | Sound Effects Editor |
| Peter Maxwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Rhoda Ancill | Hairstylist |
| David Appleby | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Christine Hart | Makeup Department Head |
| Jane Tattersall | Sound Effects Editor |
| Brenda Gilles | Costume Supervisor |
| Ronald Sanders | Editor |
| Judy Murdock | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Marlene Aarons | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Marilyn O'Quinn | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Don White | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Veronica Ciandre | Hairstylist |
| Carmen MacDonald | Hairstylist |
| Lucy M. Orton | Hairstylist |
| David Cronenberg | Writer, Director |
| William S. Burroughs | Novel |
| Peter Suschitzky | Director of Photography |
| Howard Shore | Original Music Composer |
| Ornette Coleman | Original Music Composer |
| Denise Cronenberg | Costume Design |
| Chris Walas | Creature Design |
| Bryan Day | Sound Mixer |
| Tony Currie | Dialogue Editor |
| Wayne Griffin | Dialogue Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gabriella Martinelli | Co-Producer |
| Jeremy Thomas | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 29 | 47 | 19 |
| 2024 | 5 | 31 | 66 | 16 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 561 | 734 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 303 | 730 |