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Naked Lunch (1991)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
David Cronenberg
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    Bill Lee Peter Weller
  • Profile picture of Judy Davis
    Joan Frost Judy Davis
  • Profile picture of Ian Holm
    Tom Frost Ian Holm
  • Profile picture of Julian Sands
    Yves Cloquet Julian Sands
  • Profile picture of Roy Scheider
    Dr. Benway Roy Scheider
  • Profile picture of Monique Mercure
    Fadela Monique Mercure
  • Profile picture of Nicholas Campbell
    Hank Nicholas Campbell
  • Profile picture of Michael Zelniker
    Martin Michael Zelniker

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • writing
  • hallucination
  • writer
  • bug
  • illegal drugs
  • exterminator
  • beat generation
  • gay theme