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Naked Lunch
Exterminate all rational thought.
Genres
CrimeDrama
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.
Details
Budget
$16000000
Revenue
$2641357
Runtime
115 min
Release Date
1991-12-27
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
1162
Vote Average
7
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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
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