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Title: Naked Lunch

Release Date: 27 Dec 1991

Runtime: 1h 55m

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Recorded Picture Company, Naked Lunch Productions, 20th Century Fox

Production Companies: Recorded Picture Company, Naked Lunch Productions, 20th Century Fox

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.998 (1080 votes)

Cast

  • Bill Lee: Peter Weller
  • Joan Frost: Judy Davis
  • Tom Frost: Ian Holm
  • Yves Cloquet: Julian Sands
  • Dr. Benway: Roy Scheider
  • Fadela: Monique Mercure
  • Hank: Nicholas Campbell
  • Martin: Michael Zelniker
  • Hans: Robert A. Silverman
  • Kiki: Joseph Scoren
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