
Naked Lunch
1991 • Crime | Drama
David Cronenberg
Director
David Cronenberg
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
December 27, 1991
Duration
115 Min
Language
en
Popularity
5.3894
Budget
$16,000,000
Revenue
$2,641,357
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.
Cast

Peter Weller

Judy Davis

Ian Holm

Julian Sands

Roy Scheider

Monique Mercure

Nicholas Campbell

Michael Zelniker

Robert A. Silverman

Joseph Scoren

John Friesen

Sean McCann

Michael Caruana

Louis Ferreira

Julian Richings

Joseph Di Mambro