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Naked Lunch
“Exterminate all rational thought.”
7.0 / 10• 1991• 1h 55m•R• English
CrimeDrama
Storyline
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
Peter Weller
Bill Lee
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. David Cronenberg's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Naked Lunch is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
