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Naked Lunch
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Naked Lunch

Fri, Dec 27, 1991
  • Crime
  • Drama
Film · Synopsis

Synopsis

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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Release windows

When & where

US
  • In CinemasFri, Dec 27, 1991
GB
  • In CinemasThu, Dec 12, 1991London
  • TVTue, Jun 27, 1995
FR
  • In CinemasWed, Mar 11, 1992
DE
  • In CinemasSun, Feb 16, 1992Berlin International Film Festival
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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Peter Weller
    Peter Weller
    as Bill Lee
  • Judy Davis
    Judy Davis
    as Joan Frost
  • Ian Holm
    Ian Holm
    as Tom Frost
  • Julian Sands
    Julian Sands
    as Yves Cloquet
  • Roy Scheider
    Roy Scheider
    as Dr. Benway
  • Monique Mercure
    Monique Mercure
    as Fadela
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