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Naked Lunch

19911h 55mCrime · Drama
directed by David Cronenberg

“Exterminate all rational thought.”

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7 / 10
1,216 votes
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6.9 / 10
60,571 votes
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67 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
73%

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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.

Cast

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