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.
Directed by
David Cronenberg
Written by
David Cronenberg
Based on
Naked Lunch
by William S. Burroughs
Produced by
Jeremy Thomas
Gabriella Martinelli
Starring
Peter Weller
Judy Davis
Ian Holm
Julian Sands
Roy Scheider
Cinematography
Peter Suschitzky
Edited by
Ronald Sanders
Music by
Howard Shore
Ornette Coleman
Production
company
Recorded Picture Company
Distributed by
Alliance Releasing (Canada)
First Independent Films (United Kingdom)
Shochiku-Fuji Company (Japan)
Release dates
27 December 1991 (United States)
24 April 1992 (United Kingdom)
Running time
115 minutes
Countries
Canada
United Kingdom
Japan
Language
English
Budget $16–18 million
Box office $2.6 million
Also known as:
Almuerzo desnudo
David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch
Festín Desnudo
Hadaka no lunch
Голий ланч
네이키드 런치
裸のランチ
