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Naked Lunch (1991)
6.9
Ratings: 6.9/10 from 20,446 users
Metascore:
67/100
Reviews: 129 user | 76 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in an Islamic port town in Africa. Director:David Cronenberg |
115 min - 
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| Peter Weller | ... | ||
| Judy Davis | ... | ||
| Ian Holm | ... | ||
| Julian Sands | ... | ||
| Roy Scheider | ... | ||
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Monique Mercure | ... | |
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Robert A. Silverman | ... | |
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Kiki
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Peter Boretski | ... |
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Exterminator #2
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Yuval Daniel | ... | |
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John Friesen | ... | |
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Howard Jerome | ... | |
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Storyline
Not an adaptation of beat writer William S. Burrough's novel but a mix of biography and an interpretation of his drug- induced writing processes combined with elements of his work in this paranoid fantasy about Bill Lee, a writer who accidentally shoots his wife, whose typewriter transforms into a cockroach and who becomes involved in a mysterious plot in an Islamic port called Interzone. Wonderfully bizarre, not unlike Burrough's books. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
David Cronenberg and William S. Burroughs invite you to lunch. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for heavy drug content, bizarre eroticism, and language See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
(France) See more »Also Known As:
Hadaka no lunch See more »Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBox Office
Budget:
$16,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$2,541,541 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Film Trustees Ltd., Naked Lunch Productions, Nippon Film Development and Finance See more »
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DolbyColor:
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1.85 : 1
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The movie is packed with characters based on real people and events from the life of Burroughs. Like Bill Lee, William S. Burroughs was an exterminator and drug addict who accidentally shot his wife during a drunken game of "William Tell." Joan Lee is based on Joan Vollmer, Burroughs' wife. Hank and Martin, Bill's fellow writers, are Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Burroughs moved to a section of Tangier, Morocco, known as the "International Zone," hence "Interzone." Tom Frost is clearly based on Paul Bowles, and Kiki was in fact the name of a young man Burroughs had an affair with in Tangier, while writing "Naked Lunch." See more »
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