Naked Lunch (1991)

12/27/1991 (CA) • 1h 55m

Crime, Drama

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Overview

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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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$16,000,000.00

Revenue

$2,641,357.00

Keywords

based on novel or book

writing

hallucination

writer

bug

illegal drugs

exterminator

beat generation

gay theme

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