Naked Lunch 32 years old

Exterminate all rational thought.

Naked Lunch

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.

Credits

Naked Lunch Cast

Name Character
Ian Holm He was 60, now 93 years old as Tom Frost
Judy Davis She was 36, now 69 years old as Joan Frost
Peter Weller He was 44, now 77 years old as Bill Lee
Julian Richings He was 35, now 68 years old as Exterminator #4
Julian Sands He was 33, now 66 years old as Yves Cloquet
Louis Ferreira He was 24, now 57 years old as Exterminator #3
Roy Scheider He was 59, 75 years old when he died as Doctor Benway
Monique Mercure She was 61, now 94 years old as Fadela
Sean McCann He was 56, 83 years old when he died as O'Brien
Nicholas Campbell He was 39, now 72 years old as Hank
Robert A. Silverman He was 53, now 86 years old as Hans
Joseph Scoren He was 27, 41 years old when he died as Kiki
Michael Caruana as Pawnbroker
John Friesen He was 40, now 73 years old as Hauser
Yuval Daniel as Hafid
Michael Zelniker He was 41, now 74 years old as Martin

Naked Lunch Crew

Name Department
James McAteer as Art Direction. Art
Elinor Rose Galbraith as Set Decoration. She was 36 (now 69) years old Art
Howard Shore as Original Music Composer. He was 45 (now 78) years old Sound
David Cronenberg as Director. He was 48 (now 81) years old Directing
David Cronenberg as Writer. He was 48 (now 81) years old Writing
Peter Suschitzky as Director of Photography. He was 50 (now 83) years old Camera
Ronald Sanders as Editor. He was 46 (now 79) years old Editing
Jeremy Thomas as Producer. He was 42 (now 75) years old Production
Gabriella Martinelli as Co-Producer. Production
William S. Burroughs as Novel. He was 77 (83) years old when He died Writing
Denise Cronenberg as Costume Design. She was 8 (now 24) years old Costume & Make-Up
Ornette Coleman as Original Music Composer. He was 61 (85) years old when He died Sound
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Naked Lunch (32 years)

Exterminate all rational thought.

  • Release day: Friday, December 27, 1991
  • Runtime: 115 minutes
  • Budget: 16000000.00