Naked Lunch

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.

Trailer

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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

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Peter Boretski

Creature Voices / Exterminator #2

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Yuval Daniel

Hafid

John Friesen

Hauser

Sean McCann

O'Brien

Howard Jerome

A.J. Cohen

Michael Caruana

Pawnbroker

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Kurt Reis

Exterminator #1

Louis Ferreira

Exterminator #3

Julian Richings

Exterminator #4

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Jim Yip

The Chink

Crew

Art

• Carol Spier Production Design
• Elinor Rose Galbraith Set Decoration
• James McAteer Art Direction
• Paula Deresti Set Dresser
• Peter Nicolakakos Set Dresser
• Arlindo Vicente Set Dresser
• Gareth Wilson Set Dresser

Camera

• Peter Suschitzky Director of Photography
• Peter Suschitzky Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Brenda Gilles Costume Supervisor
• Christine A. Hart Makeup Department Head
• Denise Cronenberg Costume Design
• Rhoda Ancill Hairstylist
• Marilyn O'Quinn Assistant Makeup Artist
• Judy Murdock Assistant Makeup Artist
• Veronica Ciandre Hairstylist
• Carmen MacDonald Hairstylist
• Lucy M. Orton Hairstylist
• Marlene Aarons Assistant Makeup Artist
• Christine A. Hart Makeup Artist

Directing

• David Cronenberg Director

Editing

• Ronald Sanders Editor

Lighting

• Cactus Simser Lighting Technician
• Scotty Allan Gaffer

Production

• Gabriella Martinelli Co-Producer
• Jeremy Thomas Producer
• Deirdre Bowen Casting

Sound

• Howard Shore Original Music Composer
• David Evans Sound Effects Editor
• Don White Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Peter Maxwell Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Jane Tattersall Sound Effects Editor
• David Appleby Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Ornette Coleman Original Music Composer
• Bryan Day Sound Mixer
• Tony Currie Dialogue Editor
• Wayne Griffin Dialogue Editor

Visual Effects

• Chris Walas Creature Design

Writing

• William S. Burroughs Novel
• David Cronenberg Writer

Photos