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Naked Lunch

"Exterminate all rational thought."

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Ratings & Reviews

7.0/10

1,213 votes

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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

🏆

1

Win

📋

0

Nominations

🏅

Other Awards

🏆 1 win

Won

Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for Best Motion Picture

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$16.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$2.6M

Global Box Office

Loss

$-13,358,643

ROI: -83%

Budget Recovery17% of budget

$0|Budget: $16.0M|Revenue: $2.6M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

33.9K

Daily Avg

575

7-Day Trend

+7%

30 days agoToday

Based On

Naked Lunch

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Toronto

1 Location Found

Story Setting

Set In

New York City

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Peter Suschitzky

Film Editing

Ronald Sanders

Music / Score

Howard Shore

Production Companies

Recorded Picture Company

Distributors

20th Century StudiosNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch Naked Lunch

Available in 23 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United Kingdom18	ARROW	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Canada	—	—	Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesR

United Kingdom18

Germany16

France12

Brazil18

HU18

ItalyVM18

South Korea19

+2 more countries

Production

Director

David Cronenberg

Writers

William S. Burroughs, David Cronenberg

Production Companies

Recorded Picture CompanyNaked Lunch Productions

Cast

Peter Weller photo

Peter Weller

Bill Lee

Judy Davis photo

Judy Davis

Joan Frost

Ian Holm photo

Ian Holm

Tom Frost

Julian Sands photo

Julian Sands

Yves Cloquet

Roy Scheider photo

Roy Scheider

Dr. Benway

Monique Mercure photo

Monique Mercure

Fadela

Nicholas Campbell photo

Nicholas Campbell

Hank

Michael Zelniker photo

Michael Zelniker

Martin

Robert A. Silverman photo

Robert A. Silverman

Hans

Joseph Scoren photo

Joseph Scoren

Kiki

No Image

Peter Boretski

Creature Voices / Exterminator #2

No Image

Yuval Daniel

Hafid

Tags & Keywords

based on novel or bookwritinghallucinationwriterbugillegal drugsexterminatorbeat generationgay theme

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