The Naked Lunch (Original title)
Date: 24 April 1992 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, CanadaDirector: David Cronenberg
Synopsis: Pest-exterminator turned fugitive and narcophile William Lee flees 1953 New York for the dubious safety of the Interzone after the accidental shooting of his wife. There, he is harangued and molested by a variety of outsize insects, centipedes and less identifiable creatures.
Genre: Fantasy
Releases
Date: February 1992Country: GermanyRelease type: Pre-ReleaseFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 115 mins 24 secs - Length: 10386 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 24 April 1992Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 115 mins Length: 10386 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: First Independent Films Ltd
Date: 24 April 1992 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, CanadaDirector: David Cronenberg
Synopsis: Pest-exterminator turned fugitive and narcophile William Lee flees 1953 New York for the dubious safety of the Interzone after the accidental shooting of his wife. There, he is harangued and molested by a variety of outsize insects, centipedes and less identifiable creatures.
Genre: Fantasy
Releases
Date: February 1992Country: GermanyRelease type: Pre-ReleaseFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 115 mins 24 secs - Length: 10386 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 24 April 1992Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 115 mins Length: 10386 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: First Independent Films Ltd
Credits
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©: Recorded Picture Company (Productions) Limited, ©: Naked Lunch Productions Limited, Presents: Jeremy Thomas, Produced by: Jeremy Thomas, Co-producer: Gabriella Martinelli, Production Manager: Marilyn Stonehouse, Production Co-ordinator: Deborah Zwicker, Financial Controller: Ron Swinburne, UK Accountant: Hazel Crombie, Canadian Accountant: Teri Spasov, Assistant Accountant: Beverly Ross, Deborah Geaghan, Location Manager: Michael Brownstone, Location Assistant: Will Hoddinott, Production Secretary: Lesley Clark, 1st Assistant Director: John Board, 2nd Assistant Director: Terry Gould, 3rd Assistant Director: Simon Board, Trainee Assistant Director: Cassandra Cronenberg, Michael Burke, Script Supervisor: Dug Rotstein, Casting by: Deirdre Bowen, Written by: David Cronenberg, Based on the book by: William S. Burroughs, Director of Photography: Peter Suschitzky, Camera Operator: Peter Suschitzky, Steadicam Operator: Ted Churchill, 2nd Assistant Camera: Arthur Cooper, Focus Puller: Marvin Midwicki, Camera Trainee: Lisa Pilcher, Adam Suschitzky, Gaffer: Scotty Allan, Best Boy: Sam Bojin, 1st Electrician: Michael McDonald, 2nd Electrician: Ian Bibby, Harold D. Stroud, Generator Operator: Duane Gullison, Key Grip: Mark Manchester, Best Boy Grip: Hugh Brule, Dolly Grip: David Hynes, Video Assist: James Storie, Video Assist: David J. Woods, Stills: Attila Dory, Brian Hamill, Floor Special Effects: Ted Ross, Edited by: Ronald Sanders, 1st Assistant Editor: Michael Rea, 2nd Assistant Editor: Bernadette Kelly, 2nd Assistant Editor: Peter Watson, 2nd Assistant Editor: Patricia Lambkin, Production Designer: Carol Spier, Art Director: James McAteer, 2nd Assistant Art Director: John Dondertman, 3rd Assistant Art Director: Benno Tutter, Prop Builder: Howard Munford, Prop Builder: Choice, Pamela Gibson, Set Decorator: Elinor Rose Galbraith, Assistant Art Director: Danielle Fleury, Lead Set Dresser: Clive Thomasson, Set Dresser: Peter Nicolakakos, Set Dresser: Arlindo Vincente, Set Dresser: Paula Deresti, Set Dresser: Gareth Wilson, Set Dresser: John Morrison, Trainee Set Dresser: Carlos Caneca, Property Master: Douglas Harlocker, Assistant Property Master: Chris Geggie, Propsman: Ron Dickie, Costume Designer: Denise Cronenberg, Costume Supervisor: Brenda Gilles, Wardrobe Assistant: Ann Henshaw, Silvio Berti, Make-up Artist: Christine Hart, Special Creatures and Effects Designed and Created by: Inc. Chris Walas, General Manager: Mark Walas, Project Supervisor: James Isaac, Mechanical Supervisor: Kelly Lepowski, Painting Supervisor: Gregg Olsson, Mould Supervisor: Wim Van Thillo, Technical Advisor: Jon Berg, Designer: Stéphan Dupuis, Business Manager: Scott Walas, Purchasing Agent: Connie Angland, Bookkeeper: Maggie Gibbons, Animatronics Engineer: Brian Dewe, Make-up Assistant: Marilyn O'Quinn, Make-up Assistant: Judy Murdock, Make-up Assistant: Marlene Aarons, Hairdresser: , Hairstylist: Veronica Ciandre, Hairdresser: Rhoda Ancill, Hairdresser: Carmen Macdonald, Hairdresser: Lucy Ortan, Music by: Howard Shore, Alto Saxophone Solos by: Ornette Coleman, The Ornette Coleman Trio: Ornette Coleman, The Ornette Coleman Trio: Denardo Coleman, Barre Phillips, Sound Mixer: Bryan Day, Boom Operator: Michael Lacroix, Cableman: Henry Embry, Unit Publicist: Prudence Emery, Transportation Co-ordinator: Michael Curran
Cast
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Peter Weller (Bill Lee), Judy Davis (Joan Frost/Joan Lee), 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 Scorsiani (Kiki), Peter Boretski (Creature Voices), Yuval Daniel (Hafid), John Friesen (Hauser), Sean McCann (O'Brien), Howard Jerome (A.J. Cohen), Michael Caruana (pawnbroker), Kurt Reis, Peter Boretski, Justin Louis, Julian Richings (exterminator), Jim Yip (the Chink), Claude Aflalo (forgeman), Laurent Hazout, Joe Dimambro (Interzone boy), Ornette Coleman, Denardo Coleman, Barre Phillips (The Ornette Coleman Trio member)