Naked Lunch
1991 · 115 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 58,532 VOTES · DIR. David Cronenberg
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,221 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:06 Exterminator.
00:06:23 you're gonna have trouble if you can't keep track of your roach powder.
00:10:15 William Lee.
00:14:23 a notorious free port on the North African coast.
00:19:44 You're not the first one to develop a bug powder problem.
00:24:09 "of infractions denounced...
00:29:18 the small red hole in the forehead...
00:34:07 I'm - I-I-I'm sorry.
00:39:27 Don't be such a pansy! Be forceful.
00:43:19 The man, he only likes Interzone boys.
00:46:29 unless she writes everything in longhand.
00:50:26 The duke says he will carry that ghastly schlup with him to his mausoleum.
00:57:54 Seduce her? But what about -
01:02:54 Mrs. Frost!
01:09:52 You worry me, Bill.
01:13:23 Wait, wait, wait! This is a heinous mistake you're making.
01:16:54 all of these simple things, children.
01:21:37 I don't - I don't know.
01:26:09 Excellent. You know the Swiss dandy Cloquet?
01:29:56 Bubbly, thick, stagnant sound.
01:33:04 I'd particularly like to interview a certain Dr. Benway.
01:38:00 Oh, that's too bad.
01:43:14 Oh, Bill.
01:46:56 Mugwump jism can't be beat.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,221
Dialogue density10.6 lines / min
First line00:03:06
Final line01:46:56
Production Record
DirectorDavid Cronenberg
LanguageEnglish
Budget$16,000,000
Revenue$2,641,357
IMDb votes58,532