Naked Lunch (1991)
| Release Date | 27 December 1991 |
| Budget | $16,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $3,000,000 |
| Tagline | David Cronenberg and William S. Burroughs invite you to lunch. |
| Genre | Biography, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery |
| Country | CanadaUKJapan |
| Filming Locations | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Surrealist Film, Erotic Drama, Addiction Drama |
| Niche Genre | Avant-garde / Experimental |
| Mood | Mindbenders |
| Themes | Treacherous Spouses, Mind Games, Drug Addiction, Mutants |
| Tones | Humorous, Dreamlike, Paranoid, Hallucinatory, Deliberate, Sexual, Disturbing |
| Tags | Cockroach, Drug Addiction, Fantasy, Homosexual, Metamorphosis, Nightmare, Reality, Surrealistic, Writing |
Naked Lunch is a 1991 film adaptation, directed by David Cronenberg, of William S. Burroughs' novel of the same name. Featuring Peter Weller, Ian Holm, Judy Davis, and Roy Scheider, the film is a co-production by film companies of Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Monique Mercure
Fadela
Michael Zelniker
Martin
Robert A. Silverman
Hans
Peter Boretski
Exterminator #2, Creature Voices
Yuval Daniel
Hafid
John Friesen
Hauser
Howard Jerome
A.J. Cohen
Michael Caruana
Pawnbroker
Kurt Reis
Exterminator #1
Jim Yip
The Chink
Claude Aflalo
Forgeman
Laurent Hazout
Interzone Boy
Joseph Di Mambro
Interzone Boy
Director
Writer
Producer
Gabriella Martinelli
co-producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Peter Suschitzky
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Editor
Ronald Sanders
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Casting Director
Deirdre Bowen
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Production Designer
Carol Spier
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Art Director
James McAteer
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Set Decorator
Elinor Rose Galbraith
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Costume Designer
Denise Cronenberg
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Makeup Department
Marlene Aarons
assistant makeup artist
Rhoda Ancill
hair stylist
Veronica Ciandre
hair stylist
Christine Hart
makeup artist
Carmen MacDonald
hair stylist
Judy Murdock
assistant makeup artist
Marilyn O'Quinn
assistant makeup artist
Lucy Orton
hair stylist
Production Manager
Michael Saxton
post-production supervisor
Marilyn Stonehouse
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Board
first assistant director
Simon Board
third assistant director
Michael G. Burke
trainee assistant director
Cassandra Cronenberg
trainee assistant director
Terry Gould
second assistant director
Art Department
John Bannister
key scenic artist
Paul Bannister
construction trainee
Gordon Becker
carpenter
Carlos Caneca
set dresser trainee
Marlene Chapelle
assistant carpenter
Howard Munford Choice
prop builder
Brian Clancy
carpenter
Janet Cormack
scenic artist
Joe Curtin
construction coordinator
Kevin Curtin
carpenter
Rossana DeCampo
scenic painter
Paula Deresti
set dresser
Ron Dickey
propsman
John Dondertman
first assistant art director
Danielle Fleury
assistant set decorator
Otto Fondan
scenic artist
Ian Fraser
head carpenter
Christopher Geggie
assistant property master
Pamela Gibson
prop builder
Lorelee Godden
assistant carpenter
Steve Haines
carpenter
Doug Harlocker
property master
Jacqui Hemingway
scenic painter
Michael Hyde
carpenter
John Keenan
carpenter
Murray Keith
carpenter
George Kocuba
assistant carpenter
Sabri Lariani
assistant head carpenter
Brian Lumley
carpenter
Joe Madziak
carpenter
Rick Marshall
carpenter
David Melrose
carpenter
Allan Meuse
carpenter
John Morrison
set dresser
Peter P. Nicolakakos
set dresser
Jak Oliver
scenic artist
Gregg Olsson
painting supervisor
Denis Perrier
assistant head carpenter
Warren Quigley
scenic painter
Terry Redman
construction bookkeeper
Myles Roth
carpenter
Pat Shatka
scenic painter
Bruce Sweezie
carpenter
Clive Thomasson
lead set dresser
Benno Tutter
third assistant art director
Arlindo Vicente
set dresser
Gareth Wilson
set dresser
Mark Wood
laborer
Sound Department
David Appleby
sound re-recording mixer
Richard Cadger
dialogue editor
Tony Currie
dialogue editor
Bryan Day
sound mixer
Henry Embry
cable person
James A. Gore
foley assistant
Wayne Griffin
dialogue editor
Richard Harkness
assistant sound editor
Layne Harris
boom operator
Sean Kelly
assistant sound editor
Judy 'Lucky' Kemeny
assistant sound editor
Michael LaCroix
boom operator
Susan Maggi
assistant sound editor
Andy Malcolm
foley artist
Peter Maxwell
sound re-recording mixer
Dale Sheldrake
dialogue editor
Lou Solakofski
foley recordist
Jane Tattersall
sound effects editor
Don White
sound re-recording mixer
Tami Treadwell
adr recordist
Special Effects
Carol Bauman
animatronics technician
Brian Dewe
animatronics engineer
Joel Friesch
animatronics technician
Guy Hudson
animatronics technician
Dave Isaac
animatronics technician
Conrad Itchener
animatronics technician
James Pennington Kent
animatronics technician
Victoria Lewis
animatronics technician
Tim Lidstone
animatronics technician
Michelle Lyman
animatronics technician
Ted Ross
floor special effects
Mark Siegel
animatronics technician
Valerie Sofranko
animatronics technician
Paul Theren
animatronics technician
Lauren Vogt
animatronics technician
Danny Wagner
animatronics technician
Harold Weed
animatronics technician
Michael Wick
animatronics technician
David Wiezer
animatronics technician, animatronics technician: special effects
Chris Walas
special creatures & effects
Camera and Electrical Department
Scotty Allan
gaffer
Michael Auger
electrician
Blake Balentine
rigging/daily grips
Ian Bibby
second electrician
Sam Bojin
best boy electric
John Botelho
electrician
Hugh Brule
best boy grip
Ted Churchill
Steadicam operator
Kent Columbus
rigging/daily grips
Arthur E. Cooper
second assistant camera
Alex Dawes
rigging/daily grips
Attila Dory
still photographer
Nigel Draper
electrician
Tom Durnan
electrician
Richard Gaal
rigging spark
Duane Gullison
generator operator
Brian Hamill
still photographer
David Hynes
dolly grip
Colin Jones
grip
Mark Manchester
key grip
Mike McDonald
first electrician
Marvin Midwicki
focus puller
Steve Morrison
electrician
Kevin Murphy
electrician
Steve Myers
electrician
Malcolm Nefsky
grip
Gregory Palermo
rigging/daily grips
Ronald G. Paulauskas
rigging/daily grips
Lisa Pilcher
camera trainee
Mike Ruggles
electrician
Tracy Shaw
grip
James Storie
video assistant
Harold D. Stroud
second electrician
Adam Suschitzky
camera trainee
Peter Suschitzky
camera operator
Owen Taylor
electrician
David Willetts
electrician
David J. Woods
video assistant
David Zimmerman
rigging/daily grips
Casting Department
Youssef Abedalnour
extras casting: interzone
Eleanor Lavender
extras casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Silvio Berti
wardrobe assistant
Brenda Gilles
costume supervisor
Ann Henshaw
wardrobe assistant
Julie Jones
seamstress
Editorial Department
Evan Ayotte
cutter
Bernadette Kelly
second assistant editor
Patricia Lambkin
second assistant editor
Michael Rea
post-production coordinator, first assistant editor
Christopher Severn
color timer
Benjamin Tucker
assistant post-production coordinator
Sandra Tucker
post-production coordinator
Peter Watson
second assistant editor
Music Department
Denardo Coleman
musician: The Ornette Coleman Trio
Homer Denison
orchestrator
Suzana Peric
music editor
Barre Phillips
musician: The Ornette Coleman Trio
Nic Ratner
assistant music editor
Alan Snelling
music recording engineer
Samantha Swan
assistant music recording engineer
Ray Williams
music supervisor
Transportation Department
Eldie Benson
head driver
Eddie Bowman
driver
Brian Cole
driver
Ron Coles
driver
Michael Curran
transportation coordinator
Mac Day
driver
Jerome McCann
driver
Doug Rice
driver: construction department
Steven Sacrob
driver
Nick Schefter
driver
Oliver Steins
driver
Mark Van Alstyne
driver captain
John Van Noord
driver
Other Crew
Jon Berg
technical advisor
Michael Brownstone
location manager
Lesley Clark
production secretary
Jocelyn Cousins
assistant: Mr. Thomas
Hazel Crombie
accountant: UK
Sevilla Delofski
assistant: Mr. Thomas
Prudence Emery
unit publicist
Vic Fraser
copyist
Deb Geaghan
assistant accountant
Mary Margaret Gibbons
bookkeeper
Lori Greenberg
assistant: Ms. Martinelli
Evangeline Griego
assistant: Ms. Martinelli
Will Hoddinott
location assistant
James Isaac
project supervisor
Helene LeBlanc
stand-in
Kelly Lepkowsky
mechanical supervisor
Jim Lovisek
insect/centipede wrangler
John Martins-Mantiega
director's Observer
Michelle Mundy
assistant: Mr. Weller
Julie Oudot
assistant: Mr. Thomas
Rick Parker
animal wrangler
John Picard
stand-in
Janet Riggs
assistant: Mr. Weller
Bev Ross
assistant accountant
Dug Rotstein
script supervisor
Stephen Scott
production office assistant
Mark Siegel
creature maker
Teri Spasov
accountant: Canada
Ron Swinburne
financial controller
Sandra Tucker
assistant: Mr. Cronenberg
Wim Van Thillo
mold supervisor
Mark Walas
general manager: CWI
Scott Walas
business manager
Roz Wyllie
assistant: Ray Williams
Deborah Zwicker
production coordinator
Randall Balsmeyer
title designer
Production Company
Film Trustees Ltd.
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Naked Lunch Productions
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Nippon Film Development and Finance
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Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
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The Ontario Film Development Corporation
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Téléfilm Canada
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Distributor
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
CBS/Fox
Pioneer
MCP Sound & Media AG
Criterion Collection, The
Alliance Atlantis Home Video
Kinowelt Home Entertainment
Atlantic Film
Eagle Pictures
Finnkino Oy
Special Effects
Balsmeyer and Everett
Film Effects
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