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27/12/1991 Crime, Drama 1h 55m
70
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Exterminate all rational thought.

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.

  1. David Cronenberg

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Peter Weller

    Bill Lee

  2. Judy Davis

    Joan Frost

  3. Ian Holm

    Tom Frost

  4. Julian Sands

    Yves Cloquet

  5. Roy Scheider

    Dr. Benway

  6. Monique Mercure

    Fadela

  7. Nicholas Campbell

    Hank

  8. Michael Zelniker

    Martin

  9. Robert A. Silverman

    Hans

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$16,000,000.00

Revenue
$2,641,357.00

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