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* FakeAmerican: Salvador Hassan O'Leary, whose real accent suggests an Italian origin, but who picked up a Texan accent and the habit of wearing cowboy boots and a ten-gallon hat at all times during his time in the oil-drilling business.
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* BannedInChina: In 1965, this was the last major work of literature to get unbanned in the American city of Boston (which [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banned_in_Boston banned quite a lot of things]].)
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* FakeBrit: A.J., whose British accent 'waned with the British empire'.
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* DuelingMovies: The film shares a lot of similarities with ''Film/{{Kafka}}'', another film released in 1991. This one focused on Creator/FranzKafka instead, and was also a loose adaptation of his overal body of work with the writer's avatar as the protagonist. Both even have Creator/IanHolm in them!
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* DuelingMovies: The film shares a lot of similarities with ''Kafka'', ''Film/{{Kafka}}'', another film released in 1991. This one focused on Creator/FranzKafka instead, and was also a loose adaptation of his overal body of work with the writer's avatar as the protagonist. Both even have Creator/IanHolm in them!
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* HeyItsThatGuy: The movie has Creator/PeterWeller (aka Franchise/{{Robocop}}) as Lee, Nicholas Campbell (aka [[Series/DaVincisInquest Dominic Da Vinci]]) as the Kerouac standin, [[Film/{{Jaws}} Roy Scheider]] as Benway, and Creator/IanHolm, Robert Silverman, and Julian Sands in other roles.
** The special effects were done by Jamie Hyneman's M5 studios years before he would become a household name on ''{{Mythbusters}}''. The Mugwump puppet can be seen in the studio occasionally during the show.
* HeyItsThatVoice: The Mugwumps and the Typewriters in the film all sound a lot like Burroughs.
** The special effects were done by Jamie Hyneman's M5 studios years before he would become a household name on ''{{Mythbusters}}''. The Mugwump puppet can be seen in the studio occasionally during the show.
* HeyItsThatVoice: The Mugwumps and the Typewriters in the film all sound a lot like Burroughs.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: The movie has PeterWeller Creator/PeterWeller (aka Franchise/{{Robocop}}) as Lee, Nicholas Campbell (aka [[Series/DaVincisInquest Dominic Da Vinci]]) as the Kerouac standin, [[Film/{{Jaws}} Roy Scheider]] as Benway, and Creator/IanHolm, Robert Silverman, and Julian Sands in other roles.
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* DuelingMovies: The film shares a lot of similarities with ''Kafka'', another film released in 1991. This one focused on Creator/FranzKafka instead, and was also a loose adaptation of his overal body of work with the writer's avatar as the protagonist. Both even have Ian Holm in them!
* HeyItsThatGuy: The movie has PeterWeller (aka Franchise/{{Robocop}}) as Lee, Nicholas Campbell (aka [[Series/DaVincisInquest Dominic Da Vinci]]) as the Kerouac standin, [[Film/{{Jaws}} Roy Scheider]] as Benway, and Ian Holm, Robert Silverman, and Julian Sands in other roles.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The movie has PeterWeller (aka Franchise/{{Robocop}}) as Lee, Nicholas Campbell (aka [[Series/DaVincisInquest Dominic Da Vinci]]) as the Kerouac standin, [[Film/{{Jaws}} Roy Scheider]] as Benway, and Ian Holm, Robert Silverman, and Julian Sands in other roles.
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* DuelingMovies: The film shares a lot of similarities with ''Kafka'', another film released in 1991. This one focused on Creator/FranzKafka instead, and was also a loose adaptation of his overal body of work with the writer's avatar as the protagonist. Both even have Ian Holm Creator/IanHolm in them!
* HeyItsThatGuy: The movie has PeterWeller (aka Franchise/{{Robocop}}) as Lee, Nicholas Campbell (aka [[Series/DaVincisInquest Dominic Da Vinci]]) as the Kerouac standin, [[Film/{{Jaws}} Roy Scheider]] as Benway, andIan Holm, Creator/IanHolm, Robert Silverman, and Julian Sands in other roles.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The movie has PeterWeller (aka Franchise/{{Robocop}}) as Lee, Nicholas Campbell (aka [[Series/DaVincisInquest Dominic Da Vinci]]) as the Kerouac standin, [[Film/{{Jaws}} Roy Scheider]] as Benway, and
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* DeletedScene: The ''Restored Text'' edition of Naked Lunch contains an appendix that collects some material omitted from the original version of the novel, most memorably the conclusion to Carl's examination by Dr. Benway.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At one point, Music/FrankZappa approached Burroughs with the idea of adapting the novel as a musical - an idea that Burroughs quite liked.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At one point, Music/FrankZappa approached Burroughs with the idea of adapting the novel as a musical - an idea that Burroughs quite liked.
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!! [[Film/NakedLunch The Film]]:
* DevelopmentHell: Attempts at filming ''Literature/NakedLunch'' have been made, on and off, since the 1960s.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The movie has PeterWeller (aka Franchise/{{Robocop}}) as Lee, Nicholas Campbell (aka [[Series/DaVincisInquest Dominic Da Vinci]]) as the Kerouac standin, [[Film/{{Jaws}} Roy Scheider]] as Benway, and Ian Holm, Robert Silverman, and Julian Sands in other roles.
* HeyItsThatVoice: The Mugwumps and the Typewriters in the film all sound a lot like Burroughs.
!! [[Literature/NakedLunch The Book]]:
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* DevelopmentHell: Attempts at filming ''Literature/NakedLunch'' have been made, on and off, since the 1960s.
* HeyItsThatGuy: The movie has PeterWeller (aka Franchise/{{Robocop}}) as Lee, Nicholas Campbell (aka [[Series/DaVincisInquest Dominic Da Vinci]]) as the Kerouac standin, [[Film/{{Jaws}} Roy Scheider]] as Benway, and Ian Holm, Robert Silverman, and Julian Sands in other roles.
* HeyItsThatVoice: The Mugwumps and the Typewriters in the film all sound a lot like Burroughs.
!! [[Literature/NakedLunch The Book]]:
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