Naked Lunch (film) Sunrise", recorded for his "Dancing in Your Head" album, is relevant, as author William S. Burroughs was present during the 1973 recording session. "Naked Lunch" was released on 27 December 1991 in a limited release of 5 theaters, grossing $64,491 on its opening weekend. It went on to make $2,641,357 in North America. Critical reaction was positive; it currently holds a 69% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 36 reviews. Metacritic reported an average rating of 67 out of 100, based on 16 reviews. Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "While I admired it
The Naked Now basis, he turned to the "" episode "The Naked Time." Executive producer Rick Berman described "The Naked Now" as "a[n] homage, not a copy" of "The Naked Time," while director Paul Lynch described it as "slightly more adult and a lot more comic than the original". "The Naked Now" is based on an incomplete teleplay by Roddenberry for "The Next Generation," titled "Revelations." The first few scenes remained largely similar, but in "Revelations" La Forge infected Yar while making unsuccessful sexual advances toward her. "Original Series" writer D.C. Fontana wrote a new draft of the teleplay with several further changes