Naked Lunch with elements of Burroughs' life, creating a hybrid film about the writing of the book rather than the book itself. Peter Weller starred as William Lee, the pseudonym Burroughs used when he wrote "Junkie". Naked Lunch Naked Lunch (sometimes The Naked Lunch) is a novel by American writer William S. Burroughs, originally published in 1959. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes. Burroughs stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various aliases, from the U.S. to Mexico, eventually to
The Naked Spur Screenplay Academy Award. In the years since its release, the film has achieved continued success, gaining more critical acclaim now than upon first release. Leonard Maltin has lauded "The Naked Spur" as "one of the best westerns ever made". In 1997, "The Naked Spur" was added to the United States National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Although much is made of the collaboration between James Stewart and Anthony Mann, Robert Ryan also teamed with Mann in "The Naked Spur", "Men in War", and "God's Little Acre". The Naked Spur The Naked Spur is a 1953 Technicolor