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• Format: NTSC, Import, Widescreen, Full Screen, Box set
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 2
• Studio: Versatil
• Run Time: 314 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006LCKAG
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #140,300 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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David Lynchs baroque rendering of Frank Herberts detailed, complex, and deliberately paced epic science-fiction novel is a muddled but visually stunning affair. It's 10991, and the desert planet Dune has been taken over by the Harkonnens, oppressive conquerors who desire the precious spice that lies beneath Dune's arid sands. The story concerns the attempts of a young warrior messiah, Paul Atreides (Kyle MacLachlan), to lead the native inhabitants in an uprising against the evil empire--and battle the giant man-eating worms that guard the coveted spice. Lynch shot much more footage than ended up in the finished film, but executive producer Dino De Laurentiis didn't want a three-hour-plus sci-fi epic on his hands, so he coerced Lynch into trimming it. The result is one of cinemas most infamous cases of personal vision colliding with studio politics. Nonetheless, Lynch still manages to cram in so many visual ideas and captures the tone of the book so well that these production issues can be easily set aside once the story starts rolling. Refusing to further edit the film for television, Lynch took his name off the director and screenwriter credits. As troubling as DUNE might have been for Lynch, the experience greatly inspired 1986s brilliant BLUE VELVET, for which audiences should be thankful. DUNE - THEATRICAL VERSION Amazing remastered version in widescreen format and 5.1 Dolby Digital audio. DUNE - EXTENDED VERSION With additional 40-minute footage. - - - - - - - BRAZILIAN RELEASE. - - AUDIO: English - - ARTWORK: Portuguese

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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, We can get the extended version!, November 13, 2004

By	DVD Collector - See all my reviews

Contains both the Theatrical & Extended "Alan Smithee" versions.

Writing is in Portuguese (the DVDs are from Brazil) but the movies play in English just fine. This is a must buy for anyone who is a fan.

Discs also contain numerous picture and poster galleries.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars some technical faults in this set, January 22, 2006

By	Philip W. Gee "Voris Archivest" (ORL FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Both discs state REGION 4, but they play on every DVD unit I've tried them in. The theatrical version (disc one) apparently is sped up about five percent -- I didn't notice it at first, but when it came in at just over two hours, I went back and discovered the alteration. Not too noticable, but you can tell the voices are modulated about a tone higher than normal, and the physical actions are a bit too fast. Still, it's watchable. Disc two is the TV cut, and the transfer is very disapointing. Pretty muddy and dim. Not nearly as clear as disc one, which really isn't a high quality transfer either. I had high hopes for this, since the US seems to miss out on every extended package on all things DUNE. The box and liner jackets are cool, but overall this was a let down. Wait for the expanded version due out soon...if they really DO issue it this time around!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally -- the theatrical version!, August 14, 2006

By	Matachen "Space Tragic" (TX) - See all my reviews

If you are going to buy the David Lynch version of Dune (as opposed to the SciFi Channel's Frank Herbert's Dune (TV Miniseries) (Director's Cut Special Edition)) you could do much worse than this edition. The original, darkly wonderful 1980s theater version is here, without the cartoonish additions from the much hated "Alan Smythe" U.S. television version. The (deservedly hated) U.S. television version is also here for houseguests who didn't read the books and need more of an introduction. You get the best of both worlds in a package that is made even more interesting for being subtitled in a foriegn language (seriously: watch it with the Portugese subtitles on. In short order you will find yourself understanding what you see even if you never seen or read Portugese in your life.) Don't worry when it arrives and everything seems to be in Portugese, the films are in English, just turn off the subtitles, and its a cynch to figure out how to work the menu even if it is in a different language than your own -- its pretty well designed.

Now if David Lynch would put together a version with all of the reputed eight hours of footage intact . . .