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Dazzling special effects, unforgettable images and powerful performances highlight David Lynch's stunning film version of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction epic about an intergalactic warrior's messianic rise. Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Jose Ferrer, Max von Sydow, Oscar winner Linda Hunt and Sting, Dune is the ultimate adventure experience that goes beyond the imagination.

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Deleted Scenes with Introduction By Raffaella De Laurentiis
Designing Dune
Special Effects
Models & Minatures
Wardrobe Design
Photography Gallery
Production Notes

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Even more than most of David Lynch's deliberately bizarre and idiosyncratic movies, Dune is a "love-it-or-hate-it" affair. An ambitious, epic, utterly mind-boggling--and, let's admit it, all-out weird--adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel, Dune remains one of the most controversial films in the director's exceedingly provocative career. The story (if Dune can be said to have just one story) is complex and convoluted in the epic tradition; it has
Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Usul Muad'Dib Atreides something to do with political intrigue and a planet that is home to a precious spice and gigantic sand worms. Think Shakespeare's Henry IV with a dash of Tremors, and set in another galaxy. But despite plenty of strangely whispered voice-overs that explain the characters' thoughts (and endlessly detailed exposition), storytelling is not really among the film's strong points. There are, however, a lot of memorably fantastic/grotesque images, an extraordinary cast, and a soundtrack featuring Toto. I told you it was weird. Among the stars are Kyle MacLachlan, José Ferrer, Dean Stockwell, Brad Dourif, Sting, Kenneth McMillan, Patrick
Sting as Feyd-Rautha Stewart, Sean Young, and Linda Hunt. --Jim Emerson

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Melange fans have a lot to be excited about with this impressive edition of Dune, though the "Extended Edition" label is a bit misleading. If you are expecting the mythic 4 hour "David Lynch preferred" version that is rumored to be sitting in a vault, dont get your hopes up. This isn't it. In an attempt to quickly sober spice-fueled giddy fans, producer Raffaella De Laurentiis (daughter of Dino De Laurentiis) immediately reveals in the 'Deleted Scenes' introduction that the rumored 4 hour version is just that; a rumor. What this DVD set does contain is the 2 Hour 17 Minute original theatrical release digitally remastered, available for the first time in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and 5.1 surround sound. The presentation on this edition is a drastic improvement from the original letterboxed release. On the flipside of the DVD
Knife fight! is the alternate 2 hour 57 minute version cut for television. As many fans know, this 'extended' version was disowned by Lynch, who insisted his name be replaced by that famous Hollywood pseudonym "Alan Smithee;" the name used by directors whose film was taken away and recut against their wishes. There is some new material in the 14 minutes of deleted scenes offering a bit more background into the Bene Gesserit sisterhood, the Kwisatz Haderach prophecy and the Fremen culture and their struggle. All other extras focus on the international production crew of Dune including the design team, special effects, and short documentaries on the miniature models and wardrobe designs. Disappointingly, there are no appearances in the bonus features by any of the original cast or Lynch himself. However, many of the production crew members talk openly about working with David Lynch and his artistic involvement in the visual process. To cap it off, this edition comes in a very stylish and sturdy DVD tin that opens like a keep case. --Rob Bracco

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 6.4 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ David Lynch
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Widescreen, Color, Anamorphic, Subtitled
Run time ‏ : ‎ 5 hours and 14 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ January 31, 2006
Actors ‏ : ‎ Kyle MacLachlan, Jose Ferrer, Max von Sydow, Linda Hunt, Sting
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish
Producers ‏ : ‎ Raffaella De Laurentiis, Dino De Laurentiis
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Universal Studios Home Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0007PAMR4
Writers ‏ : ‎ David Lynch
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Gregorio

Universal did a rather poor job with this Bluray release.

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2010

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While everyone else has been waiting for AVATAR or LOTR (and yes I bought both of those and LOVE them), I've been holding my breath to watch DUNE in all its highdef glory. After watching this bluray disc, I feel like I've seen half of the film in HD and the other half in fair quality SD. I THINK I know what I'm talking about here . . . I saw this film 3 times in the original theatrical run, then bought the video tape in the Beta format, shortly thereafter replacing it with my first VHS copy of the film. Next came the LaserDisc (sadly a pan and scan version) then another vhs (from TV) of the "extended version". Shortly before the death of VHS, Universal released a Widescreen VHS version and then came the first, non-anamorphic DVD. Most recent is the steelbook anamorphic DVD release that also included the extended version as well as deleted scenes and short documentary materials. I still own them all and I'm happy to say that this new bluray release is the best DUNE has ever looked in a home video format . . . but I expected way more.

The GOOD STUFF: Many scenes have a great deal of the HD pop, and as soon as Princess Irulan begins her opening monolog the difference in PQ from previous releases is apparent. Things stay looking pretty good until we get to Geidi Prime (Home of House Harkonnen) and then things look SPECTACULAR. After hundred of viewings of this film, I noticed details I had not seen before! There are MANY impressive looking scenes in this new edition and the all important "water of life" sequence and the final battle and the end scene in the Hall of Rites all look stunning and nearly three dimensional. They are gorgeous.

THE BAD STUFF: Dirt, specks, lines, threads, all sorts of debris on the print show up FREQUENTLY and they ARE distracting. There is also significant fade damage on the right side of the print in several of the "Paul meets the fremen" sequences and the "Paul trains the fremen and blows up a big pyramid" sequences. This damage has been apparent on EVERY widescreen edition of the film Universal has put out and while it does look a little better on this edition (as if they tried to do something about it) it is still there. Certainly all of the specks and dirt (some small, others the size of footballs) could have been removed through digital means but Universal didn't bother with it. Black levels are not the best either and skin tones are all over the place, with the Baraon appearing very pink in every scene while Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam is consistently yellow. There is some noticeable grain at times but I can put up with that. It is the frequent dirt and debris I object to.

The DTS-HD sound is pretty good for the most part and there was a lot of great wind blowing from my rear speakers during the majestic opening title music. The roar of the worms gave my subwoofer a good pounding as did the scene where Paul plants the thumper but often the sound was a bit harsh and unconvincing. I suspect this is the fault of the original source and I suspect Universal has done the best they could with this soundtrack.

THE EXTRAS: LESS than what was included in the 2005 DVD release! Most importantly the extended version (flawed though it is) is not included here. I guess they know DUNE fans will double dip when they re-release this disc with that version. Also not included is the beautiful photo gallery. The theatrical trailer is nowhere to be found here either and none of the printed material from either the DVD original release or the booklet from the 2005 release is included. There is however plenty of advertisement from the UNIVERSAL BD LIVE TICKER trying to sell you stuff (it has to be manually turned off every time). If you turn this feature off, which plays OVER THE (ugly and generic) MAIN MENU, you will be treated to the message that you can no longer access their wonderful BD LIVE features (which consist of absolutely NOTHING but advertisements) because you are not connected to the internet! The rest of the extra material from the 2005 release is presented here in "fullscreen" format in SD, so all of the cool deleted scenes will be window boxed. The disc was also rather slow and clunky to load taking a full three minutes to get to the feature film.

The entire presentation of this release seems very half-hearted to me. I DO like the cover art (the same from the 2005 release) and at least the keepcase isn't one of those garbage eco cases. The disc itself looks entirely generic with no artwork whatsoever. Maybe I am expecting too much for an older catalog title but I've seen so many even older titles look so much better on blu ray than this thing does.

Universal seems to have spent far more time finding ways to advertise itself and the bluray format than bothering with the release of a top notch catalog title. Come on, if they are going to tell me on the front cover and the back cover that I am buying a PERFECT picture, then at least don't sell me something that has this many imperfections all over it. I have actually seen a few bluray discs that I thought lived up to their "perfect" hype but this disc isn't one of them. Not by a long shot.

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Richard E. Kuykendall

Best buy in town!

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2024

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I love this movie and it came on time and in perfect shape !!!

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Harley H

the plot changes between the extended and wide screen versions

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024

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I got the wide screen first then found out they had to cut it from 3 hours to 2 hours.
If you like one Dune it is worth it to see the other one too. There are a lot of plot changes.
I like the extended better.

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daviddavid1950

Not as good as the new one.

Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2024

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When it came out it was pretty good for the time. But they crammed too much into just two hours without much background.

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024

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Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024

great movie

Bad Opera (GREAT bad opera)

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2018

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In 1984, my dad took me to see DUNE at a big theater in Washington, D.C. As we sat down, an usher passed out one-page "glossaries of terms" for the film's terminology. Though only twelve years old, I was already a veteran moviegoer (we probably saw 50 movies a year as a family when I was growing up, not including matinee rewatches) and remembered thinking, "Uh-oh...since when does a film need a glossary?" I'd never seen anything like that before. I never saw anything like that since. But that's David Lynch's take on DUNE. It's unique. And the "Extended Edition" in this pretty steel case is even more unique.

DUNE was an almost incredibly deep science-fiction work by Frank Herbert which developed a rabid cult following and finally became the best-selling sci-fi novel of all time. Eccentric director David Lynch was tapped to helm what its producers hoped would be another "Star Wars" - style mega-hit. He tackled the intimidating task of cramming an enormous and intricate universe into a single movie by making the most lavish, operatic film you've ever seen. It's bad opera, but it's SO lavish, and so curiously sincere, that it too has developed a rabid cult following. I don't know if I belong to the cult, but I respect those who do. The book DUNE sucked you in with the complexity of its creative surround; this movie does the same, but on a largely visual level. If I can use a different metaphor, it's like that scene in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" when our famished heroes sit down to the royal banquet and get served fried insects, live snakes, and monkey heads. The food is weird and disgusting, but it's served on silver platters and white linen, and all the cutlery is gold.

DUNE is set in the distant, distant future, when humanity spans the entire galaxy and is theoretically ruled by the corrupt and devious Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV and his terrifying legions of Sarduakar. Balancing the emperor's might are the Great Houses, the hereditary rulers of each individual planet in the imperium, each with its own army. The most valuable substance in the universe is the spice melange, a substance which extends life and gives prescient powers to those who take it in large quantities, but also allows spaceships to "fold space" and travel instantaneously anywhere in the galaxy, "traveling without moving." This substance is found on only one planet, Arrakis, known as Dune because its a giant desert. At the story's opening, the emperor schemes to destroy a particular house of which he has become jealous, House Atriedes, by throwing his weight behind the Atreides' worst enemy, House Harkonnen.

House Atreides is ruled by the virtuous Duke Leto, his witch-concubine the Lady Jessica, and their teenage son Paul. Although Paul does not know it, he is the end-product of a breeding program 90 generations old, designed by the witch sisterhood the Bene Gesserit, to produce a superhuman being. In the mean time, the Atreides have developed a new battle technique called "the weriding way" which uses sound as a weapon, but the technique is in its infancy when the Emperor orders the Atreides to take over spice-mining from the Harkonnens on Dune. The Atreides know it's a trap, but have no choice but to obey; in any case the Duke hopes to win over the local populace, the fierce desert warriors known as Fremen, to his cause. He suspects the Fremen are the key to holding Dune. Not long after the Atreides arrive, however, they are betrayed from within and largely wiped out in a sneak attack conducted by the Harkonnens and Sarduakar. Only Paul and his mother Jessica survive, and flee into the deep desert. They soon join the Fremen, who are awed by the fighting abilities Paul and his witch-mother possess, and accept them into their tribe. Paul, whose powers are growing due to his proximity to so much spice, becomes a religious figure among the Fremen, a warrior-prophet, and, after mastering the secret of "desert power" begins the long bloody process of trying to wrest Dune from Harkonnen control. This guerilla war prompts the exasperated Emperor to openly side with the Harkonnens, and he arrives at the film's climax with his entire army, ready for the showdown. Because, after all, he who controls the spice controls the universe!

If this seems a bit involved for a recap, just imagine everything I left out! DUNE, as a novel, was layered with all sorts of ideas, concepts, and unfamiliar terms. Mentats, sandworms, guild navigators, Bene Gesserit witches, Sarduakar, sword-masters, thumpers, body shields, Suk doctors, Great Houses, the Landsraad, CHOAM, the spice, etc., etc. What's more, much of the book is written via internal monologue, which is a very tricky thing to translate to film. David Lynch manfully attempted to drag as many of these concepts into the movie as possible, including many sequences in which we can hear the characters' thoughts, and probably did too good of a job; he overloaded the 127 minutes of the theatrical version to the point where it could barely move...hence the "glossary" I got as a twelve year-old. What's more, it's fairly evident that a great deal more time was spent on the costume and production design than on the script, which is horribly clunky and often falls out of the actors' mouths like wet wooden blocks. Though the movie is positively jam-packed with talent (Kyle Maclachlan, Juergen Prochnow, Jose Ferrer, Sean Young, Patrick Stewart, Dean Stockwell, Sting, Kenneth McMillan, Virginia Madsen, Freddie Jones, Brad Dourif, Max von Sydow, etc., etc.) one gets the sense some of the cast just didn't know what the hell they were doing or how to approach doing it. Some scenes are terribly over-acted, almost to the point of silent movie style emoting. The final theatrical product is a bold, brassy mess of a movie, visually often stunning, intellectually charismatic, but executed in such an eccentric, awkward style that it's just bizarre...too weird for most people to enjoy.

After DUNE bombed -- if it wasn't a bomb, it was certainly a disappointment critically and commercially -- many people voiced the opinion that a longer version with less choppy editing and a more fleshed-out story would have worked wonders. So a massive 176 minute version, incorporating many deleted sequences as well as a completely different opening with much more exposition and backstory, was put together and released on television. I watched this when it came out, and was very intrigued by the added sequences, some of which -- like the dining-room scene where Gurney Halleck plays his balliset, or where Feyd-Rautha stuffs the Atreides insignia into Dr. Yeuh's mouth, or the fight scene between Jamis and Paul -- would have helped the story flow more smoothly together had they been shown in the theater. Unfortunately, others, like some of the scenes where Paul is taught Fremen mysteries, are so badly written as to be embarrassing. Everett McGill was saddled with nearly all the film's worst lines, and one gets a sense that Lynch was aware of this, for he made sure to employ McGill (and Machlachan) in TWIN PEAKS. A few sequences, like the throne-room confrontation at the opening of the movie, both gain and lose by the changes: some of the takes used in the Extended Edition are worse than in the Theatrical, but they reveal more information. One thing that particularly annoyed me was that even though this version is 39 minutes longer, it has several cuts -- the Baron's infamous "heart plug" assault on one hapless Harkonnen minion is cut out, as is the sequence where he spits on Lady Jessica's face. So amidst all the addition there are some subtle subtractions meant to make the film more palatable to a TV audience.

It is well known that David Lynch wanted nothing to do with the Extended Addition and had his name taken off it, hence the "Alan Smithee" at the beginning. And truth be told, it's not an easy film to watch at one sitting. It's slow and heavy and sometimes quite incomprehensible, and while you can be visually seduced by the uniforms, gadgets, sets and props, it takes a better man than me to sit through some of it with a straight face (or open eyes). Having said that, if you watched the Theatrical version of DUNE and felt frustrated by what seemed to be missing, or are a hardcore fan of the film period, you pretty much have to own this version. It contains enough extra material to more than pay for itself and as I've said, some of the added stuff is well worth watching. This is one bad opera that will have you coming back for more.

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Diego Rubio

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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024

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Never into Dune's world, after the part 1 in 2021, now I wanted to try the original one. Really it is an awesome movie, hard to make for 1984, but with no doubts, an excellent film. I bought the normal edition, with spanish subtitles. The image is very good, the sound as well, language only english. This is a very nice HD transfer, I am very please with this.

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Jason Garrett

Excellent Sci-Fi Movie!

Reviewed in Canada on April 8, 2024

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Excellent movie. If you’re a Sci-Fi fan then you’ll like this one. It’s an excellent addition to my collection.

Luis M

Back to the original

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 2024

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Bit dated by today’s standards but I liked it

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👉DUNE👈

Reviewed in Spain on December 24, 2023

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Reviewed in Mexico on March 6, 2021

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Estupenda película. Es un placer verla en hd y con muy buen sonido.

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Beste Fassung bis jetzt! Auf nach Arrakis...

Reviewed in Germany on March 18, 2011

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Ich war vor dem Kauf doch relativ skeptisch, da es hier ja durchaus unterschiedliche Rezensionen zu dieser DUNE Fassung gibt.

Ich wurde aber sehr positiv überrascht. Zwar ist auch diese Version noch nicht perfekt aber ich bin schwer beeindruckt.
Ich hatte Bedenken, dass die oft kritisierten optischen Effekte auf der Blu-Ray nur noch schlimmer würden und das sich die Ausstattung des Films als
vielleicht doch nicht so grandios herausstellen würde. Das Gegenteil ist der Fall: Die optischen Tricks kommen deutlich besser als auf den DVD Varianten rüber. Das Bild ist insgesamt sehr gut. Die Ausstattung und die Detailverliebtheit dieses Films kann erst jetzt richtig bewundert werden. Ich habe selten einen Film gesehen, der derartig aufwendige Kulissen und Kostüme hat. Diese bestehen die hohe Auflösung ohne jeden Makel, im Gegenteil, man sieht erst jetzt richtig, welch großer Aufwand hier betrieben wurde. Einfach fantastisch.
Auch die Massenszenen sind jetzt überwältigender. Man muss sich hier immer vor Augen halten, dass all diese Fremen echte Menschen und kein CGI sind.
Dann wird einem schnell klar, was hier logistisch bewegt werden musste. Ich habe mich immer wieder gefragt, wie teuer dieser Film eigentlich gewesen sein muss.
So ein Projekt ließe sich heute wohl nicht mehr finanzieren.

Die Bu-Ray beweist warum DUNE trotz aller Schwächen ein Meisterwerk ist. Genau wie die Bücher ist er fremdartig, teilweise abstoßend aber zugleich eben auch überwältigend und faszinierend. Buch und Film sind und bleiben sperrig (was gut so ist). DUNE konnte nie ein Blockbuster werden (was auch gut so ist).
Aber der Film hat gerade dadurch eine stetig wachsende Fangemeinde gewonnen. Und nicht zuletzt hat er auf beeindruckende Art unser Bild des DUNE Universums geprägt.

Eines darf ich vielleicht sagen:
Mich persönlich stört das Ende des Films, wahrscheinlich musste hier ein irgendwie geartetes Happy End her...aber Regen auf Arrakis?

Zum Ton:
Nun, tatsächlich ist die deutsche Tonspur nur auf PCM vorhanden und vermittelt das Kinofeeling eines mittelstädtischen kleinen Kinos mit 30 Sitzen...
Man braucht schon eine gute Anlage um den deutschen Ton wiederzugeben. Einfache Systeme dürften hier etwas zum Übersteuern neigen.
Da die Disc (jedenfalls auf meinem ansonsten sehr zuverlässigen Panasonic Player) kein Menü aufweist bin ich eher durch ausprobieren auf die englische DTS Spur gestoßen.
Diese ist allerdings dann wirklich stark und passt zum perfektem Bild. Auffällig ist jedoch, dass die Informationen zum Ton auf dem Cover schlicht falsch sind.
Die englische Originalspur unterstreicht auch den Eindruck, das DUNE in vielen Zügen ein Kunstfilm ist. Viele Dialoge wirken wie auf einer Theaterbühne vorgetragen.

Was fehlt:
Sicherlich ist der deutsche Ton zu bemängeln, aber daran wird sich wohl nichts mehr ändern lassen. Schade ist, dass die Disc über kein Bonusmaterial verfügt. Gerade bei DUNE wäre ein Making Of hochinteressant.

FAZIT: So habe ich DUNE noch nicht gesehen (an die Kinoversion kann ich mich nicht mehr erinnern...). Einfach nur wahnsinnig beeindruckend.
Ich habe die Blu-Ray hier bei Amazon für 6,99 (inkl. Versand) gekauft, da kann man nix falsch machen. Die Disc war in 2 Tagen zuhause, das ist ebenfalls top wie immer.

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