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Key Information
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| Directors: |
David Lynch |
| Stars: |
Kyle MacLachlan |
| Actors: |
Linda Hunt |
| Genre: |
Science-Fiction/Fantasy |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Psychic Forces · Epic · Disturbing · Surreal · Big Battles · Desert · Space Opera · Fantasy · Science-Fiction |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: Widescreen Version |
| UPC: |
025192018428 |
| Release Date: |
1984 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 17min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen, 2hr 16min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (March 31, 1998)
UPC: 025192018428 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Widescreen Version, 2hr 17min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (May 27, 1997)
UPC: 096898016131 |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/05/1984, Cart.): "...Imaginative....Visually unique and teeming with incident....There's just about always something going on for the senses to appreciate....[The] cast is also first-rate..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
David Lynch's baroque rendering of Frank Herbert's 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. <br> <br> 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 cinema's 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 e... |
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