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The spice, which extends life expectancy, is also referred to as melange, a French word for a mixtur [...]	D
David Lynch wanted to cast Freddie Jones, with whom he had worked on "The Elephant Man (1980)," and [...]	D
Upon completion, the rough cut, without post-production effects, ran over four hours long. David Lyn [...]	D
As a member of The Police, Sting wrote and performed the song "Roxanne", which was named after the f [...]	D
Val Kilmer turned down the role of Paul Atreides.	D
Kyle MacLachlan and Sir Patrick Stewart appeared in L'isola misteriosa (2005).	D
Contrary to popular rumors, writer and director David Lynch made no other version besides the theatr [...]	D
Rob Lowe turned down the role of Paul Atreides.	D
While most critics were negative towards this movie, writer Harlan Ellison was of a different opinio [...]	D
It was first intended to shoot all of the studio material in the U.K. But all three big studios were [...]	D
The movie alludes strongly to Bible stories, such as, most strongly, the story of Moses.	D
The cow that Rabban eats is a real frozen dead cow.	D
Production began in March 1983 and took six months to complete, due to all of the problems the produ [...]	D
David Lynch: A radio operator on the mining ship that Paul and Duke Leto Atreides rescue from a sand [...]	D
The Maud'Dib desert mouse Paul encounters in the open desert in the novel isn't in the movie. Howeve [...]	D
Virginia Madsen replaced Anne-Louise Lambert.	D
Sir Patrick Stewart played Claudius in Amleto (1980), a role that Kyle MacLachlan played in Hamlet 2 [...]	D
Though it is never mentioned, the human characters all trace their lineage back to Earth. House Atre [...]	D
In Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed adaptation (and documented in the Jodorowsky's Dune documentary), P [...]	D
Writer and director David Lynch turned down Il ritorno dello Jedi (1983) to direct this movie, telli [...]	D
Actor Dexter Fletcher who was considered for Paul Atreides later starred opposite Sting in Lock & St [...]	D
In the novels, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen was Baron Vladimir's intended heir due to his combination of in [...]	D
"Kanly" is practicing vendetta so that innocent bystanders are protected.	D
At the end of the secret report of the Spacing Guild, the image of the planet Kaitain (the Emperor's [...]	D
Don Bexley has a brief uncredited appearance in the Padishah Emperor's court as a Sardaukar Burseg ( [...]	D
Some special effects scenes were filmed with over a million watts of lighting, drawing eleven thousa [...]	D
Prior to the movie's release, a production still of an Ornithopter crashing was released to the pres [...]	D
Arthur P. Jacobs originally bought the rights in 1971. He planned for Sir David Lean to direct, and [...]	D
Piter de Vries is very much similar to the character of Grima Wormtongue from the Lord of the Rings [...]	D
In the novels, Feyd-Rautha has gained a reputation for prowess in single combat, long before he chal [...]	D
This movie is an adaptation of the first of a series of novels ("Dune" by Frank Herbert) and incorpo [...]	D
In retrospect, David Lynch acknowledged he should never have directed this movie: "I started selling [...]	D
In the introduction of his 1985 short story collection, "Eye", Frank Herbert discussed this movie's [...]	D
Sir John Hurt was offered the part of Dr. Yueh.	D
At the end of the first meeting between the Guild and the Emperor, the inscription "Law is the ultim [...]	D
In a 2022 interview for The AV Club, David Lynch said that while it likely won't happen, he would re [...]	D
The Weirding Modules (Sound Guns) were not original concepts and were based on real-life sonic weapo [...]	D
With the exception of Francesca Annis, all of the actors portraying members of the Atreides family l [...]	D
While shooting on-location in Mexico, filming came nearly to a halt when most of the cast and crew c [...]	D
The cast of this movie includes many connections to Star Trek. Dean Stockwell has appeared on Enterp [...]	D
In the novels, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen is survived by a single daughter, Marie Fenring. Marie would la [...]	D
In the backstory behind Baron Harkonnen's face, which is covered in large black pustules: Baron Hark [...]	D
Ix is a term of abuse in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Universe. It means being the kind of i [...]	D
The tendons visible when Paul hooks the worm were made from condoms.	D
Producer Raffaella De Laurentiis asked other cast members to join her in the room one day as she cal [...]	D
Claudia RamÃrez's debut.	D
Theatrical movie debut of Kyle MacLachlan (Paul Atreides).	D
In the documentary Jodorowsky's Dune (2013), Alejandro Jodorowsky says he was disappointed and jealo [...]	D
"Kul Wahad" means "I am profoundly moved" in the futuristic language of Dune.	D
The tiny creature that Rabban (Paul L. Smith) crushes and drinks was invented for this movie and cal [...]	D
The name Usul is Biblical.	D
The line "The sleeper has awakened" is sampled in the song Unanimity by Switchpin.	D
JosÃ© Ferrer began his theatrical career playing classical roles like Iago and Cyrano de Bergerac. [...]	D
In the film, Vladimir Harkonnen is eaten by a giant worm. In the novel, he is poisoned to death by h [...]	D
In the novels, Emperor Shaddam IV is forced into abdication following his defeat in battle. Paul has [...]	D
Although the Lynch movie is completely removed from the Jodorowsky version as far as script, creativ [...]	D
David Lynch (January 13, 2006) : "Dune, I didn't have final cut on. It's the only film I've made whe [...]	D
Theatrical movie debut of Alicia Witt (Alia).	D
Feyd-Rautha and The Beast Rabban are men of very few words: as the latter, Paul L. Smith speaks only [...]	D
This movie has been called the I cancelli del cielo (1980) of science fiction movies. Brad Dourif, w [...]	D
Silvana Mangano had been off screen for 12 years but made the film as a favor for her husband, Dino [...]	D
As a result of its poor commercial and critical reception, all initial plans for sequels were cancel [...]	D
The total number of production crew came to 1,700. This movie required eighty sets built on sixteen [...]	D
Jodie Foster, Brooke Shields, Kim Basinger, Melanie Griffith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Ryan, Jennifer [...]	D
At one point, Paul Atreides says to his mother: "If we walk without rhythm, we won't attract the wor [...]	D
JÃ¼rgen Prochnow and Max von Sydow later appeared in Dredd - La legge sono io (1995).	D
A scene where Thufir Hawat dies at the ending of the movie was cut from the theatrical release. Howe [...]	D
In the novels, Rabban had the title of "Count of Lankiveil". He gained the title by killing his own [...]	D
This movie, and in particular the 1965 novel, of which this movie is an adaptation, bares some simil [...]	D
Paul Atreides and Feyd Rautha are fifteen in the book. Kyle MacLachlan was in his twenties, while St [...]	D
Linda Hunt and Paul L. Smith both starred in Popeye - Braccio di ferro (1980) 4 years earlier. Paul [...]	D
During production, producer Raffaella De Laurentiis offered Paul L. Smith the chance to appear in Ya [...]	D
Dedicated to Federico De Laurentiis, only son of Dino De Laurentiis, who was killed in a plane crash [...]	D
Features a soundtrack by the band TOTO.	D
Doctor Yueh's forehead diamond tattoo indicates that he is a product of the Suk Medical School. Jess [...]	D
This may be coincidental, but in the scene where Gurney Halleck and Paul reunite on a battlefield of [...]	D
David Lynch was originally signed to do two sequels, based on Frank Herbert's novels "Dune Messiah" [...]	D
Paul Atreides demonstrates a sonic power method of breaking a tetrahedral obelisk to the Fremen. By [...]	D
During production, David Lynch got very scared, because he felt like he was on a sinking ship, and d [...]	D
The novel was speculated to be an influence behind the Danish fantasy movie Strings (2004). James Mc [...]	D
Although the film was generally considered to be an unmitigated disaster, it was however instrumenta [...]	D
In both the theatrical cut and the extended cut, Piter seems to display lustful feelings for Jessica [...]	D
Francesca Annis was filming Shades of Darkness (1983) and was wary of possible scheduling conflicts [...]	D
Virginia Madsen was sick with food poisoning during the filming of the scene which Paul fights Feyd. [...]	D
In the film, Rabban is captured by Shaddam IV and executed by decapitation, In the novel, Rabban was [...]	D
Shot in Mexico.	D
This movie takes place in 10191.	D
The original ending, cut from the cinematic version, where Paul exiles Emperor Shaddam IV to Saulsa [...]	D
Feyd-Rautha was originally to have stepped out of the "steam bath" nude. Sting had agreed to shoot t [...]	D
Many scenes with Everett McGill as Stilgar were cut, including Stilgar objecting to a knife fight be [...]	D
None of the cast are listed during the otherwise complete opening credits.	D
Now Playing Podcast reviewed Dune. This film received one "recommend" and two "not recommends".	D
"Travelling without moving" is the title of a Jamiroquai album.	D
When Dino De Laurentiis acquired the rights to the novel, he asked Frank Herbert' to write the scree [...]	D
There is a common misconception, where people believe that the Baron Harkonnen and his nephews all h [...]	D
Some scenes were filmed in the same location and at the same time as scenes from "Conan il distrutto [...]	D
In the film, Emperor Shaddam IV has white hair. In the novels, Shaddam has red hair.	D
When Virginia Madsen auditioned for Princess Irulan, she was told that the character was a Princess [...]	D
Max von Sydow went on to work with two other actors who played Leto Atreides. He appeared in Fino al [...]	D
One scene called for Duke Leto (JÃ¼rgen Prochnow) to be strapped to a black stretcher and drugged. [...]	D
In the film, Emperor Shaddam IV receives no family name. In the novels, he was the 81st and last Emp [...]	D
The inspiration for the design of the stillsuits was the medical textbook "Gray's Anatomy".	D
Dexter Fletcher (who had worked with David Lynch on The Elephant Man (1980)) was very seriously cons [...]	D
Two hundred workers spent two months hand-clearing three square miles of Mexican desert for location [...]	D
In the novel, Feyd is a gladiator.	D
David Lynch: [Lincoln] Lynch disowned the extended television cut. He chose the name "Judas Booth" t [...]	D
William Hurt played Leto Atreides in Dune - Il destino dell'universo (2000). In the documentary abou [...]	D
When he was interviewed about the novel on NBC in 1982, Frank Herbert stated that the message in the [...]	D
"Padishah" is an old Turkish word, meaning the ruler. All Ottoman sultans were titled Padishah. It's [...]	D
In the novel and this movie, Jessica (Francesca Annis) has red hair. In real life, Alicia Witt (Alia [...]	D
JÃ¼rgen Prochnow and Dean Stockwell later starred in Eddie Murphy and Air Force One (1997).	D
In the backstory behind why Jessica gave birth to Paul: Duke Leto, who was unmarried and didn't have [...]	D
The expression "Kwisatz Haderach", said by Alia in the last line of this movie, literally means in H [...]	D
Sir Patrick Stewart has said in interviews that every cast member lost two scenes to cuts made in ed [...]	D
According to the prequel book, House Atreides, Baron Harkonnen's obesity and sickly condition is act [...]	D
It took two weeks to film Max von Sydow's role.	D
Writer and director David Lynch has said he considers this movie the only real failure of his career [...]	D
A scene was filmed but cut. After having sex in bed where their daughter Alia is conceived, Leto and [...]	D
Rabban receives the full name "Glossu Rabban Harkonnen" in the novels. He also gains the nicknames " [...]	D
Original director Sir Ridley Scott left the production after his older brother suddenly passed away. [...]	D
A scene was filmed, but cut and edited out of the film's ending. Before Paul confronts Emperor Shadd [...]	D
Ridley Scott's vision for this movie's aesthetic was similar to that of Alien (1979), which Dino De [...]	D
In the novels, there is tension between Irulan and Chani, because they are married to the same man ( [...]	D
Some film critics accused the filmmakers of homophobia, particularly in the case of the make-up desi [...]	D
Alejandro Jodorowsky had originally planned on filming Dune in the early 70s. As told in the documen [...]	D
This movie opened on December 14, 1984 in 915 theaters and earned $6,025,091 in its opening weekend, [...]	D
Francesca Annis plays Kyle MacLachlan's mother. In real life she's only 14 years older than him.	D
Actor Max von Sydow starred in 1980's Flash Gordon film, then Dune in 1984, and Star Wars: The Force [...]	D
Sir Patrick Stewart was, at that time, completely unfamiliar about who Sting was as a musician. When [...]	D
"Deathstalker", a science fiction fantasy novel by British author Simon R. Green, and published in t [...]	D
In the extended version, the narrator mispronounces "Piter's" name using a short "I", and places emp [...]	D
David Lynch worked on the script for six months with Erich Bergen and Christopher De Vore. The team [...]	D
Often listed as the most homophobic movie of all time by cinema scholars, who cite the implied homos [...]	D
The novel is an influence behind George R.R. Martin's fantasy book series "A Song of Fire and Ice" w [...]	D
With a budget of $42 million, this movie required eighty sets built on sixteen soundstages and a tot [...]	D
Sylvia Kristel was considered for the role of Lady Jessica.	D
In the novels, the three major houses are actually all related. Paul's mother is revealed to be Baro [...]	D
Glenn Close turned down the role of Lady Jessica, not wanting to play "the girl who is always runnin [...]	D
A subplot from the novel, which is not included in the movie, details Paul and Chani having an infan [...]	D
During the movie's original release, "cheatsheets" explaining much of the movie's setting and its mo [...]	D
Author Frank Herbert acknowledged that Lawrence d'Arabia (1962) was an influence behind the novel. T [...]	D
The whole screenwriting process - and the numerous drafts that were involved - took 18 months.	D
The novel has several parallel's to Shakespeare's Hamlet. Hamlet and Paul are both avenging the deat [...]	D
Sir Patrick Stewart said the stillsuit was the most uncomfortable costume he had ever worn. Max von [...]	D
In the novel, which wasn't in the movie, but was later used for Dune (2000). Paul reveals to Jessica [...]	D
When reporting surface temperature, they use the Kelvin system, and report it as "three hundred fift [...]	D
Francesca Annis (Lady Jessica) has commented that she had a negative impression when first watching [...]	D
The film features 53 speaking roles, 20,000 extras and 900 crew members.	D
Gurney Halleck gives two quotations that are from the Old Testament of the Bible, Job 24:5 and Habba [...]	D
In the novel, Paul Atriedes adopts 'Muad'Dib' as his Fremen name after encountering a small desert m [...]	D
In the finale of the film, Paul creates rain on Arrakis for the first time. In the metaphysics of th [...]	D
Aldo Ray was originally cast in the role of Gurney Halleck, but was let go because of his alcoholism [...]	D
Actress Alicia Witt, who plays here the supernaturally gifted young Alia, was a real-life child prod [...]	D
Frank Herbert was a cousin of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Being a professional writer, however, he did [...]	D
The cast includes two Oscar winners (JosÃ© Ferrer and Linda Hunt) and six Oscar nominees (Brad Dou [...]	D
The musical instrument played by Sir Patrick Stewart, the "baliset", is actually a Chapman Stick, an [...]	D
Churubusco Studios in Mexico City was selected as the shooting location, due to the nearby desert, a [...]	D
While in the novel Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is a sadistic villain, he had a remarkable insight on th [...]	D
Freddie Jones and Francesca Annis appeared in Krull (1983).	D
In the novel, which wasn't used in the movie, but was used in Dune - Il destino dell'universo (2000) [...]	D
The Iron Maiden song "To Tame a Land", from the Piece of Mind album, was inspired by the Dune novels [...]	D
Sir Patrick Stewart and Max von Sydow have done voice work for games from The Elder Scrolls franchis [...]	D
House Atreides is named after the "Atreides" or "House of Atreus" from Greek mythology. The royal ho [...]	D
In the special features of the I segreti di Twin Peaks (1990) boxset, Everett McGill reminisces abou [...]	D
Several cast and crew members from this movie worked on David Lynch's series Twin Peaks: Kyle MacLac [...]	D
Sir Patrick Stewart's casting as Gurney Halleck was actually a mistake. In a rush to replace another [...]	D
One subplot of the novels that was ignored in the film was that Emperor Shaddam had no sons or male [...]	D
The Weirding Module was written into this movie to replace the Bene Gesserit martial art referred to [...]	D
In the novel, Paul encounters a desert mouse in the open desert called a 'Maud'Dib' which becomes hi [...]	D
The suits worn by the Guild members were body bags that were found in a disused fire station dating [...]	D
Writer and director David Lynch and producer Raffaella De Laurentiis arranged a screentest in New Yo [...]	D
The ornithopters are an extreme departure from what is described in the books. The "ornitho" prefix [...]	D
In the extended television version of the movie, instead of Virginia Madsen's opening introduction, [...]	D
According to the biography "Five Easy Decades", Jack Nicholson, at one point in the late 1970s, cons [...]	D
Thirty-one years after this movie's theatrical release, Max von Sydow had the small role of Lor San [...]	D
In the novel, when Paul fights Feyd, he removes his stillsuit. In the movie, Paul doesn't remove his [...]	D
Leonardo Cimino's role of The Baron's Doctor was not in the book. David Lynch gave Cimino a role, be [...]	D
Kyle MacLachlan was a fan of the book.	D
Paul avenging his father's death and seeking his former position of power parallels Hamlet, while hi [...]	D
By the end of the book, Paul is not only considered the Kwisatz Haderach (who is the Super-Being to [...]	D
In the novels, Irulan Corrino becomes an important historian, chronicling events concerning Paul Atr [...]	D
Despite being considered a financial flop, it is the David Lynch movie to make the most money in its [...]	D
In 2010, on YouTube, Sean Young posted a six minute video of behind the scenes footage from the movi [...]	D
Sir David Lean was offered to direct, but turned it down. Fittingly, Lean's Lawrence d'Arabia (1962) [...]	D
After finishing work on the film, Paul L. Smith starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Brigitte [...]	D
Sir Ridley Scott worked on bringing the film to the screen, but was unsuccessful. H.R. Giger (who wo [...]	D
Brad Dourif and Kenneth McMillan previously appeared in Ragtime (1981).	D
Frank Herbert's original novel is a thinly disguised allegory of Arab control over the world's oil s [...]	D
Although it has been claimed that singer Michael Bolton has a cameo as one of the drummers seen when [...]	D
Helena Bonham Carter was originally cast as Princess Irulan, but scheduling conflicts with Camera co [...]	D
Francesca Annis accidentally injured herself with a gas oven, and was hospitalized for several weeks [...]	D
The monstrous jaws of the Sandworms interestingly resemble the maw of the Sarlaac from Il ritorno de [...]	D
Although Universal Pictures has approached David Lynch for a possible Director's Cut of this movie, [...]	D
Trailer narrated by Hal Douglas.	D
Sting was cast after Dune (1984) had seen him in Le due facce del male (1982).	D
Aldo Ray was replaced by Patrick Stewart.	D

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