Dune

1984 "A world beyond your experience, beyond your imagination."

Dune

6.3 | 2h17m | PG-13 | en | Adventure

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.

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6.3 | 2h17m | PG-13 | en | Adventure , Action , Science Fiction | More Info

Released: December. 14,1984 | Released Producted By: Dino De Laurentiis Company , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Kyle MacLachlan , Francesca Annis , Patrick Stewart

Director

Benjamín Fernández

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lauri-aysto One of the fundamental errors in the film is that a great novel of ~600 pages with appendixes on planetary ecology, religious systems etc. has been boiled down to a 2 hour movie. The story is told way too quickly, and several great discoveries in the novel are just given away in the film. At some point it felt like I was watching a trailer for a tv series... Stuff that is essential to the original story has been left out, e.g. Paul's visions on the coming jihad and his struggle with it, the death of Paul's son, etc. The resulting gaps have often been filled with totally idiotic crap.If you are interested in the Dune saga, please read the books. Do not be led to believe that this movie is what the saga is about. I would have rate 1/10 but for the great scene with Patrick Stewart and a pug.

Tweetienator Imo Dune is one of the best sci-fi-movies ever made and e.g. far more impressive story- and graphic-wise to Star Wars. Frank Herbert's Dune cycle is for sure one of the best sci-fi/fantasy epics ever written, imo even superior to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - in imagination, philosophical and political depth, the universe of Dune is unchallenged by most other fictional works with only a very few exceptions.David Lynch adapted the first book of Frank Herbert's epic accurate, only changed in some details. The actors are very good ones (e.g. Jürgen Prochnow, famous for his role as der Alte in Das Boot, Sting as the Harkonnen Feyd Rautha, Linda Hunt, Patrick Stewart etc). Maybe they are not the biggest stars of Hollywood, but all are serious and very good actors indeed (well, Sting proved he can do acting too).Sadly, the project was due the lack of financial success not continued. Imagine, the whole of Frank Herbert's work (not those stuff from his son) would have adapted into movies of this quality! Dune is one of the most unique movies of the sci-fi and fantasy genre like The Dark Crystal (Jim Henson, Frank Oz), Flash Gordon (the 80s movie), Blade Runner, The Matrix and Fight Club.Lucas' Star Wars is for the inner cowboy and Indians or dragon hunting knight part of our self. Dune is one for our adult self.Must watch. Must collect.

justin-fencsak When Dune first came out in theaters during the Christmas holiday season in 1984, it went with a thud due to competition from other holiday fare like Beverly Hills Cop. It also suffered from its running time which David Lynch cut from more than three hours to just around 2 hours and 20 minutes and sped up the pace of the best selling sci-fi novel by the late Frank Herbert to please young audiences who got weary of Star Wars after the last Star Wars movie the year before. Today it's now a cult classic due to its score by Toto, the casting, and the special effects which were ahead of its time for a $45 million movie that became David Lynch's highest grossing movie despite negative reviews from critics. The enduring popularity of this movie, and the franchise, has resulted in a TV miniseries as well as its sequel, and a reboot from Legendary that is being directed by the man behind Arrival.

arcfrost I was eager to see the movie after reading the book, but.. well.. it was dreadful!!.. Just didn't flow for me and the acting was awful.. Raban was the worst and I felt uncomfortable watching sting, he was okay in Quadraphinia but just horrible in this.. This isn't a 6.6 rated movie.. It's more a 2.2.... In summery.. Give this a miss and read the book..