Dune (Extended Edition)

Dune (Extended Edition)

Dune (Extended Edition)
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Actor: Brad Dourif, Francesca Annis, Jos? Ferrer, Leonardo Cimino, Linda Hunt
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
Primary Contributor: Kyle MacLachlan
Primary Contributor: Virginia Madsen
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 137 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-31
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Reviews of Dune (Extended Edition)

DVD Review: Good FLick (original)
Summary: 4 Stars

Everyone and their brother hated this movie. I must admit it did have some problems, number one of which is that it was too long. But I liked it a great deal. Richard Lynch, who directed this film has directed some impressive movies including the brilliant Blue Velvet. Several actors from Blue Velvet also played in this movie and played intense characters. The evil aliens in this movie represented by the Harkonnen's were top rate bad guys played by Sting and Kenneth McMillan. For me the movie really worked because is of it's weirdness and brutality. I see weirdness as a strength in science fiction.

DVD Review: A visually stunning though fairly dreadful and confusing movie
Summary: 3 Stars

This is a good film to watch once because it has some very visually stunning images and it makes you think, though not a very good film, just messy and confusing with good bits and awful bits. I think the movie could have been amazing, but sadly it isn't. The overall story is completely mind-boggling dealing with giant worms, psychics, dreams, other realities & dimensions, ecology, a spiritual world, and of course a valuable spice which everyone seems to be after.

DVD Review: A Fistful of Spice
Summary: 5 Stars

I set my mind to reviewing David Lynch's film 'Dune.' I sat diligently, adopting my usual scrupulous technique: watch twice, jot down points, events, slivers of music, shudders, inane trivia etc - then write it all up on the WP to be sliced down to a palatable size later...
Blankness.

So, basics: Did I enjoy it? -- yes, very much. Did it have breathtaking set design and production values which left the inferior 'Bladerunner' in its dust.. comprehensively. Was I horrified and delighted in equal measure by the antics of the prime villain - Baron Harkonnen ? -- indeed I was. Was the music suggestive and grandiose..? The Sand-Worms completely awesome....? Sting bad...?
Yes, and more...

Lynch is a curious film director. His films are not like anybody else's. People go on about them - say things like: "Lynch doesn't normally do sci-fi, but you could argue that ALL his films are sci-fi..." Heavy stuff like that.
Some admit that they do/don't/can't/won't understand them - others imagine. Some can't see the point in bothering...

All his films are comedies - Kyle MacLachlan's 'Dune' voiceover for example, is as pointed a clue without being blatant - and is otherwise inexplicable.
Much like 'La Cabina,' funny/weird people start the day with just a suggestion of funny/weird, escalating into hardcore funny/weird by the final quarter.
As someone who doesn't understand film at all, I have to wonder how Lynch gets finance. Imagine taking 'Lost Highway' to a bunch of execs and hoping for some millions to make it happen... yet happen it did. Does anybody think studio money-men are sympathetic to an 'artist' ? Lynch is bankable you say...?

Lynch's 'Dune' is a surgical burrowing through the bowels of an enormous omnibus of a novel. The plot is helpfully zilch: a spice controls the universe; everyone wants it; shenanigans ensue when they all try to get it; big battle.
Cue 'Prophecy' theme.
Why everybody makes SUCH a fuss is beyond me: "Fans and critics alike, are divided in equal measure..." What? Why.....!?

Then again, why would anyone even contemplate reviewing 'Dune' ? It's a movie, it runs about 2 ? hours and is big and quite exciting.
It's a David Lynch film, and that means you can spout the most abstract, pompous, selfish, insanely reversed clap-trap about it - and people will still take you seriously.
(And despite the proximity of incendiary words like 'spice,' 'girl' and 'power,' I've resisted all temptation to mention Mel B's extraordinary breasts - so delightfully omnipresent in all sections of modern media. Aren't I the good boy...?)

DVD Review: Misleading release, poor
Summary: 1 Stars

This so called extended cut is a mess i think.
It's flip disc with extended and theatrical.
Dune is a particularly long movie, and i do like it put there are times it drags so an extended cut which does'nt do it any favours and the opening credits look daft with Alan Smithee as the director, then there's this awful cheap animation cut into the film to extend elements from the book it all feel very rushed and cheap.

I think Dune is a great movie but i don't think this release or previous have just left the movie on it's own merit instead director's cuts and special editions.

I'm not in favour of theses extended cut's on any films because end of the day they are usually the bit's that were'nt good in the first place and they just spoil the film.

DVD Review: Absolutely horrible
Summary: 1 Stars

I am a sci-fi buff, but this movie is nothing short of horrible. Horrible stiff acting, horrible scenes, etc. Do yourself a favor and get the Dune that came out in 2000 as a mini series. That is a great movie, much better acting throughout and much easier to follow, but it is very long (not in a bad way).

Description of Dune (Extended Edition)

IN THE DISTANT FUTURE, A MAN APPEARS TO BE THE PROPHET THAT A LONG-SUFFERING GALAXY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR.
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, Jos? Ferrer, Dean Stockwell, Brad Dourif, Sting, Kenneth McMillan, Patrick

Sting as Feyd-Rautha
Stewart, Sean Young, and Linda Hunt. --Jim Emerson

DVD features
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, don't 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

Further Explore the World Of Dune

Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)

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