Dune Movies and Video's

Castle Home Video (Region 2 PAL ) Dune special tv edition 180 minutes

Retails for around £19 ($28) including Postage A Personal write up on the experience of a USA based Fan Castle video region 2 is mono, picture quality is poor, dark. It had very few chapter breaks. The disc didn't track very well, and both the jessica spitting scene, and heartplug scene have been removed. However, it had ultra-cool menus. It costs about $25.00 My Personal experience I live in the UK and own this version. I play it on a Region 2 PAL machine and have had no problems. The scenes removed are due to USA Censorship

Comstock 2 DVD set (Region 2 NTSC)

Retails for around $70 plus $25 postage A Personal write up on the experience of a USA based Fan  Japanese version(by comstock just like the laserdisc) is on 2 discs(boo!), it is dolby digital, it has far, far better picture quality than any version of this film I have seen to date. It almost looks like an official universal release. Also, the japanese subtitles CAN be turned off. It comes in a dual jewel case. It has an inlay with pics from the film, including one of paul bare-chested(not in the film). It is broken into like 28 chapter a disc. So the chapter breaks are far closer together than the castle video version. It costs $100.00. The cover features a black and white picture of Paul with the makers hook when he first rides the worm. The back has a red-tinted scene with alia holding the crynsknife. Disc 1 has a picture of paul on it, and disc 2 has a picture of Feyd. From time to time I see this version on ebay - it usually goes for like $120.00 when the auction ends.

The very rare Japanese box set of Dune ( Out of Print ) David Lynch's "Dune" Japanese LaserDisc premium boxset on Comstock / Pioneer #PILF-7297. NTSC, CLV, 326 minutes, digital audio (Dolby Surround), in English with Japanese subtitles. Deluxe package includes: - "Dune" 1984 theatrical version: 137 minutes, cinemascope size (1 x 2.35), subtitles are in the bottom black stripe, 47 chapters, with trailer, in a gatefold sleeve.  - "Dune" 1988 TV version: 189 minutes, TV size, 55 chapters, in two separate sleeves: Part 1 and Part 2 as broadcast on NBC, version notavailable in the USA. Based on the Frank Herbert novel and directed by David Lynch. The set includes 4 discs. Along with the 137 minute theatrical version, which is letterboxed, there is a 189 minute version which is pan and scan and was prepared for television showings. This version has never been released on any format outside Japan. Additionaly, the theatrical trailer is included, along with an 8 page booklet, in japanese, with photos of the film and cast, and the three american poster designs. The discs are in CLV format, in English, with Japanese subtitles. The subtitles for the letterboxed version appear below the image. This set used to cost around $200 at auction but since the release od the extended version on dvd around the world. This item now sells around $80. Between 1984 and 2000 this was the holy grail for dune collectors

Quotes from the cast

I'm curious as hell to see what this is going to look like with all the stuff we are supposed to be imagining in our minds actually put in the film.
Kyle MacLachlan, actor (Paul)

I'm awed by the newness of it, coming into a movie having never done one before. Then again, I'm an old friend of Paul's. I feel like I know him. In a sense, I am him.
Kyle MacLachlan, actor (Paul)

I mean, as a fan, I've been waiting for this for years. Now, as an actor, I want to make sure that Paul Atreides is everything that a Dune fan expects.
Kyle MacLachlan, actor (Paul)

When I first read the script I was disappointed. I came in saying, "I want Dune." It took me a little time to get used to the differences. I finally said, "It's not going to be Dune by Frank Herbert. It's going to be Dune by Frank Herbert, adapted by David Lynch, put on film and conveyed by actors.
Kyle MacLachlan, actor (Paul)

Wearing the stillsuits in the desert was the next best thing to dying. Everett McGill, actor (Stilgar)

I only came close to passing out once... I think. Paul Smith, actor (Rabban)

The Bene Gesserit

Muad'dib and Feyd

It's an absolutely giant playpen. A serious playpen, but a playpen nonetheless.
Francesca Annis, actress (Jessica)

This is the dirtiest job I've ever had... and that includes construction work.
Sting, actor (Feyd)

I was down there five weeks. It seemed like five years.
Sting, actor (Feyd)

I think David (Lynch) likes the Harkonnens, who are the most hideous band in the film. I think he likes the nightmare sequences. The movie should reflect that. It'll be a world in sheep's clothing. That suits me.
Sting, actor (Feyd)

Feyd is evil... with a large jockstrap.
Sting, actor (Feyd)

David's vision is very, very bizarre because, I think, he's a very bizarre person. He's not normal. He's out of somewhere... out of left field. The reason I'm doing Dune is to work with David Lynch.
Sting, actor (Feyd)

I think this script is terrific. I can't believe it's remained as complex as it has. That's difficult to do with film. Film is dumb, you know? It really is.
Brad Dourif, actor (Piter)

I was unprepared for the purity of the desert and its elegance and its great, classy beauty.
Patrick Stewart, actor (Gurney)

Quotes from Frank Herbert

Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo) spent a couple of million dollars in pre-production of his version. He even hired Salvador Dali as his production designer. Nothing ever happened. I'm not quite sure why it fizzled. Without exaggeration, his script would have made an eleven-or-twelve-hour movie. It was the size of a phonebook. It was pretty anti-Catholic, too.
Frank Herbert

The characters are exactly as I have envisioned them... sometimes even better.
Frank Herbert

 A lot of people have tried to film Dune. They all failed. I tried writing a screenplay of it, once. It was rotten.
Frank Herbert

 The young actor who is playing Paul? It's fascinating. He claims that Dune has been his Bible. He's read it every year since he was fourteen.
Frank Herbert

Quotes from David Lynch

You can't get a movie like this done worrying about it as a whole. You have to take it scene by scene... or go crazy.
David Lynch, director

I really like our Guild Navigator. He's pretty odd looking. Pretty our there. I wouldn't have minded him being a little odder, though. Things just can't get odd enough for me.
David Lynch, director

Quotes from Dino & Rafaella De Laurentiis......

We spent six year developing Dune. I didn't want to rush this one and make a silly film.
Dino De Laurentiis

Nobody is as crazy as I am. You have to be crazy to make a movie like Dune.
Dino De Laurentiis

Why make a movie out of Dune? The reasons are all in the book.
Rafaella De Laurentiis, producer

Duke Leto Atreides

Paul (Muad'dib) Atreides

Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV and his Daughter Irulan

The label, in the form of a sticker, was used on bottles of Tequila at the wrap party for the Dune Movie Dune promo item Paperweight given to the members of a Press junket who were flown into Mexico To visit (and publicize) the sets as the film was being produced. Approximately 300 of these were passed out to the press. The paperweight is about 3 1/2 inches in diameter and is topped by what appears to be a brass eagle-the symbolic representation of the house of Atreides. It comes with a foldout card which explains this and the original box in which these items were presented. A unique and rather scarce item for a film which has become a cult favourite. Card dated 1983, a full year before the Films release!