I need help Dune extended edition!!!!

[AndOne]

My wife is a big Dune fan. She has the original theatrical version of the movie, but she has seen the extended version on the Sci-Fi channel and she wants it. Can any of you help me find a link to this version of the movie. I've seen one on Amazon called DUNA, but i don't know if it is the one or not. Can't tell from the remarks. Please help. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Opus131]

Dune sucks !!!

The movie does, at any rate... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Speaking of which, where in the bloody hell are my hard cover versions of the Dune books ?

[Boo Boo Juice]

I too have been looking for this on DVD. Hopefully you mean the Dune that Lynch made, not the shitty sci-fi channel miniseries/remake or whatever version.

[Dukefan]

At first, I thought you were referring to the Sci-Fi channel miniseries, but then I did a bit of research, and found this review on Amazon.com's page for the David Lynch version:


A beginning is a very delicate time. In 1984, the long awaited film version of Frank Herbert's epic novel Dune came to the silver screen. What happened next? The worst box office disaster in history! Sad to say it, but mostly everyone who saw Dune hated it except for the few who actually read the book! I've always loved this movie but if I ever said that in public I was usually beaten with large rocks or a baseball bat. This review isn't really about the story of the film or it's direction. Its about the confusing truth of their actually being two editions of the 1984 film version of dune.

Now here is where the entire true purpose to this review comes in. Many may wonder, "why was I watching this on Sci-Fi channel and the director was Alan Smithee instead of David Lynch?" Well little Jimmy, the answer is complicated. David Lynch knew when he made Dune he was in trouble and cut the film down incredibly to make it fit the desired time limit. Lynch was slightly pleased with this cut of the film and hoped that that would be the last he would have to do with it... Wrong!

A few years when Dune finally was on TV, a special edition version was prepared containing an HOUR of extra footage. A new narration covers the film and practically spells out every bit of information to the audience this time. The studios were ready to show it when suddenly David Lynch says "Woa woa, I liked it the way it was!" and refuses to have credit for this new longer version. The studio then takes out Lynch's name and replaces it with the fake Alan Smithee who doesn't exist. With me so far?

The version of Dune available on DVD and VHS is the David Lynch version which in my opinion actually works better than the longer version. It cuts to the chase and doesn't drag as badly as Smithee's version does. For those of you who have never seen the Alan Smithee version, its not available to buy but it's shown on the Sci-Fi channel twice a year so there you go!

So, even though critics bombed it, audiences hated it, and David Lynch disowned the longer version, I still love this movie for some mysterious reason! If you're the type who likes weird artistic movies like 12 Monkeys, 2001, or Blade Runner, you will probably enjoy this. Also anime fans, this is right up your alley! For all you other people, get the hell out of here!



I make no claims about the truth of that information at all; it's from some guy's review on Amazon.com.

[Opus131]

Random guy said:
but mostly everyone who saw Dune hated it except for the few who actually read the book!




I call this bullshit.

I read the book and i hated the film, and so did a lot of Frank Herbert fans.

[Tedski]

Opus131 said:
Dune sucks !!!

The movie does, at any rate... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Speaking of which, where in the bloody hell are my hard cover versions of the Dune books ?



They're in a box in the attic, with all the other stuff you thought you wouldn't want in a hurry! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Kalki]

Boo Boo Juice said:
not the shitty sci-fi channel miniseries/remake or whatever version.

The miniseries was NOT shitty. It was as true to the books as it could have possibly been, with the only problem being that the protagonist looked too old.

[Boo Boo Juice]

The overacting, direction, and designs are what I didn't like. It might have been true to the book, but I'm not looking at it in that way. I am looking at it as a movie/film.

[Kalki]

IT EVEN HAD NUDITY FOR CHRISSAKES!!!

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I liked it for what it was. Liked the sequel (Messiah+Children) even better.

[Opus131]

Tedski said:
They're in a box in the attic, with all the other stuff you thought you wouldn't want in a hurry! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif



Gaaah, i meant the new Hard Cover releases.

They have Dune, but none of the other books, and all I have stashed in the attic are worn out paper back versions... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tinyted.gif

[Opus131]

Kalki said:
It was as true to the books as it could have possibly been, with the only problem being that the protagonist looked too old.



Never whatched the show, but Paul is supposed to be much older after the point where he joins the Freemen with his mother then you ever see in the original film.

He also wears a beard and his physical appearance it's a mix between an extreme lack of nourishment and the strength of pure steel, which you really don't get with the guy who played Paul in the film who looked like a kid all the way to the end...

[crunchy superman]

There is a rumor about Lynch & Universal doing a new extended cut. This is probably why nothing new has surfaced in a while.

" Oh man... have we got some GREAT news for you Dune fans today! We've done some digging with our sources at Universal, and we've learned the real reason behind their delay of the Dune: Extended Edition (previously announced for 5/10, but then pulled "indefinitely" with no explanation given). Those of you who are familiar with the film know that there's a longer version that's been shown on TV, credited to director Alan Smithee (a pseudonym used by directors when they want to distance themselves from a project for whatever reason). Well get this... after years of saying he would never revisit Dune, at the 11th hour director David Lynch apparently decided that he might want to be involved in the new DVD after all. Which means that when it's eventually released, not only is the DVD going to include the original theatrical version of the film... it may also include a brand new "director's extended cut" edited by Lynch himself. No kidding. [Editor's Note - we've been told by studio sources that this isn't a done deal. It IS why the disc was delayed, but Lynch's involvement is still in discussion and no work has been started yet. So cross your fingers and let's hope it comes to fruition.]"

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa101.html

[Tedski]

Boo Boo Juice said:
The overacting, direction, and designs are what I didn't like. It might have been true to the book, but I'm not looking at it in that way. I am looking at it as a movie/film.



Which, if you've read the book(s), allows you to trade off acting/direction and designs, for the benefit of a far more cohesive plotline. Overall, personally I greatly prefer the 'mini-series' to the movie for the above reasons. I would have liked to have seen some of the actors/actresses from the movie play the parts in the mini-series though - which is a pretty impractical thing I know. Certainly Sting as Feyd I thought was good, and definitely Francesca Annis as Jessica.

[Rider]

I saw 2 versions of the Dune movie.

* The original, and the best IMO
* A reshoot with different actors, more vivid colors, different characters etc.

the reshoot (dubbed the 2001 version I think) was OK as movies go, but the original is WAY better.

come to think of it, I think I read the first 3 books, played the first 2 games and watched both movies...

I didn't know I was a Dune fan http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Usurper]

AndOne said:
My wife is a big Dune fan. She has the original theatrical version of the movie, but she has seen the extended version on the Sci-Fi channel and she wants it. Can any of you help me find a link to this version of the movie. I've seen one on Amazon called DUNA, but i don't know if it is the one or not. Can't tell from the remarks. Please help. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif



If you really want the TV edit:

Amazon.co.uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004Y3Q5/026-6487276-1930807)