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Frank Herbert's Dune--TV series [2000]
from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
starring William Hurt, Alec Newman, Giancarlo Giannini, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Saskia Reeves
directed by John Harrison

Features:

• Box set
• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

This two-disc special edition release of David Lynch's 1984 film Dune presents the same cut as originally shown theatrically, but with an improved transfer compared to the previous DVD edition and with the addition of new and archive documentary material. In case of confusion, it should be noted that this is not any of the following versions: the re-edited TV movie adaptation of Lynch's film, the long-sought-after extended version Lynch screened for cast and crew in January 1984, a new Director's Cut, or the Sci-Fi Channel mini series.

The first disc contains a new anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 transfer taken from a High Definition archive copy of the 1984 film, further restored to remove dirt and scratches, and a Dolby Digital 5.1 remix as well as the original stereo soundtrack. The film looks superb and sounds almost as good, though a DTS soundtrack would have been welcome. This is much superior to the average making-of, featuring significant new contributions from Kyle MacLachlan, producer Raffaella De Laurentiis, cinematographer Freddie Francis and others--though David Lynch is conspicuous by his absence. Destination Dune is a six-minute promotional featurette made by Sammon at the time of the film's release and the 4:3 image is fairly poor quality. An 83-second BBC interview with Frank Herbert is too short to be of more than passing interest, though the original trailer is a fine example of the 1980's way of selling movies. The set is completed with routine cast and crew profiles. Even with no involvement from Lynch and no commentaries, this is still the best Dune on DVD. --Gary S. Dalkin

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Dune - Alan Smithee's TV edition
  It's a rare achievement for a film to stay in development hell even after it's been made and released, but Dune is no ordinary film. Having gone through a veritable who's who of directors during the seventies, Frank Herbert's quintessentially sixties sci-fi epic finally made it to the screen in 1984 with indie auteur David Lynch's name on the credits. The film quickly established itself as a legendary Hollywood folly on a par with Cleopatra, and just about everyone involved distanced themselves from the... more info

• Lost in the Sands of Dune
  Cannot believe the write up Amazon has given for this DVD box-set, this edition has nothing to do with the David Lynch theatrical version(that has the Princess providing the narration)or the Alan Smithee TV version (which has an undisclosed man narrating and the famous spitting scene) of the James Herbert classic SF novel both starring Kyle MacLachlan and Sting. It is in fact the SCIFI Channel production and a great job they do of it as well.
  A much tidier production than the Lynch/Smithee films, the... more info

• Get the French one instead!
  If you're getting lost looking at the bewildering array of Dune DVDs, the best transfer of the film by far is on the 3-disc edition available from amazon.fr (and yes, you can turn off the French subtitles!) You also get the Alan Smithee TV cut in a lousy 4:3 transfer, but you won't watch that more than once anyway and there's a decent bunch of extras on the third disc, either in English or with English subtitles. The main thing, though, is the transfer of the film itself, and it is significantly better... more info

• Wrong.
  This is not the David Lynch movie but the TV mini series. Completely different. Rather good actually.

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