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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Dune (1984) is now streaming with subscription on Prime Video
David Lynch
Dino De Laurentiis Company
Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
Vashirdfel
Simply A Masterpiece
Limerculer
A waste of 90 minutes of my life
Neive Bellamy
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
andrewpeterfarrow
Ok the special effects are from the 80s but the storyline is just amazing. The film inspired me to read all the books. If you are a sci-fi fan this has to be in your top 5
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"Dune" had one of the finest casts ever assembled. Francesca Annis, Freddie Jones, Dean Stockwell, Jose Ferrer, Brad Dourif, Sian Phillips, Patrick Stewart, Max von Sydow, Sean Young . . . why, even Sting shows up (quite a lot of himself; and, according to the special features, he might have shown off even more!) Sure, most of those actors are a bit on the "cult" side, but they're all solid talent.The source material was a little more iffy. DUNE is a BIG book, and so different it carries a glossary of terms author Frank Herbert coined (well, in lots of cases, ripped off). And adapting the book for the screen was a delicate balancing act, as Herbert fans are, in their bookish way, as fanatical as Star fans (Trek or Wars).The surprising thing was that a movie this size, costing forty million dollars in an era when a movie's price tag was part of its marketing, was entrusted to David Lynch. Until that time Lynch's most normal movie was "The Elephant Man." Lynch, who enjoys focusing on the weird and the frankly disgusting made Herbert's novel even more weird and disgusting. Whenever the Harkonnens appear onscreen, lay aside your popcorn.
