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01/15/08
Dune (1984)
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Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 15
Rotten:9
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: David Lynch's baroque rendering of Frank Herbert's detailed, complex, and deliberately paced epic science-fiction novel is a muddled but visually stunning affair. It's 10991, and the desert planet Dune has been taken over by the... [More]
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, José Ferrer, Linda Hunt, Francesca Annis
Director: David Lynch
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Reviews for Dune
If you think David Lynch is the Kwisatz Haderach, baby, have I got a movie for you.
02/22/06
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01/26/06
Flashy special effects at the time still hold up decently today. Originally, the film was shown theatrically with a hand out that gives you definitions and background information. Before watching the film, it help if you brush up on the Hebert world by
03/14/05
This movie is a real mess, an incomprehensible, ugly, unstructured, pointless excursion into the murkier realms of one of the most confusing screenplays of all time.
10/23/04
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Several of the characters in Dune are psychic, which puts them in the unique position of being able to understand what goes on in the movie.
05/20/03
Top Critic Muddled and confusing; you need a scorecard and history book to separate the players and who belongs to what faction. Some nice sequences, though, almost compensate for the shortcomings.
05/01/03
let us contrast the Sci-Fi channel's unholy debacle with Lynch's masterpiece . . . Game, set, and match, to David Lynch . . . When will they learn to leave well enough alone?
03/20/03
Latest News for Dune
June 06, 2008:
Zetumer in Talks to Pen New Dune 
Josh Zetumer is in negotiations to write the screenplay of the upcoming Peter Berg-directed adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. More...
March 19, 2008:
Paramount Confirms Peter Berg as New Dune Director
It's official: Peter Berg is headed into the desert to take a crack at getting filmgoers excited about Frank Herbert's Dune. More...
December 28, 2007:
The Weekly Ketchup: Marvel Madness, Dune Gets its Director, Bruckheimer Makes Promises to Persia
In this week's Ketchup, we have two tidbits of Marvel madness, major progress on the Dune adaptation, and the deaths of some of our most beloved on-screen troublemakers. More...
December 23, 2007:
Peter Berg Confirmed to Direct New Dune Film
Score another one for the rumor mill: Peter Berg has been confirmed as the director of a new Dune. More...
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