About the Book
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Novels, Screen adaptations, Short stories, Video games, David Lynch, Dune, Dune, Dune, Dune comics, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, Frank Herbert's Dune, Inama Nushif, Music inspired by Dune, Screen Adaptations, Appendices, Children of Dune, Classic Dune, Doon, Dune, Dune 7, Dune Messiah, Dune Sequels, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Heroes of Dune, Hunters of Dune, Legends of Dune, Paul of Dune, Prelude to Dune, Sandworms of Dune, Schools of Dune, The Dune Encyclopedia, The Road to Dune, The Sisterhood of Dune, The Winds of Dune, Dune, Dune, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, Frank Herbert's Dune, A Whisper of Caladan Seas, Hunting Harkonnens, Sea Child, Spice Planet, The Faces of a Martyr, The Road to Dune, Treasure in the Sand, Whipping Mek, Dune, Dune 2000, Dune computer games, Dune II, Frank Herbert's Dune. Excerpt: Lynch agreed to direct a big-budget adaptation for Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis's provided that De Laurentiis Entertainment Group release a second Lynch project, over which the director would have complete creative control. Although De Laurentiis hoped it would be the next Star Wars, Lynch's Dune (1984) was a critical and commercial dud; it cost $45 million to make, and grossed a mere $27.4 million domestically. Co-star Brad Dourif, who portrayed Piter de Vries, referred to it as "science fiction's answer to Heaven's Gate" (which Dourif also starred in). Universal Studios released an "extended cut" of the film for syndicated television; this contained almost an hour of cutting-room-floor footage and new narration (this time by a male actor; Virginia Madsen had narrated the theatrical version). Such was not representative of Lynch's intentions, but the studio considered it more comprehensible than the 2-hour version. Lynch objected to these changes and had his name struck from the extended cut, which has...
