Dune (1984)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1983-1984
Running Times: 137m/190m (TV version)
Length:
Format: 35mm/70mm (blow-up)/Todd-AO
Colour Format: Technicolor
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Stereo/70mm 6-Track

DIRECTION

Director: David Lynch (as Judas Booth or Allan Smithee on television version prints)

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: De Laurentiis / Universal Pictures
Producer: Rafaella De Laurentiis
Associate Producer: José Lopez Rodero
Production Supervisors: Anuar Badin, Vicente Escriva, Anselmo Parrinello
Production Coordinator: Golda Hoffenheim

SCRIPT
Script: David Lynch (as Judas Booth or Allan Smithee on television version prints)
Novel: Frank Herbert

DIRECTION
1st Assistant Director: José Lopez Rodero
DGA Trainee: Ian Woolf
Script Supervisor: Yvonne Axworthy

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Freddie Francis
Additional Units Supervisors and Cinematographers: James Devis, Frederick Elmes
Camera Operators: Gordon Hayman, Chick Anstiss, Ken Worringham
Clapper Loaders: Ed George, Shane O'Neill
Focus Pullers: Tim Ross, Alan Annad
Supervising Gaffer: Roy Larner
Gaffer: Mario Schiavone
Best Boy: John Matthews
Practical Electrician: Ignazio Maccarrone
Stills: George Whitear
Special Photographer: Dirck Halstead
Camera Service: Joe Dunton Cameras
Camera Maintenance: Gerhard Hentschel

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Antony Gibbs
Assistant Editor: Penelope Shaw
Apprentice Editors: Rosemarie Urioste, Adam Masters
Negative Cutter: Donah Bassett
Negative Timer: Aubrey Head

MUSIC
Music Composed and Performed By: Toto (real names: Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Steve Porcaro, Joseph Williams); Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Roger Eno (Prophecy Theme)
Music Performed By: Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Concert Society Vienna Volksoperchoir
Adaptation and Additional Music / Conductor: Marty Paich
Additional Orchestrator: Allyn Ferguson
Music Coordinator: Al Schmitt
Music Editor: George Brand
Music Consultant: Gilbert Marouani
Scoring Mixers / Engineers: Shep Lonsdale, Tom Knox
Music Recorded At; The Vienna Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Nelson Stoll
Boom Operator: John Haptas
Sound Designer: Alan Splet
Sound Editors: Les Wiggins, Leslie Shatz, Teresa Eckton
Assistant Sound Editors: Derek Brechin, Ann Kroeber, Patricia Lee, Lee Maxall, Edward Malone
Re-Recording Mixers: Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Kevin O'Connell
Foley Editors: Donald Flick, Jerry Ross

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Luigi Rochetti, Mario Scutti
Chief Hair: Mirella De Rossi
Hair: Mauro Tamagnini
Wig Maker: Mara Rossi
Costume Designer: Bob Ringwood
Wardrobe Supervisors: Thomas Casterline, Nadia Vitali
Wardrobe Mistress: Ana Maria Infante
Wardrobe Cutters: Edward Percival, Cyril Streeter, Barbara Higgins
Assistant Cutters: RozWard, Kate Orr, Debbie Harkness
Wardrobe Buyer: Mary Vogt
Wardrobe Dyer: Mary Etta Lang
Milliner: Michael Jones
Wardrobe Rental: Sartoria Farani S.r.l, Rome, Italy; Costumi D'Arte, Rome, Italy; Sastreria Teatral Cornejo, Madrid, Spain
Stillsuit Construction: Don Post Inc
Suit Development: Don Post
Suit Head of Construction: Mark Siegel
Suit master Foamsmith: William C. Bryan
Suit Chief Sculptor: Jim Leonard
Suit Construction: Teresa Burkett, Linda Frobos

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Creative Make Up: Giannetto De Rossi

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Charles L. Finance
Mechanical Special Effects: Kit West
Creatures Created By: Carlo Rambaldi
Mechanical Creatures: Carlo Rambaldi Enterprises Inc
Creature Sculptors: Tom Connors, Laurie Marems, William Whitten
Creature Moldmakers: Ralph Cobos, Mike Cobos
Creature Operators: Steven townsend, Frank W. Schepler, Paolo Scipione, Steve Willis
Special Effects Floor Chiefs: Antonio Parra, Jeff Clifford, John Baker, Dino Galliano, Rodney Fuller
Special Effects Electronic Unit Chief: John Hatt
Special Effects Flying Unit Chief: John Stirber
Special Effects Engineer: Yves De Bono
Special Effects Rigger: Ron Skinner
Special Effects Assistants: Terry Cox, Philip Stokes, Terry Knowles, Gary Zink, Trevor Wood, Antonio Balandini, Andrew Kelly, Lyle Eckmeier, Stephen Humphrey, Bruno Van Zeebroeck

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Photographic Effects: Barry Nolan
Special Visual Effects: Universal City Studios Inc Matte Department
Additional Special Visual Effects: Albert J. Whitlock
Model Unit Supervisor: Brian Smithies
Foreground Miniatures: Emilio Ruiz Del Rio
Model Shop Supervisor: Peter Bohanna
Model Makers: Gus Ramsden, Danielle Verse, Christine Overs, Jacinto Soria
Matte Painter: Syd Dutton
Assistant Matte Painter: Mark Whitlock
Matte Photography Consultant: Stanley Sayer
Matte Photography: Bill taylor, Dennis Glouner
Front Projection Consultant: Charles Staffell
Optical Effects: Van der Veer Photo Effects
Optical Coordinators: Patt Harrison, Devorah Hardberger
Optical Technicians: Robert Habros, Mark Pokrzywnicki
Optical Printer Operators: Dick Ramirez, Ray Monahan, Mark Freund, Deborah J. O'Brien
Blue Screen Mattes: Tom Anderson, Kevin Koneval
Optical Line Up: John Kuhlman, Bill O'Sullivan, Bryan Cooke, David S. Williams Jr
Optical Effects Editor: Jeremy Gibbs
Visual Effects Graphics: Richard Malzahn
Graphic Technicians: Janis Bunch, Frances Bunch, Jeffrey A. Burks, Rebecca Bush, Liz Lord, January Nordman, Katie Rauh, Megan Williams
Motion Control: Eric Swenson
Motion Control Design and Fabrication: Thomas Tool & Die
Administrative Staff: Val Vander Veer, Jerry Cormier, Margy Stein, Damian Evans
Title Lettering Designer: Robert Schaefer
Titles: Title House
Cloud Timelapse: Energy Productions

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Anthony Masters
Supervising Art Director: Pierluigi Basile
Art Director: Benjamin Fernandez
Assistant Art Directors: Raul Paton Garcia, Jose Maria Alarcon, Kevin Phipps, Peter Childs
Set Decorator: Giorgio Desideri
Property Master: Graham Sumner
Assistant Props: Malcolm Bensted, Luciano Romero
Construction Manager: Aldo Puccini
Draughtsmen: Ferdinando Giovannoni, Miguel Chang, Giles Masters, Steve Cooper
Chief Carpenters: Angel Arriola, Ramon Diaz, Jose Velazquez
Chief Painters: Sante Barelli, Ezio D'Achille, Antonio De Toro, Maurice Larson, Alessandro Catarinelli, Vito Consoli
Chief Sculptors: Guilio Tamassy, Rafael Ablanque
Chief Plasterers: Angelo Marta, Antonio Marta, Umberto Ventura, Antonio Del Amo, Jose Bolano, tito Serini, Giuseppe La Rocca
Illustrators: George Jensen, Mentor Huebber, Ron Miller
Gurney's baliset based on The Stick created by Emmett Chapman

OTHER CREW
Production Accountant: Len Barbard
Post Production Accountant: Michael Menzies
Accountants: Debbie Van Hoek, Mary Breen-Farrelly
Assistant Accountants: Kevin Freemantle, Eduardo De La Grana
Office Coordinator: Debbie Van Hoek
Production Crew: La seccion de tecnicos y manuales del STPCRM
Production Assistants: Ginette Angosse, Leslie Werner, Sherrye Mossuto, Hester Hargett
Production Office Assistant: Craig Campobasso
Assistant to David Lynch: Kuki Lopez Rodero
Dialect Coach: Margaret Anderson
Technical Advisor: Gerald Green
Legal Consultant: Ann Busby
Medical Consultant: Dr Edward A. Kantor
Unit Publicist / Project Coordinator: Anne Strick

LOCATIONS
Locations: Imperial County, California, USA; Mexico
Studios: Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A., Mexo City
Location Manager: Juan Clemente

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Richard Humphreys
Stunts: Will Harper, Tony Brubaker, Henri Kingi, Wayne Michaels, Dickie Beer
Fight Choreography: Kiyoshi Yamazaki

CASTING
Casting: Jane Jenkins
UK Casting: Maggie Cartier

CAST

Kyle Maclachlan (Paul Atreides/Muad Dib)
Kenneth McMillan (Baron Vladimir Harkonnen)
Francesca Annis (Lady Jessica Atreides)
Sting (rn: Gordon Sumner) (Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen)
Leonardo Cimino (the Baron's doctor)
Brad Dourif (Pieter Devries)
José Ferrer (Padishah Emperor Saddam IV)
Linda Hunt (Shadout Mapes)
Freddie Jones (Thufir Hawat)
Richard Jordan
Virginia Madsen (Princess Irulan)
Silvana Mangano (Reverend Mother Ramallo)
Everett McGill (Stilgar)
Jack Nance (Nefud)
Jürgen Prochnow (Duke Leto Atreides)
Paul Smith (The Beast Rabban)
Max Von Sydow (Doctor Kynes)
Alicia Roanne Witt (Alia)
Sean Young (Chani)
Richard Jordan (Duncan Idaho)
Siân Phillips (Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam)
Patrick Stewart (Gurney Halleck)
Dean Stockwell (Doctor Wellington Yueh)
Danny Corkill
Honorato Magalone (Otheym)
Judd Omen (Jamis)
Molly Wryn (Harah)

UNCREDITED CAST

Angélica Aragón (Bene Gesserit sister)
Miguel Cane (little Fremen boy)
Humberto Elizondo, Ramón Menéndez (Harkonnen pilots)
Ernesto Laguardia (Harkonnen's victim)
David Lynch (spice worker)
Ana Ofelia Murguía, Julieta Rosen (palace maids)
Claudia Ramírez (Fremen girl)
Margarita Sanz (Lady Jessica's maid)

In the distant future, the House Atreides is relocated to the desert world of Arrakis, also known as Dune, as part of a complex power struggle with rival clan, the Harkonnens. Arrakis is the only source of the all-important spice melange which powers every aspect of the vast Galactic Empire. Double crossed by the Harkonnens, the Emperor and the all-powerful Spacing Guild, the House Atreides is destroyed and the only survivors, the Lady Jessica and her son Paul, go on the run in the deserts of Arrakis. The team up with the locals, the Freemen, and Paul soon comes to realise that thanks to the manipulation of the mysterious Bene Gesserit sisterhood, he is to become the Kwisatz Haderach, a messiah who also figures in Fremen legends.

AVAILABILITY

Argentina
Video Distributor: Argentina Video Home

Australia
DVD Distributor: Force Video (PR 320)

France
Laserdisc Distributor: Gaumont / Columbia (LD 19046)

UK
Laserdisc Distributors: CIC Video; Phonovision (LDD 1009)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures
Video Distributor: MCA
Laserdisc Distributors: MCA Home Video (40161); MCA Home Video (43153)
DVD Distributor: Universal (20184; 20076)

Argentina
Rating: Atp

Australia
Rating: M

Chile
Rating: TE

Finland
Rating: K-14

France
Rating: U

Norway
Rating: 15

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: PG-13

West Germany
Rating: 12

1985
Academy Awards, USA
Best Sound (Steve Maslow, Kevin O'Connell, Nelson Stoll, Bill Varney) - nominated

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA
Saturn Award: Best Costumes (Bob Ringwood) - winner

Hugo Awards
Best Dramatic Presentation - nominated

1984
December
14: USA - theatrical release

1985
January
10: Argentina - theatrical release

February
6: France - theatrical release
14: Norway - theatrical release
22: Finland, Sweden - theatrical release

1995
December
Day Unknown: UK - laserdisc distributor (Phonovision (LDD 1009))

1997
December
16: USA - laserdisc release (MCA Home Video (43153))

1998
March
31: USA - DVD release (Universal (20184; 20076))

A world beyond your experience, beyond your imagination.

A Place Beyond Your Dreams. A Movie Beyond Your Imagination.

EXTRACTS INCLUDED IN
Impressions of Dune (2003)
My Science Fiction Life (2006)

REMAKE
Dune (2000)

SEE ALSO
Destination Dune (1984)
Dune 2 (1993)

PERIODICALS

Première February 1985 p.9 (France)
review (by Jean-Pierre Lavoignat)

Sounds 22 December 1984 p.11 (UK)
illustrated review

NEWSPAPERS

Southampton Evening Echo 5 January 1985 p.16 (UK)
review

Daily Mirror 24 November 1983 (UK)
illustrated article

Daily Mirror 14 December 1984 p.4 (UK)
illustrated note

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.116
credits, review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

aliens, books into film, children, deserts, drugs, emperors, empires, the future, genetic engineering, human experiments, messiahs, mutants, nobility, nuclear weapons, other planets, politicians, politics, psychics, rebellions, religion, sand, science fiction, space travel, spaceships, steampunk, telepathy, war, water, worms

Last Updated: 22 November, 2009