Synopsis:

Frank Herbert's Dune is a fantastic miniseries adaptation of the original novel, but what would it look like as a feature length film?

Intentions:

Cut the 3-part miniseries of Dune into a feature film that makes sense from beginning to end and has a reasonable runtime (under 3 hours). Color correct and crop the footage to make it more cinematic, and use the score from Children of Dune throughout.

Change List:

- Crop the footage to 2:35:1 and desaturate the over-bright colors to make it more "cinematic". The film was actually originally shot in 2:1 ratio, so the cropping actually works quite well. Still, ever shot had to be hand cropped. - Brian Tyler's score from Children of Dune has been incorporated and blended in with Graeme Revell's original score. Both composers are credited. - New opening credits sequence. - Princess Irulan's subplot with Feyd is removed. It doesn't really add anything to the story, she's just finding out things we already know. - Paul is less whiny, less childish. Because this footage is so condensed, I needed to make him a little stronger right off the bat, so we can believe he has grown into the leader he becomes. - The first act of the movie has been chopped up the most, completely reordered with a large amount of scenes removed. - The majority of the cutting I did was for pacing and truncating the plot. Though it's still a long film, this length to me feels like the perfect amount of time to tell this story without it feeling hacked to bits.

Additional Notes:

This is a remake of the edit from the ground up with a better HD quality source, new and extended scenes, different color timing, and a 5.1 surround track. This will be the definitive version of my Dune edit, so if you're curious about it, I'd wait for the newer version. Some changes: - Additional scenes: New/extended dream sequences for Paul, Yueh and Jessica in the palace, Paul is visited by the Reverend Mother, Paul rides the worm. - 2:35:1 cropping is further refined, now moving within the same shot to keep the framing correct throughout. - Further color correction and use of LUT's to make the cinematography more cinematic. - Further soundtrack replacement/additions from Children of Dune. - Extended runtime, it will still be under 3 hours. Goal is 2:50-2:55.

Other Sources:

Frank Herbert's Children of Dune Frank Herbert's Children of Dune OST by Brian Tyler.

Special Thanks:

ArtisDead Bionicbob Stromboli Bones.