The main character Paul is tied up on the floor next to his mother, who is also tied up. Paul tries to use his tied feet to fight, but is easily kicked back down to the floor. Then, very briefly, but , Paul is half unconscious with his arms NOT tied anymore, but next to his head. The next scene has Paul's arms tied up again and his mother says 'cut my son's bonds'. See more...
The tendons on the worm when it gets hooked by Paul are made from condoms. See more...
Directed by David Lynch, starring Brad Dourif, Kyle MacLachlan, Max von Sydow, Patrick Stewart (add more)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi, Fantasy
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What's the relative timeline of this movie? It's stated that it starts in the year 10,191 but there don't seem to be any other dates besides that. [The entire DUNE universe is much more complicated than any movie. For a relatively useful timeline, see www.smirnov.demon.co.uk/Arrakis/timeline.htm.]
How much of a difference is there between the David Lynch version of this film and the Allen Smithee one? [A lot. The Allen Smithee version is nearly twice as long, the intro scene is completely different, narrated by a man and containing stills of artist renditions of events. The version contains many new scenes, additional dialog and extensions of existing scenes and some minor plot changes. The most famous scene only found in the Allen Smithee version is one of the Fremen making the water of life.]
Admittedly the sound on my copy of this movie is lacking somewhat but when Paul is researching Arrakis and Gurney et all enter I swear I can hear the trailer for the movie playing in the background. Am I correct on this? [No. At least, not on the DVD I have. It does play the title tune in the background, though.]
Why exactly did David Lynch have his name removed from the TV version? [Because it was edited in a way he didn't approve of. The film was actually over 3 hours long, and it was trimmed by about an hour for the cinema version, and then a certain amount of pick and mix went on to come up with the video version.]
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