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Dune is a 1984 movie directed by David Lynch and based on the 1964 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. The film starred Kyle MacLachlan as the main character, Paul Atreides, and included an ensemble of well-known American, Latin American and European actors in the supporting roles, including Sting, Jose Ferrer, Virginia Madsen, Linda Hunt, Patrick Stewart, Max von Sydow, and Jürgen Prochnow, among others. This movie was filmed at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico.

Although it became a cult favorite, the film cost $42 million to produce and had a domestic gross of only $27.4 million. It was also criticized by Herbert fans who objected to the director's liberal departure from the novel's storyline.

Main cast

(in credited order)

Francesca Annis
.... Lady Jessica
Leonardo Cimino
.... The Baron's Doctor
Brad Dourif
.... Piter De Vries
José Ferrer
.... Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV
Linda Hunt
.... Shadout Mapes
Freddie Jones
.... Thufir Hawat
Richard Jordan
.... Duncan Idaho
Kyle MacLachlan
.... Paul Usul Muad'Dib Atreides
Virginia Madsen
.... Princess Irulan
Silvana Mangano
.... Rev. Mother Ramallo
Everett McGill
.... Stilgar
Kenneth McMillan .... Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Jack Nance
.... Captain Iakin Nefud
Siân Phillips .... Reverand Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
Angélica Aragón
.... Bene Gesserit Sister
Jürgen Prochnow
.... Duke Leto Atreides
Paul L. Smith
.... The Beast Rabban (as Paul Smith)
Patrick Stewart
.... Gurney Halleck
Sting .... Feyd-Rautha
Dean Stockwell
.... Dr. Wellington Yueh
Max von Sydow
.... Dr. Kynes
Alicia Witt
.... Alia (as Alicia Roanne Witt)
Sean Young
.... Chani
Danny Corkill
Honorato Magaloni .... Otheym (as Honorato Magalone)
Judd Omen .... Jamis
Molly Wryn .... Harah

Adaptation

Shot almost entirely in Mexico, the movie is an adaptation of the first part of a series of novels (see Dune (novel)), by Frank Herbert, containing elements from the later parts. The major plot concerned a young man foretold in prophecy as the Kwisatz Haderach who will save a desert planet from the evil House Harkonnen, and cleanse the universe of evil in a religious Jihad.

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