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    1. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

      Jodorowsky's vision for Dune was epic: set design by  H. R. Giger, Jean Giraud, and Chris Foss; music by Pink Floyd; Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles and Mick Jagger in starring roles...pic.twitter.com/Zc6143QaQZ

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    2. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

      Alas funding problems prevented Jodorowsky's epic from being realised. So in 1976 Dino De Laurentiis purchased the rights for Dune and asked Frank Herbert to write the script. Ridley Scott was scheduled to direct.pic.twitter.com/4c5IUzb0v9

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    3. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

      Herbert's first script came in at 3 hours running time, and Ridley Scott figured it would take two and a half years to make the film. As he was already committed to Blade Runner the project would have to wait. But De Laurentiis was impatient to start sooner.pic.twitter.com/BN8dCtKYXT

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    4. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

      So in 1981, having been impressed by The Elephant Man, De Laurentiis approached David Lynch to direct Dune. He agreed without first reading the book; she accepted without first watching Eraserhead...pic.twitter.com/iCs2UUh0fB

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    5. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

      Lynch had turned down directing Return Of The Jedi to take on Dune, and soon immersed himself in its immense story. Seven rewrites later he had a 120 page script crammed with strange and exciting ideas.pic.twitter.com/wSj9E7TpEc

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    6. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

      Kyle MacLachlan took the lead role of Paul Atreides, with Francesca Annis as Lady Jessica and Patrick Stewart as musical warrior Gurney Halleck. And of course Sting's in it, in some winged underpants.pic.twitter.com/2aJKhZa84Z

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    7. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

      Filming took place in Mexico with a cast and crew of 1,700 actors and technicians on 16 sound stages, and at a cost of $40 million. Hopes were high for a blockbuster.pic.twitter.com/lbT1bDbbNO

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    8. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

      Lynch's Dune was certainly closer to Kubrick's 2001 than to Lucas's Star Wars: the language, the costumes, the sets were complex and sometimes frightening. There would be no easy route into the story for the audience.pic.twitter.com/KnAxMKgE5g

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    9. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

      But Lynch's movie was 3 hours long, and De Laurentiis was determined to have a 2 hour film. So scenes were cut or condensed, with voice-over and narration to camera used to fill in the missing detail. De Laurentiis took over the SFX production herself. The project was butchered.pic.twitter.com/GNrJ4GEZkl

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    10. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

      The film was released in December 1984 to the sound of critical raspberries, despite mammoth pre-release hype from the studio. 'Cold', 'confused' and 'grotesque' were some of the kinder words critics had for it.pic.twitter.com/arAtL07xqE

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      Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

      Producers had been expecting a Star Wars style merchandising boom: toys, activity books and comics had been produced. But few people wanted a toy sandworm or a bubonic Baron Harkonnen in their Christmas stocking!pic.twitter.com/ASxWQAdqcs

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        2. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

          Trying to cram a book as complex as Dune into two hours is impossible: Ridley Scott had planned to do two films. The film also undervalued the female characters in Dune, with the Bene Gesserit subservient to the male characters.pic.twitter.com/E2owi2xBaE

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        3. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

          The film's ending goes against the main thrust of the novel: Paul Atreides becomes a benevolent messiah - the Kwisatz Haderach - instead of a wary monarch unable to restrain the Fremen.pic.twitter.com/dCKf3Hidq1

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        4. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

          Lynch certainly succeeds in showing us a truly alien cosmos, and there are some magnificent scenes and sets. But overall the Dune movie was a missed opportunity. Sting doesn't help much either...pic.twitter.com/6qFkWV7p2S

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        5. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

          However it's worth watching at least once, while we wait for a more faithful remake. Lynch himself recognised he 'sold out' with Dune, and took his name off the film. Twin Peaks was perhaps his redemption. But that's a story for another time...pic.twitter.com/UzWlEEe7ad

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        6. Pulp Librarian‏ @PulpLibrarian 19 Jul 2018

          Postscript: the existential bleakness that is the 1984 Dune colouring book. The careful crayon stays within the lines...pic.twitter.com/30JQEW1t9A

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        1. Ben Adlin‏Verified account @badlin 19 Jul 2018
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          in case anyone else was curious about those no-bake spice cookies...pic.twitter.com/r3UhNH6LHO

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        2. Neil McKenna  🌈 🇪🇺 🐻‏ @neildmck 19 Jul 2018
          Replying to @PulpLibrarian

          A Panini sticker album, scourge of football fans everywhere, was released. Am pleased to say mine is complete!

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        3. Alastair Ward‏ @Wardatrigger 19 Jul 2018
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          That all seems like a massive piss take, that merchandise really existed?

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        1. Doctor Where (Do We Go from Here?) Ⓥ 🌹 🇵🇸‏ @M_Cherry_315 19 Jul 2018
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          "Diane, I'm holding in my hand a small box of plastic sandworms."

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        1. Paul Ross‏ @paulross 19 Jul 2018
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          Remember seeing some of the Dune action figures reduced back in the day - wish I’d bought ‘em now!

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