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Jodorowsky's Dune

Cast

Alejandro Jodorowsky, H.R. Giger, Brontis Jodorowsky, Nicolas Winding Refn View All

Crew

Frank Pavich (Director) View All

Release: Aug. 30th, 2013

Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Shot in France, England, Switzerland and the United States, this documentary covers director Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre) and his 1974 Quixotic attempt to adapt the seminal sci-fi novel Dune into a feature film. After spending 2 years and millions of dollars, the massive undertaking eventually fell apart, but the artists Jodorowsky assembled for the legendary project continued to work together. This group of...

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Citizen Rules
Why would anyone want to spend 90 minutes watching a documentary film about an ecliptic director's failed attempt to make a colossal 15 hour movie out of Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel Dune.

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Takoma11
This documentary is a mix of interviews with the creative group that worked on developing Jodorowsky's Dune and interviews with other filmmakers and film critics who provide context for the significance of Jodorowsky's film and the process of trying to get it made.