Dune

Following a notorious aborted attempt by Alejandro Jodorowsky in the 1970s Frank Herbert’s bestselling sci-fi epic finally made it to the big screen as the third film by emerging surrealist wunderkind David Lynch featuring an all-star cast that includes several of Lynch’s regular collaborators. The year is 10 191 and four planets are embroiled in a secret plot to wrest control of the Spice Melange the most precious substance in the universe and found only on the planet Arrakis. A feud between two powerful dynasties House Atreides and House Harkonnen is manipulated from afar by ruling powers that conspire to keep their grip on the spice. As the two families clash on Arrakis Duke Atreides’ son Paul (Kyle MacLachlan in his screen debut) finds himself at the center of an intergalactic war and an ancient prophecy that could change the galaxy forever. Though its initial reception ensured that Lynch largely eschewed mainstream filmmaking for the rest of hi