Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!ima!haddock!jimc From: jimc@haddock.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Dune Message-ID: <312@haddock.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 23:46:41 EST Article-I.D.: haddock.312 Posted: Wed Nov 28 23:46:41 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 06:01:48 EST Lines: 61 Nf-ID: #N:haddock:13900010:000:2218 Nf-From: haddock!jimc Nov 27 18:09:00 1984 I thank you, one and all, for submitting some great mail to me in response to my inquiry on Dune. I can tell many of you have both a very social attitude as well as a sense of humor. I received one very informative response from one who works in my company's headquarters, in Santa Monica, California. Thank you again, Steven. Here is his message: Date: 16 Nov 1984 1719-PST From: Steven Mau Sender: steven at ISM70 Subject: Re: Dune To: jimc -------- Don't get your hopes up over Dune. The Los Angeles Times reported that recruited audience screenings of the film were very unenthusiastic. Supposedly the film is uninvolving. Esquire had a short column on the inside word on the Christmas releases a few issues back and reported (at that time) that there was absolutely no word on the Hollywood grapevine about the film, usually a sign that the film is in trouble. From Variety I've noted that Universal had to go to the trouble to schedule exhibitor screenings on November 9 for theatre owners, a sure sign to me that these rumors about the quality of the film are somewhat accurate. But all rumor and innuendo aside, here it is: DUNE Kyle MacLachlan (newcomer) is Paul Jurgen Prochnow (Das Boot) is Duke Leto Francesca Annis (Krull) is Lady Jessica Kenneth McMillan (Ragtime) is Baron Harkonnen Sean Young (Blade Runner) is Chani Linda Hunt is Shadout Mapes Max Von Sydow is Dr. Kynes Paul Smith (Midnight Express) is Beast Rabban Dean Stockwell is Dr. Yueh Patrick Stewart is Gurney Halleck Freddie Jones (Firefox) is Thufir Hawat Photography by Freddie Francis (Lawrence of Arabia) Production Design by Anthony Masters (art director, 2001) Editing by Antony Gibbs Visual Effects by Kit West (Raiders) and Carlo Rambaldi (Alien) Music by Toto (and a piece by Brian Eno also included) Produced by Rafaella DeLaurentiis Written and Directed by David Lynch (Eraserhead and The Elephant Man) From Universal Pictures. Opens December 14th. Check out the children's section of your local bookstore. It should have The Dune Storybook and The Dune Activity Book, both with pictures from the movie. -------- Jim Campbell INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation Boston