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From: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Dune - Article in Forbes Magazine.
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Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 23:41:57 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 29 23:41:57 1984
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Summary: 

A few inaccuracies here.  David Lynch ("Eraserhead", "The Elephant Man") is
the director, not Rafaella de Laurentiis, who is the producer.  She previously
produced "Conan the Barbarian", and stories from the set indicate that she is
an active line producer, not a figurehead.

$40million for the production may be a slight exaggeration.  The $40 million
for distribution almost certainly is.

The "10 films in 18 months" almost certainly refers to the total output of
De Laurentiis' new studio in North Carolina (strange but true).  Michael
Cimino is, at this very moment, filming "The Year of the Dragon" (a film about
Chinese tongs) there, and suffering from an acute shortage of Oriental extras.
As the output of the studio, 10 films might be an overestimate, but it wouldn't
surprise me too much if they managed it.  Of course, many of the films will be
cheap trash.
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					Peter Reiher
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