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From: upstill@ucbvax.ARPA (Steve Upstill)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Dune should be 4 hours
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Date: Sun, 30-Dec-84 13:50:15 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 30 13:50:15 1984
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Summary: 

The rumor is probably based on rough cut of the film, which did run 4 hours.
In 'The Making of Dune', Rafaella DeL. is quoted as giving that length for
the rough cut, but it included a lot of multiple shots of the same scene,
and, I suspect, the subplot of Paul killing one of the Fremen and taking
his wife and children.  This was said to put the audience to sleep, so was
excised.  

When the movie is sold to television, you can count on seeing the longes
possible version, probably over two nights, the better to cram it with
commercials.

Steve Upstill