Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!gs From: gs@mit-eddie.UUCP (Gordon Strong) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.movies Subject: Re: Dune Stillsuits Message-ID: <3431@mit-eddie.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 01:01:59 EST Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.3431 Posted: Tue Jan 15 01:01:59 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 05:18:52 EST References: <212@topaz.ARPA><244@calmasd.UUCP> Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 10 Keywords: stillsuit,material,costumes Xref: watmath net.sf-lovers:5630 net.movies:5454 Assuming you meant what are the costumes were in the movie and not the "actual" ones in the book, they were made out of rubber. Source: "The Making of Dune". Apparently, quite a few extras passed out during filming due to wearing these silly costumes in the middle of the desert in Mexico. If they one had *real* ones... Gordon Strong {decvax!genrad, ihnp4}!mit-eddie!gs GS@MIT-XX