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Dune (cancelled film)
Cancelled film by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Dune (cancelled film)
Dune was a French science fiction film planned by director Alejandro Jodorowsky from 1974 to 1975. An adaptation of Dune by Frank Herbert, the film would have starred Brontis Jodorowsky, Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles, Gloria Swanson, David Carradine, Mick Jagger, Udo Kier, and Amanda Lear, with music by Pink Floyd. The film ultimately could not secure funding as film studios were offput by the film's eccentricity and over ten hour runtime. Jodorowsky was uncompromising on an avant-garde and surrealist vision, which he said "must not respect the novel". Pre-production was led by sci-fi artists Chris Foss, Jean Giraud, and H. R. Giger. Dalí, cast as Emperor Shaddam IV, made extensive demands for his appearance including an hourly rate of $100,000 (equivalent to $652,834 in 2025), which Jodorowsky planned to pay for one hour. Despite never being completed, many of the film's ideas directly and indirectly influenced later films such as Alien, Flash Gordon, The Terminator, The Fifth Element, Raiders...
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