Thursday, April 05, 2018

Hydro Spaceport Pt 2



"In 1981, the nine-year film rights were set to expire. De Laurentiis re-negotiated the rights from the author, adding to them the rights to the Dune sequels (written and unwritten). After seeing The Elephant Man, De Laurentiis' daughter Raffaella decided that David Lynch should direct the movie.

 Around that time Lynch received several other directing offers, including Return of the Jedi.

 He agreed to direct Dune and write the screenplay even though he had not read the book, known the story, or even been interested in science fiction.[51] Lynch worked on the script for six months with Eric Bergen and Christopher De Vore. The team yielded two drafts of the script before it split over creative differences. Lynch would subsequently work on five more drafts.

This first film of Dune, directed by Lynch, was released in 1984, nearly 20 years after the book's publication. Though Herbert said the book's depth and symbolism seemed to intimidate many filmmakers, he was pleased with the film, saying that

 "They've got it. It begins as Dune does. And I hear my dialogue all the way through. There are some interpretations and liberties, but you're gonna come out knowing you've seen Dune."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)#Further_film_attempts

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