Directed by John Harrison and photographed by Academy Award-winner Vittorio Storaro, this second adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult sci-fi novel is gorgeous and long enough that the sprawling story has room to spread out and breathe.
The time is the year 10191, in a galaxy far, far away. Feudal families answer to a hereditary emperor (Giancarlo Ginannini), and the fate of worlds rests on a spice-like substance called melange, which confers extraordinary power and is produced only on an inhospitable desert planet called Arrakis. The struggle to control melange production corrupts one noble family — House Harkonnen — and destroys another, House Atreides. ...
Released:
2000
Rated:
NR
Length:
180 mins