Dune = 4 Hours?

douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
edited June 2004 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">mine musta been broken...</div> i bought the movie dune today, and on the back it said total running time 265 minutes. then in the discription it said yadda yadda yadda 4 hours long yadda yadda. well i started the movie at 5 today. the ending credits came on at 730. did that 4 hours/ 265 minutes include all the special features?

edit* the movie seemed to leave out a parts to. i havent read the books or anything, but when it showed that guy that was an atreides who was captured by the harkonnen, and they gave him a cat, he was not mentioned at all. and the daughter of the emporer wasnt in it at all.
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  • POOP_AkiraPOOP_Akira Join Date: 2003-11-23 Member: 23468Members
    Probably DVD Content, they always cram that stuff in to say things like "22 HOURS LONG!"
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited June 2004
    quote from the box

    total running time 265.



    265minutes = 4 hours 42 minutes.



    "some guy stars in this four-hours, epic presentation of frank herberts visionary masterpiece of galaxy spanning intrigue and adventure. in the blah blah blah movie discribage."

    on the special features there is a 25 minute behind the scenese, and "the cinematographic ideation of frank herbert's dune" which is an interective written treatise by some guy, and exclusive cast and crew information.



    edit* this is a 2 disc thing, but there was only 1 in the case (used dvd) but the guy at the counter said it was just a soundtrack.
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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    Why'd you buy that awful movie?


    You want a Dune saga, go get the SciFi miniseries version, its magnificent. The Children of Dune miniseries was also pretty good, I'd recommend it, too.
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mantrid+Jun 5 2004, 09:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mantrid @ Jun 5 2004, 09:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Why'd you buy that awful movie?


    You want a Dune saga, go get the SciFi miniseries version, its magnificent. The Children of Dune miniseries was also pretty good, I'd recommend it, too. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    i liked it. coulda used some better special effects, but its not like its a new movie..
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  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    There were a couple versions, even of the old movie. I think you got jipped when you bought it used and got a completely different disc than the ones that came with it.
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  • UnderDOGUnderDOG Join Date: 2003-04-05 Member: 15221Members
    Where did I start, im pretty sure I remeber it actully being 4 hours/2 dvds long
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    edited June 2004
    it started with the princess narrating and ended with the dude killing feyd by yelling at him

    those **** at gamestop
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  • KungFuSquirrelKungFuSquirrel Basher of Muttons Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 103Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Yeah, even as a gamestop employee, the organization on used movies is extremely frustrating. That's the only item I don't buy there, with the exception of a Happy Tree Friends DVD we got in the shipment the other day. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> We get about 5 versions of any given movie, but they are all entered into the system the same way and cost the same, so there's no quick reference to what goes with what.

    So yes, I currently work for GameStop (for all of about another 7 days), but I feel for you. I try to do my part to keep those things straight if it makes any difference <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    well they said i can take it back for something of the same price. now i just gotta findsomething i want thats worth 8 bux.
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  • KungFuSquirrelKungFuSquirrel Basher of Muttons Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 103Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    You could... pay off the remaining balance on a version of Beyond Good and Evil, maybe... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Freedom Fighters for PC is 9.99 as well, and still active. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    id like to have the full 4 hours movie..
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  • KungFuSquirrelKungFuSquirrel Basher of Muttons Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 103Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Silly actually wanting what you intended to buy...

    Ok. Ask them to check through all the DVD guts to see if they have the one that corresponds to that particular case advertising the 4 hour length. Probably your best bet, and hopefully it'd still be there, but there's no guarantee on matched pairs staying there long. However, I think if they're willing to swap it out, they should at least be willing to also see if they have the disc you thought you were buying.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    I assume you tried flipping the DVD over... or is the other side printed on/just the other format?

    I forget if I saw that movie, but I think I did and I think I liked it... the book was better of course...
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    other side is printed on.

    also in the case guide i just saw something, there is 3 episodes of chapters, the first episode has 19 chapters, the second has 23, and the third has 24. i remember when the credits came on i hit forward chapter, just to see if maybe there was more movie after the credits, and i believe it said there were 17 chapters.

    so can anyone confirm the fact that there were multiple versions of this movie?
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  • Billy_SilverfishBilly_Silverfish Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15688Members
    It's one of those urban myth type things that Lynch shot a very long movie and had it cut down. Truth be told, no such long movie was ever made, as Lynch has himself said many times. There were a couple of "extended edition" releases, but they just added maybe a couple of scenes.

    If you have a four-and-a-bit hour version, I would wonder if you actually bought the miniseries, but with the movie disc in the box. I don't know what the packaging for them is like outside the UK though, so they might not be easily confused.
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  • ScinetScinet Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12489Members, Constellation
    <a href='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087182/alternateversions' target='_blank'>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087182/alternateversions</a>

    IMDB to the rescue! Note especially the last bullet in the list. It appears that even the longest versions of Dune are only 190min in lenght.
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    so does that mean the case has errors or what?
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
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  • Billy_SilverfishBilly_Silverfish Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15688Members
    That box is for the miniseries version.
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  • ScinetScinet Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12489Members, Constellation
    Yeah. Note the year 2000 and the words "Scifi Channel". Those don't exactly fit the bill for the original Lynch Dune. If you're wondering about "missing scenes", don't worry - that's what the movie truly looks like. That's just what happens when you cram a book the size of Bible into a film originally cut to be just about over two hours. The so-called additional material in the longer versions is just an extended intro, stuff picked from the editing room floor and a couple scenes presented many times in the course of the film. The progression of the movie is indeed jerky and too fast to be an enjoyable experience. It's no wonder David Lynch disowned it.
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  • UZiUZi Eight inches of C4 between the legs. Join Date: 2003-02-20 Member: 13767Members
    Must be that missing Jamis knife fight.
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    ok so should i take it back or what?
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  • [WHO]Them[WHO]Them You can call me Dave Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10593Members, Constellation
    When I said that Dune had multiple versions. I meant that besides the miniseries and the 1984 version. Someone made another version that I saw on the sci-fi channel (and NO, I swear it wasn't the miniseries, I saw both of them).

    Apparently there's one made in 1973, that must have been the other one I saw.
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  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    There's a pretty crappy version which was for TV, I believe its a few hours long, has badly edited scenes (rehashing other footage) has a different start with a man doing a voiceover about the Butlerian Jihad, etc etc.

    The DVD/UK TV version is shorter but longer than the theatrical version. Starts with the Princess narrating, ends with rainfall. Its what you'll get if you buy the COLLECTOR'S EDITION 20th anniversary 2 disc pack.

    Then there's the THEATRICAL release, which AFAIK is the shortest.








    Anything other than that, I dunno.
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