The story behind the adaptation of Frank Herbert's massive, seminal science fiction novel DUNE is a well-known one, spanning 20 years and involving directors as diverse as Alejandro Jodorowsky and Ridley Scott, before the job fell to David Lynch. DUNE tells a story set far in the future, in the year 10191, where factions war over control of the substance named "spice." The clan Atreides currently produces the spice, found on the planet Arrakis, but they are plotted against by the Harkonnens. After a stunning betrayal, it is revealed that Paul Atreides, heir to the clan, is actually the prophesized savior of the Fremen, who are native people of Arrakis. DUNE is famously an enormous, expensive production that was critically lambasted and ended up a financial flop. In part to recoup their losses, Universal Studio edited a longer edition of the film to be shown on television, but director Lynch disavowed this version. But in subsequent years the film has been reappraised and reappreciated, and the extended version has been coveted by fans worldwide. Both the original and longer cut of the film are available together in DUNE: EXTENDED EDITION.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Metal Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Disc 1: Original Theatrical Version (137 Minutes)
Dual Double Sided
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - French
Deleted Scenes with Introduction by Raffaella De Laurentiis
Featurette - 1. Designing Dune
2. Special Effects
3. Models & Miniatures
4. Wardrobe Design
Text/Photo Galleries:
Photograph Gallery
Production Notes
Disc 2: Extended Version (177 Minutes)
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English

Kyle MacLachlan: American actor, SEX AND THE CITY, TWIN PEAKS
Virginia Madsen: American actress, SIDEWAYS
Linda Hunt: American Actress, THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY (1983)
Max Von Sydow: Swedish actor, director, THE EXORCIST
José Ferrer: Oscar-winning Puerto Rican Actor, CYRANO DE BERGERAC
 Sting: Rock musician
Brad Dourif: American Actor
Leonardo Cimino: 
Freddie Jones: British Character Actor
Richard Jordan: American Actor
Silvana Mangano: Italian Actress,, ULYSSES (1954), DEATH IN VENICE (1971)
Everett McGill: Twin Peaks - "Big Ed" Hurley, of Big Ed's Gas Farm

David Lynch: American director