Jodorowsky's Dune backdrop

Jodorowsky's Dune poster

Quick Info

Rating

7.8/10

Release2013

Runtime1h 27m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

Revenue$662,736

Production

Snowfort Pictures

Caméra One

Endless Picnic

City Film

Movie

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013

1h 27m

7.8

Documentary

Synopsis

In 1974, Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the quixotic project of adapting Frank Herbert's influential novel Dune (1969) for the big screen. After investing two years, and millions of dollars, the gigantic project ended in failure; but the artists Jodorowsky brought together to carry it out continued to work together, and ended up laying the foundations for modern science fiction cinema.

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