Dune (2000)

Country of Origin: Canada / Germany / USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 3 - 5 December 2000
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 3
Average Episode Running Times: 88 mins
Format: Technicolor     Univision     35mm
Ratio: 1.78:1
Sound: Dolby Surround

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Sci-Fi Channel Presents  A New Amsterdam Entertainment production in association with Victor Television Productions Inc and Evision
Copyright: © 2000 Victor Television Productions Inc and Betafilm GmbH
Production Executive for Tandem Communications: Roal Bauer
Executive Producers: Richard P. Rubinstein, Mitchell Galin
Produced by: David Kappes
Assistant Producer: Michael Messina
Associate Producer: Harry B. Miller III
Unit Production Manager: David Kappes
Unit Production Manager CZ: Pavel Solc
Unit Manager CZ: Pavel Typolt
2nd Unit Unit Manager: Michal Cerveny
Production Supervisor: Michelle Weller
Production Coordinator: Jana Vesela
Assistant Production Coordinator: Marketa Dankova

SCRIPT
Written For the Screen by: John Harrison
Novel: Frank Herbert

DIRECTION
Director: John Harrison
2nd Unit Director: Ernest Farino
First Assistant Director: Matthew Clark
First Assistant Director CZ: Jiri Ostry
Second Assistant Director CZ: Andy Howard
Third Assistant Director CZ: Frantisek Rezek
2nd Unit First Assistant Director CZ: Larry Horricks
2nd Unit Second Assistant Director CZ: Richard Gironi

PHOTOGRAPHY
Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro
2nd Unit Cinematographer: Miro Gabor
A Camera Operator: Alfredo Betro
B Camera Operator: Ervin Sanders
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Martin Benc
Clapper / Loaders: Zdenek Mrkvicka, Zbynek Kunc, Filip Majer, Piernicola di Muro
2nd Unit Clapper / Loaders: Marek Schnierer, Stanislav Vales
Focus Pullers: Antonin Marik, Ladislav Hruby, Marek Prokes
2nd Unit Focus Pullers: Libor Bruha, Ivan Simunek, Lenka Dimitrovova
Gaffer: Filippo Cafolla
Rigging Gaffer: Vaclav Cermak
2nd Unit Gaffer: Andy Arnautov
Best Boy Electric: Jan Boruvka
2nd Unit Best Boy Electric: Jiri Curin
Electricians: Borivoj Klecka, Igor Jelen, Jiri Horych, Tomas Jurasek, Josef Valka, Bohumil Kapek, Roman Matrka
2nd Unit Electricians: Zdenek Cermak, Josef Cernusak, Ladislav Marek, Michal Sroubek
2nd Unit Lightboard Operator: Danielle Cafolla
Key Grip: Mauro Diamanti
2nd Unit Key Grip: Ivo Gresak
Grips: Jiri Gazda, Stefan Stefanov, Karel Charvat
2nd Unit Grip: Jindrich Hanzel
Crane Operator: Jan Pous
Still Photographer: Zdenek Vavra
2nd Unit Still Photographer: Petr Rosicky
Video Assist: Fabrizio Storaro, Willy Murgolo
2nd Unit Video Assist: Viktor Lonek
Grip & Lighting Equipment: Panther Prague; Noon Filmtechnik
Special Lighting equipment: Iride s.r.l.
Cameras and Lenses: Technovision
Colorist: Lou Levinson, Post Logic Studios
High Definition Laboratory ™: Laserpacific
Color by Technicolor

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Edited by: Harry B. Miller III
Assistant Editors: Andrea Folprecht, Elvio Sordoni
Apprentice: Alberto Adrian Colon
Sequence Editor: Frank DePalma
Negative Cutters: RPG Productions inc, Frances Solis, Tom Kugler

MUSIC
Music by: Graeme Revell
Orchestrator: Tim Simonec
Music Scoring Mixer: Mark Curry, Wolfgang Amadeus
Music Editor: Josh Winget
Assistant Music Editor: Melissa Deanne Ferguson
Copiest (sic): Gregg Nestor
Music Programmer: David Russo

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Michal Holubec
2nd Unit Sound Mixer: Petr Forejt
Boom Operator: Roman Rigo
2nd Unit Boom Operator: Jana Smidova
Supervising Sound Editor: Jay Wilkinson
Sound Editing Facility: Miles O'Fun
Rerecording Mixers: Larry Stensvold, Pete Elia
Dialogue Supervisor: Bob Newlan
Dialogue Editors: Ulrika Akander-Bristow, David Grecu
ADR Supervisor: R.J. Palmer
ADR Mixer: Stephen Fitzmaurice
Recordist: Chris Ostler
ADR Editors: Patrick Hogan, Helen Luttrell
Voice Casting / Group ADR: The Loop Troop, Caitlin McKenna, Terri Douglas
Sound Effects Editors: Bruce Tanis, Erik Aadahl, Victor Iorillo
Foley Editor: Walt Bost
Sound Assistants: Heather Hyun, Buck Casteel, Nathan Hankins
Audio Post Production: Westwind Media

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Chief Make-up Artist: Josef Lojik
Assistant Make-up Artists: Nora Robertson, Ivo Strangmüller, Milan Vlcek, Alena Lojikova, Eva Vyplelova, Tamara Koubova, Zdena Prchlikova
2nd Unit Make-up Artists: Jiri Budin, Dana Kohoutova
Costume Designer: Theodor Pistek
Assistant Costume Designer: Jan Pistek
Key Costumer: Zuzana Machova
Costumers: Maria Hubackova, Marie Charvatova, Zuzana Bursikova, Dana Bartova
2nd Unit Costumers: Marta Jencova, helena Rovna, Bela Friedlova

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make-up Effects: Rene Stejskal
Special Make-Up & Creature Effects by: KNB EFX Group, Inc
Supervisors: Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero, Bob Kurtzman
key Sculptor: Alex Diaz
key Mechanics: Luk Khanlian, Dave Wogh

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Jim Healy
Special Effects Coordinator: Pavel Sagner
Special Effects Technicians: Roman Tudzaroff, Rudolf Tudzaroff, Keith Suzuki, Russell Hurlbut

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: Ernest Farino
Visual Effects Coordinator CZ: Gary Beach
Visual Effects Coordinator: Sarah Coatts
Translite Images: Fabrizio Storaro
Visual Effects Editor CZ: Martin Hubacek
Visual Effects Editors: Linda Drake, Matt Diezel
Spacecraft Design: Jim Bandsuh
Miniatures Cinematography: Tony Cutrono
Miniatures Production Manager: Carlyle Livingston
VFX Storyboards: John Zurbo

Visual and Digital Effects: Area 51
Visual Effects Supervisor: Tim McHugh
Digital Compositing Supervisor: Glenn Campbell
Digital Effects Supervisor: Scott D. Wheeler
Visual Effects Coordinator: Michelle Massie
Visual Effects Animators: Kevin Gendreau, Kevin Lane, Justin Hammond, Jim Hofman, Don L. McCoy, Kevin Struckman, Chris Q. Zapara
Technical Staff: Jake Jacobsen, Ken Wilder

Visual Effects by: Netter Digital Entertainment, Inc
Visual Effects Supervisor: Laurel Klick
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Jason Netter
Visual Effects Producer: Susan Norkin
Visual Effects Production Supervisor: Elaine Essex Thompson
Editorial Assistant: Ryan Gomez
Compositors: Beverly Bernacki, Steve Caldwell, Martin Hilke, Michael Picchia, Krista Benson
Animators: Clay Dale, Wayne England, Paul Grimm, Steve Graves, Gina Dibari
Modelers: Andrew harlow, Ryan Carter, Ryan Dauner

Visual Effects by: AI Effects, Inc
Visual Effects Supervisor: Frank H. Isaacs
Digital Effects Supervisor: Tony Alderson
Lead Dihital Animator: Michael F. Hoover
Digital Animators: Cecilia Cosintini, Jay Banks

Digital Effects by: Flat Earth Productions Inc, Doug Beswick, Kevin Kutchaver, Kevin O'Neill
Visual Effects Coordinator: Russel Johnson
3D Supervisor: Ecerett Burrell
Digital Matte Artist: Philip Carbonaro
3D Modeling: Kevin Struckman, John Gibbons

Digital Matte Painting Composites: E-mc2 Digital Inc
Visual Effects Supervisor: Bob Morgenroth
Digital Matte Artist: Charles Darby (Digital Firepower)
CGI Supervisor: Paul LeBlanc

Stop Motion Animation: Chiodo Bros. Productions, Inc
Animator: Kent Burton

Digital Painting: Laserpacific, Burbank
Digital Supervisor: Dave Parkinson
Flame Artists: Brian Ross, John Von Barneveld

Digital Landscapes & Film Scanning: Titlehouse Digital
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Chip Potter
Visual Effects Supervisor / VFXColorist: Bruce Douglas Johnson
Visual Effects Coordinator: Greg Kimble
2D Compositors: Mookie Adkisson, Devin Uzan

Baron Rig Removal: Proxima s.r.l
Visual Effects Supervisor: Fabrizio Storaro
Digital Effects Supervisor: Gianluca Rizzo
Digital Artist: Gianluca Risita

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Miljen "Kreka" Kljakovic
Art Director: Branimir Babic
Art Director CZ: Michal Krska
Set Designers: Mladen Lisavac, Miodrag Miric, David Tichy, Adam O'Neill
Set Decorator: Vladislav Lasic
Property Master: Karel Vanasek
Propmen: Vladimir Kvech, Milan Babik, Milan Janostik, Petr Matous, Karel Jilek
2nd Unit Propmen: Martin Divis, Zbynek Chvojka
Construction Managers: Vladimir Planansky, Michael Sula, Roman Synek
Standby Construction: Jaroslav Fiala, Jaromir Vaverka
2nd Unit Standby Construction: Miroslav Mraz, Vladimir Pribyslavsky
Storyboards: Luci Stamfestova
Leadman: Michal Pokorny

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Lori Wyant
2nd Unit Script Supervisor: Laura Sivakova
Production Accountant: Sheila Allen
First Assistant Accountant: Jessica Stoltz
Assistant Accountants: Lenka Sadilkova, Vladimir Svestka
Post Production Accounting: Owen & De Salvo
Cashier: Irena Frycova
Consultant: Brian Herbert
Production Secretary: Lenka Rock
Set Production Assistants: Darko Stavrik, Petr Drozda Jr, Sibyla Binarova, Radoslav Cichon
2nd Unit Set Production Assistants: David Adam, Daniel Sklenar
Assistant to David Kappes: Alisa Moore Buckley
Assistant to Michelle Weller: Lukas Sima
Assistant to John Harrison: Tricia Deering
Assistant to William Hurt: Klara Holubova
Interpreters: Dennis Todorovic, Andrea Kerlicka, Stepanka Rockova
Choreographer: Michal Caban
Transportation Coordinator: Gabriela Dolenska
Drivers: Vaclav Matejka, Pavel Holub, Vladimir Horky, Milan Zika, Frantisek Kafka, Jiri Mysilvec, Karel Beran, Vilem Danek, Bohumil machacek, Radek Lehoucka, Vclav Kocman, Frantisek Flosman, Antonin Koronek, Josef Havlicek, Petr Zlatnik, Pavel Rados, Jaroslav Cirkva Jr, Josef Dlabac, Jaroslav Cirkva Sr, Zbynek Svoboda, Jiri Oplustil, Milan Schlinz, Jaroslav Kouba
Unit Publicist: Larry M. Garrison
APOC / NYC: Erynn Midwall
Catering: Catering Petricard 2000 s.r.o.
Medics: Martin Supka, Dita Lylova, Marketa Reichlova
2nd Unit Medic: Anicka Hribalova
2nd Unit Runners / AD: Helena Frankova, Tereza Engelova, Zuzana Smukova
Shipping: Albert Ferri, Rome; Film Sped, Prague
Accomodations CZ: Hotel Blue Key; Hotel Na Kampe 15
Legal Counsel: Rosalind Lawton, Esq; Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn, LLP
Legal Services CZ: Dr Vladimir Kroupa
Completion Guaranty: Cinefinance, LLC
Production Services: Milk & Honey Films, s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic

LOCATIONS
Locations: Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy; Prague, Czech Republic
Stages CZ: Barrandov Studios; Milk & Honey Studios, Letnany
Location Manager: Aneta Valaskova
Assistant Location Manager: Halina Himmelova

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Michal Krska, Requiescat in Pace

STUNTS
Stunt Agency: Filmka
Stunt Coordinators: Ladislav Lahoda, Petr Drozda
Assistant Stunt Coordinators: Katerina Lahodova, Pavel Bezdek
Stunt Doubles: David Motl, Hana Dvorska, Dusan Hyska, Petr Vlasak

CASTING
Casting by: Molly Lopata
Prague Casting: Nancy Bishop
London Casting: Wendy Brazington
Munich Casting: Cornelia Von Braun
Extras Casting: Jirí Hrstka
Extras Casting Assistant: Jaroslav Zizka

CAST
House Atreides
William Hurt (Duke Leto Atreides)
Alec Newman (Paul Atreides / Muad'Dib)
Saskia Reeves (Lady Jessica Atreides)
James Watson (Duncan Idaho)
Jan Vlasak (Thufir Hawat)
P.H. Moriarty (Gurney Halleck)
Robert Russell (Dr Wellington Yueh)
Laura Burton (St Alia Atreides)

House Harkonnen
Ian McNeice (Baron Vladimir Harkonnen)
Matt Keeslar (Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen)
Laszlo Imre Kish (Rabban Harkonnen)
Jan Unger (Piter Devries)

House Corrino
Giancarlo Giannini (Padishah-Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV)
Julie Cox (Princess Irulan Corrino)
Miroslav Taborsky (Count Fenring)

The Fremen
Uwe Ochsenknecht (Stilgar)
Barbora Kodetova (Chani)
Jakob Schwarz (Otheym)
Karel Dobry (Dr Pardot Kynes / Liet)
Christopher Lee Brown (Jamis)
Jaroslava Siktancova (Shadout Mapes)

The Bene Gesserit
Zuzana Geislerová (Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam)
Drahomira Fialkova (Mother Ramallo)
Petra Kulikova (young Mother Ramallo)
Clotilde Le Grand, Elizabeth Sofranco (novitiates)

The Spacing Guild
Philip Lenkowsky (Guild Agent)
David Maj (Guild representative)

The Smugglers
Pavel Kríz (Esmor Tuek)
Jeff Caster (Linger Bewt)

The Sardaukar
David Fisher (smuggler / assassin)
Pavel Caisl (Sardauker captain)

Desert Fremen
Noel Le Bon (Turak)
Greg Linnington (Fedaykin 1)
Dan Rous (Fedaykin 2)
Mikulás Kren (Fremen leader)
Oldrich Navrátil (Naib 1)
Jiri Hanak (Naib 2)
Matej Forman, Petr Forman (puppeteers)
Brian Jaurequi (Fremen man 1)
Petr Vacek (Fremen man 2)
Ivo Novák (Fremen man 3)
Petra Lustigova (Fremen woman)
Rich Gold (father)
Jan Cajzl (boy)

Atreides Household
Klara Issova (servant girl)
Rianne Kooiman (servant waterseller)

Harkonnen Household
Mark Huntley (lieutenant)
Robert Jaskow (soldier #1)
Pavel Bezdek (soldier #2)
Martin Hub (soldier #3)
Jeff Tyler (foreman)
Petr Vobecky (bodyguard)
Joel Sugerman (spice spa attendant)

Imperial Household
Tereza Semlerova (Farrah)
Anita Durst (lady in waiting)
David Forresetr (noble #1)
Zdenek Maryska (noble '2)
Dave O'Kelly (Imperial soldier)
Jan Nemejovsky (Imperial General)
Robert Lahoda (officer)
Steve Fisher (lieutenant)
Pavel Vokoun (guard)

Stand-ins: Lukas Barta, Phil Seeger, Mariana Krenova
2nd Unit Stand-in: Michal Supka

In the far distant future, the desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune, is the only known source of the most powerful substance in the universe, the spice melange. Without the spice, commerce would collapse, space travel would be impossible and the empire would be at an end. As such, Arrakis has become the centre of a vicious power struggle between two of the great Houses, Atreides and Harkonnen. Double crossed by the Harkonnens and the Emperor, House Atreides is relocated to Arrakis and all but wiped out. Only the Duke's concubine, the Bene Gesserit Lady Jessica and their son Paul survive. Out in the desert, among the planet's indigenous population, the Fremen, Paul comes to realise that he is the Kwisatz Haderach, the messiah that the Bene Gesserit sisterhood have been waiting for - and also a messiah figure to the Fremen. The fight back against the Emperor begins...

This second attempt to film Dune is another disappointment. An entertaining and always engrossing one, but a disappointment nonetheless. It triumphs in its teasing out of the subtleties in Herbert's novel and finally captures on screen the various cultures of the Dune universe in all their glory. But it's hamstrung by a ridiculously low budget and Harrison's curious decision to play down some important characters (Dr Yueh) while needlessly expanding others (Irulan). (Full Review)

EPISODES

Part 1 (3 December 2000)
Part 2 (4 December 2000)
Part 3 (5 December 2000)

Germany
DVD Distributor: Columbia/Tristar

USA
Television Distributor: The Sci-Fi Channel
DVD Distributor: Artisan Entertainment (11517)

Germany
Rating: 16

2000
December
3: USA - first television broadcast of Part 1
4: USA - first television broadcast of Part 2
5: USA - first television broadcast of Part 3

2001
January
9: Sweden - first television broadcast of Part 1

March
20: USA - DVD release (Artisan Entertainment (11517))

April
7: Canada - first television broadcast of Part 1
22: Germany - first television broadcast of Part 1

June
1: German - DVD release (Columbia/Tristar)
7: Hungary - video release
10: Israel - first television broadcast of Part 1

Frank Herbert's Dune - advertising title
Frank Herberts Dune - Der Wüstenplanet - German title

2001
Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films, USA
Saturn Award: Best Single Television Presentation - nominated

American Society of Cinematographers, USA
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series'/Pilot for Cable or Pay TV (Vittorio Storaro) - nominated

Cinema Audio Society, USA
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Movie-of-the-Week, Mini-Series - nominated

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
Golden Reel Award: Best Sound Editing, Television Mini-Series: Effects and Foley (Erik Aadahl (sound editor), Pete Elia (re-recording mixer), Andrew Ellerd (sound editor), Victor Iorillo (sound editor), Gus Medina (foley mixer), Dale W. Perry (foley artist), Larry Stensvold (re-recording mixer), Bruce Tanis (sound editor), Jay Wilkinson (supervising sound editor)) - winner
Golden Reel Award: Best Sound Editing, Television Mini-Series: Dialogue and ADR (Ulrika Akander (sound editor), David Beadle (sound editor), Larry Goeb (sound editor), David Grecu (sound editor), Sonya Henry (sound editor), Patrick Hogan (sound editor), Helen Luttrell (sound editor), Bob Newlan (supervising dialogue editor), R.J. Palmer (supervising adr editor), Jeff Rosen (sound editor), Jay Wilkinson (supervising sound editor))

REMAKE OF
Dune (1984)

SEQUEL
Children of Dune (2003)

SEE ALSO
Dune 2 (1993)

MAGAZINES

Entertainment Weekly no.571 (1 December 2000) p.86
illustrated review (Television: Frank Herbert's Dune (B-) by Marc Brenardin)

TV Guide vol.48 no.49 (2 December 2000) pp.20-22
review (Love Among The Dunes by Patrick Pacheco)

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