FRANK HERBERT'S DUNE (TV)
Summary
A miniseries adaptation of the Frank Herbert science-fiction novel of the same name, about an epic conflict in the distant future surrounding the desert planet Arrakis. The desert planet Arrakis, also known as “Dune,” is extremely valuable to the spacefaring empire due to being the only place in the universe where melange, or “Spice,” is found; Spice is the substance which facilitates many operations, most notably interstellar space travel, and is thus vital to the survival of the empire. The Atreides family prepares to move to Arrakis as part of an arrangement with the Harkonnens to test their loyalty to the empire, although the scion of the Atreides, Paul, feels uneasy about the move and experiences unsettling nightmares. The political situation is uncertain; there is a tentative balance of power between the Emperor, the royal houses, and the Spacing Guild, which has a monopoly on all interstellar travel. Before he leaves, Paul is summoned to see a Reverend Mother of the Bene Gesserit, a powerful all-female religious order, who once instructed his mother Lady Jessica, concubine of Duke Leto Atreides. The Reverend Mother is surprised to find that Lady Jessica has given Paul instruction in the ways of the Bene Gesserit, and he tells her about his dreams, involving strange imagery he does not understand, including great wars and a beautiful unknown woman. He asks her to interpret his dreams, and she gives him a test to determine his tolerance for pain. He passes, managing to use a Bene Gesserit prayer to overcome his fear, and the Reverend Mother is impressed. Paul leaves in disgust when he realizes that Jessica did not warn him about the test. In private, the Reverend Mother chastises Jessica for giving birth to a son instead of a daughter in accordance with their centuries-long breeding program; the daughter would have been wed to a son of House Harkonnen in order to end the feud between them and House Atreides. Paul has a sparring session with his trainer Gurney Halleck, and gets more information about Arrakis from his mentor Thufir Hawat. The Navigator of the Atreides spaceship, once human but now a strange mutant creature thanks to the Spice, guides the ship to Arrakis. Baron Harkonnen, leader of the Atreides’s rival house, confederates with his nephews Rabban and Feyd-Rautha, detailing his “trap” for Duke Leto. Spice production on Arrakis has begun to wane, and the emperor has assigned Leto with the task of restoring it. Baron Harkonnen resents this action, as House Harkonnen has ruled Arrakis for decades and personally profited immensely from the Spice production. He plans to allow Leto to rule Arrakis for a time before House Harkonnen attacks, aided by a traitor amidst the Atreides household. Baron Harkonnen is counting on the leaders of the other great houses to stay out of it, motivated by jealousy of the Atreides’s good fortune. On Arrakis, Duke Leto becomes increasingly disturbed by reports that the Fremen, the indigenous people, are gathering en masse and may try to violently resist his rule. He sends his aide Duncan Idaho out into the desert to try to improve relations with them by seeking out their semi-mythical leader and establishing a rapport, although they are highly resentful of outsiders since the Harkonnens murdered many of them. Paul and Jessica look through the streets of the garrison town near their palace, noting the presence of water sellers and the Fremen, who all have distinctive glowing blue eyes due to lifelong exposure to the Spice. The Atreides family moves in to the palace, setting up their furnishings and decorations; they make efforts to let the Fremen servants know that they will be more respectful than the Harkonnens, but they do not seem to listen. Jessica meets Shadout Mapes, the Fremen in charge of the household staff, who shows her around the grounds, including a “chapel” built by the Harkonnens featuring a lavish garden. Jessica believes this is a tremendous waste of water, a fact which the Harkonnens used to lord over the Fremen, who treat water as sacred. Lady Jessica decides to grant ownership of the chapel to the Fremen, and tells one of the servants selling excess water from a fountain inside to refund her customer; Jessica intends to give water freely to the Fremen instead. Duke Leto discusses the Spice situation with his advisors, and instructs Gurney to broker a deal with the local Spice smugglers to help them shake off Harkonnen influence. Paul suggests granting all Spice profits hereafter directly to the emperor, thus flushing out the Harkonnen dealings with the smugglers and currying favor with the empire for House Atreides. This plan is heartily accepted by Leto’s advisors. Meanwhile the emperor, Shaddam Corrino IV, is frustrated that he can find no suitable mate for his daughter, Princess Irulan, and hopes to continue his good relations with House Atreides for the time being. Duke Leto tells Paul in private that while the emperor may require House Atreides on Arrakis for the moment, he fears the growing power and influence of the house and may facilitate its downfall. Both Paul and Leto recognize that this assignment is a trap, but Leto is determined to fulfill his duty regardless, hoping that he will be able to avoid whatever treachery awaits him. One night, Jessica catches sight of a message being sent to the palace via a series of blinking lights. Duncan notices it as well, but his Fremen companions say that it is the work of Harkonnen mercenaries and there is nothing he can do about it. Leto speaks with Dr. Kynes, a planetologist and provider of the “stillsuits,” full-body water filtration outerwear designed to collect and recycle moisture for survival in the desert. Paul mistakes Dr. Kynes for a Fremen, although he still works for the emperor despite his acceptance into Fremen society. Leto, Paul, and Dr. Kynes go out into the desert on board a flying craft to inspect one of the Spice mining facilities. They view the harvester and the scouts surrounding it checking for wormsign, evidence of the dangerous titanic worm-like creatures native to Arrakis; they appear to be attracted to the Spice. Immediately one of the worms emerges near the harvester, and Leto tries to use his craft to rescue the mining crew when their transport doesn’t arrive. They manage to evacuate some of the crew just before the worm demolishes the harvester. Soon the Atreides begin to flourish on Arrakis, even restoring the Spice quota. Rabban grows nervous, but Baron Harkonnen assures him that all is proceeding according to plan. He hopes to make Leto confident in his new position, leaving him vulnerable. Leto learns that the Fremen have a prophecy surrounding the “Muad’dib,” a messiah who will come to them from offworld, and Paul appears to fit the criteria. Paul awakens from another dream to find one of the Fremen servant-girls in his room. He strikes up a conversation with her, and prevents her from falling victim to an assassination robot which emerges from the wall. Shadout enters and tells Paul there is a traitor in the palace, and soon thereafter an assassin is found and killed by Gurney. Leto, furious, orders that the body be burnt but the hands be coated in Spice and sent to Baron Harkonnen. The Baron chastises Rabban for his failed assassination attempt, which interferes in his plan by putting the Atreides on alert. They readjust their plans, paying substantial Spice royalties to the Spacing Guild out of Rabban’s store in order to move their troops against the Atreides palace on Arrakis. Duke Leto grows suspicious of his own staff in the wake of the assassination attempt. He holds a gala in the palace, and Lady Jessica fills him in on the various local notables and in attendance. Dr. Kynes reports that they have discovered that House Harkonnen is responsible for the sabotaged transport ship which did not appear at the recent worm attack. Princess Irulan arrives at the party, and later Paul sneaks off to hang out with Gurney. However, Paul is curious as to where Gurney’s loyalties lie; Gurney recounts how Duke Leto saved him from a Harkonnen slave pit and gave him a new life as his warmaster, and he swears to defend House Atreides with his life. Princess Irulan visits them, and she discusses her similar situation with Paul, both isolated by their political commitments. They share a dance, and Irulan seems to be interested in Paul. She is forced to leave when the emperor’s Sardaukar soldiers escort her away on the orders of her father. That night, Paul has another strange dream, this time featuring an appearance by his father. Duncan reports back to Leto that they have found and captured a force of Harkonnen infiltrators in the desert. One of the Fremen dies in the attack, and Leto speaks with Stilgar, leader of the man’s tribe. Leto tries to convince Stilgar that House Atreides means the Fremen no harm. Paul arrives and reunites with Duncan, his friend, and Leto introduces him to Stilgar. Stilgar requests that Duncan remain among them, serving both Leto and the tribe in equal measure. Leto accepts, hoping for peace, and Stilgar spits on the ground before him; Paul recognizes this as a tremendous honor, as Stilgar has personally surrendered his water before the Duke. Duncan departs with the Fremen. One night Leto finds Shadout in the halls of the palace with a knife in her back. She dies before she can tell him the identity her murderer, the traitor in his midst. He is shot in the back of the neck with a poison dart fired by one of his advisors, Dr. Wellington Yueh, who claims he needed to kill Leto to save his wife’s life. Before he falls unconscious, Dr. Yueh inserts a false tooth into Leto’s mouth, instructing him to activate it when he comes face-to-face with Baron Harkonnen. Harkonnen forces storm the palace accompanied by Sardaukar, seizing it easily. Paul and Jessica manage to escape unnoticed in the confusion. Dr. Yueh delivers Leto into the hands of Baron Harkonnen, but the baron betrays him, revealing that he murdered Dr. Yueh’s wife; Dr. Yueh is promptly murdered himself. Baron Harkonnen keeps Leto alive and paralyzed in order to torment him and gloat over his victory. Leto breaks the false tooth, releasing a poisonous gas which kills himself and Baron Harkonnen’s mentat Piter; the baron manages to get out of the way and save his own life, much to his delight. Paul, out in the desert with Jessica, realizes that Leto is dead. They venture further out into the desert to avoid the Harkonnen patrols despite the dangerous environment. They are soon found by Duncan and Dr. Kynes piloting an Atreides ornithopter, and they spirit them away. They are taken to a Fremen sietch, or cavern dwelling, deep in the desert, where they are instructed to rest and wait out a coming sandstorm. Duncan gives Paul a letter and Leto’s ring, sent by courier from Dr. Yueh before his death. Paul realizes that Dr. Kynes is actually Liet, the mysterious leader of the Fremen people. Paul and Jesisca are forced to flee on Duncan’s ornithopter at the approach of Harkonnen ships, but Liet and Duncan choose to remain behind. Just as they leave, the Harkonnen ships attack, striking Duncan and several Fremen with a missile. The ornithopters chase Paul and Jessica through the desert, and Paul is forced to pilot the craft through the oncoming sandstorm. They eventually crash-land in the middle of the desert, alive but stranded. Paul reads Dr. Yueh’s letter, in which he confesses his betrayal. They gather supplies from the back of the ornithopter, including stillsuits, and walk out into the desert to find the Fremen. Paul and Jessica journey south, into the deep desert, searching for sietches. Meanwhile, Princess Irulan confronts her father about his role in the Harkonnen attack on Arrakis. They argue before Irulan leaves, disappointed in her father. Paul and Jessica eventually find a cavern and go inside to take shelter. Baron Harkonnen interrogates Liet and accuses him of aiding Paul and Jessica, but he places the blame squarely on Duncan. He also claims that Paul and Jessica perished in the desert, although the baron is skeptical of his story. Paul experiences another dream, featuring an unknown woman and another vision of his father. His latest dream somehow allows him to perceive that Jessica is pregnant with another of Leto’s children, this time a girl. Paul believes that exposure to the Spice is changing him somehow. They continue their sojourn until they fall victim to a break in the dunes, sending them tumbling down. A worm takes notice of them and chases after them. They manage to elude the worm by taking shelter in a cave, and realize that the worm was called away by a thumper, a sonic device designed to attract worms. Paul also notices that the smell of Spice intensified when the worm appeared. They venture deeper into the cave, finding it inhabited by Fremen, who ambush and surround them. Paul recognizes one of them as Stilgar, who reveals that he was secretly watching them ever since they crashed. The other Fremen are suspicious of Paul and Jessica, but Stilgar tries to calm them. Jessica defends herself by using the weirding way, Bene Gesserit martial arts, to take Stilgar captive and commands him with the Voice, a Bene Gesserit mind control technique, to call his people off from hunting Paul. Stilgar offers Paul and Jessica sanctuary and protection from all Fremen. Jessica accepts his offer, and Paul encounters a Fremen woman identical to the one who appeared in his dreams. The woman, Chani, is made responsible for Paul as the Fremen prepare to incorporate them into the community. Stilgar leads a party of Fremen, as well as Paul and Jessica, across the desert to their home, Sietch Tabr, and along the way they rest in a cave. Jessica warns Paul to be careful around the Fremen, and that it might be wise to play into their legends and folklore. Elsewhere, Liet wanders through the desert and collapses. He is consumed by a huge billow of Spice from the ground, visible from Stilgar’s camp. Chani explains to Paul that they regularly send scouts to harvest the Spice for bribes to the Spacing Guild to keep their satellites away from Arrakis, thus keeping the Fremen’s secrecy intact. One of the Fremen, Jamis, challenges Paul to a duel in retaliation for failing to capture him in the ambush. Jessica is unable to stop him, even with the aid of the Voice. They have a fight with ritual crys knives, and Paul is distressed when he learns that it is a battle to the death. Paul reluctantly kills Jamis in the duel, and Jessica talks to Stilgar about it later, disgusted by the Fremen’s ideas of leadership and strength. Stilgar tells Jessica about the legend of the Mahdi, which states that an offworlder borne of a Bene Gesserit will come and guide the Fremen. The Fremen ceremonially remove the water from Jamis’s body, and Paul speaks during the ceremony. As per their custom, Jamis’s water is awarded to Paul. Stilgar asks Paul to select a new Fremen name, and he selects Muad’Dib, the name of a small rodent native to the desert. Later, Chani leads Paul, Jessica, and a number of other Fremen into the night to attempt to ride on the back of one of the worms in order to cover ground more quickly. They reach Seitch Tabr the next day, and find that it is a vast, ancient settlement. They learn from Stilgar that Liet is dead, and that he was Chani’s father. Paul speaks to Chani alone, telling her about his homeworld of Caladan. She says that Liet’s dream was to transform Arrakis into a more temperate planet replete with water. She shows him a massive cache of water in a cavern, and notes that the Fremen have thousands of such places. Paul believes he has seen this place before in his dreams, and Chani explains that places such as these are instrumental in their dream to change Arrakis. Paul experiences a vision of thousands of Fremen chanting “Muad’Dib” again and again, similar to his dreams. Harkonnen soldiers arrive outside Tabr, and the Fremen ambush and attack them, stealing their weapons and their ornithopter. They lead a series of successful ambushes against other Harkonnen patrols, angering Rabban, who has again been made governor of Arrakis. He executes a group of Fremen prisoners, hoping to send a message to the others. Baron Harkonnen tells Feyd-Rautha that he intends to allow Rabban’s brutality to continue until he replaces him, hoping that the populace will take to Feyd-Rautha as a “rescue” from Rabban’s rule. Meanwhile, Paul’s fame and status amongst the Fremen grows until Stilgar urges him to challenge him for the right to rule, just as Jamis did with Paul. Paul begins personally participating in the raids against the Harkonnens. Meanwhile, a representative of the Spacing Guild meets with the Reverend Mothers, expressing concern about recent events on Arrakis. They vow to do what they can to maintain the balance of power on that world. Unbeknownst to them, Princess Irulan eavesdrops on their conversation. Back on Arrakis, Paul and Stilgar are spying on a Spacing Guild site when Paul sights Gurney among the personnel there. However, he chooses not to act on this information. Irulan requests passage to Geidi Prime, the Harkonnen homeworld, explaining that she intends to attend Feyd-Rautha’s birthday celebration on behalf of her father. Paul attempts to convince doubtful Fremen tribes to follow his lead in deposing the Harkonnens and achieving Liet’s dream. He asks for soldiers to train in the weirding way, hoping that it can eventually spread to all the Fremen, allowing them to defeat the Harkonnens as Fedaykin. Jessica meets with the Fremen’s Reverent Mother, Ramallo, who chastises her for exploiting the Fremen’s legends of the Mahdi. Later, Paul meets with his mother, who explains that Ramallo is a Bene Gesserit missionary. Paul asks Jessica why she never married Leto, and she explains that remaining unmarried gave the other houses hope of an alliance through marriage, thus protecting the integrity of House Atreides. Paul speaks to Chani about this in a roundabout way, and she leads him into the desert to explain how Spice is created: the worms (called “Shai-Hulud” by the Fremen) are responsible, as Spice bubbles to the surface from deep underground with a combination of water and chemicals from their excrement. Afterwards they go into her tent and have sex. That night, Paul has a vision of Ramallo telling him that he is the “Kwisatz Haderach,” and that he can be “in many places at once.” Paul and Jessica train the Fremen in the weirding way, but are interrupted by the arrival of a group of Fremen from another sietch, led by Otheym. They claim they wish to join them and become Feydakin; Paul accepts them readily. On Geidi Prime, Irulan speaks with Baron Harkonnen, and Feyd-Rautha notices her presence. Stilgar tells Paul that the Harkonnens are intensifying their presence on Arrakis, and that their bribes to the Spacing Guild will not hold for long. Chani participates in a procedure designed to kill a captive miniature worm and obtain its water, which Ramallo calls “the water of life.” Stilgar announces that they must leave the sietch to avoid discovery by the Harkonnens. Ramallo will not survive the journey, and so Chani is consecrated as the new Sayyadina. Iruna visits Feyd-Rautha in private and appears to seduce him. Jessica ingests the water of life; Stilgar reveals to Paul that it is poison, and that Jessica must use her Bene Gesserit abilities to change it within her own body. The water causes Jessica to experience an otherworldly vision of a strange light, and a younger version of Ramallo warning her not to enter it, as it is reserved only for the Kwisatz Haderach. Ramallo somehow transfers her memories and life-force into Jessica, but remarks that the changes will also affect her unborn child. Irulan gets Feyd-Rautha to reveal Baron Harkonnen’s plan for Arrakis, as well as the details of the attack on the Atreides palace. Jessica survives the ordeal, and her eye color has changed to match that of the Fremen. She awakens to find that Ramallo has died. The people of the sietch engage in a mass orgy caused by the changed water of life. Irulan learns from Feyd-Rautha that Paul and Jessica are believed dead, although their bodies were never recovered. Paul has another vision of the Fremen dead and blood on his hands. Oteym leads an operation against a Harkonnen mining project, blowing up a Spice shipment. He is nearly captured, but saved by a local Fremen boy, who kills a Harkonnen guard and leads Oteym to safety. Oteym reports back to Paul, who orders the Fedaykin not to take the city yet, although are already able to do so. Stilgar gives Paul the skull of Leto, which was found by the Fedaykin in a Harkonnen crematorium. Chani is distressed by Paul’s visions and by the prospect that the Fremen may never achieve peace. Baron Harkonnen avoids an indirect assassination attempt from Feyd-Rautha, but does not kill him since he is preferable to Rabban as his heir. They discuss Baron Harkonnen’s plans to lure the emperor himself into a position of vulnerability so that House Harkonnen can make an attempt to seize the throne. Jessica’s daughter, Alia, grows at an astonishing rate, and demonstrates detailed knowledge of events taking place long before her birth. The other Fremen are frightened by Alia, but Jessica tries to calm her, explaining that her consciousness derives from the water of life. Paul has a vision of a trio of worms amidst the Arrakeen desert transforming into a grassy plain. He awakens to find that Chani has killed a potential challenger to his leadership, and he vows to stop these challenges. Using a thumper, he attracts one of the worms to undergo a test to see if he can ride the beast unaided. He manages to do so successfully. Gurney leads a party in an ornithopter, coming across an unclaimed patch of Spice for them to harvest. They find that it is a patch of mock Spice set up by the Fremen, and suddenly the Fedaykin appear and attack the party. Paul reveals himself to Gurney, and they have a happy reunion as Paul takes Gurney back to the Fremen. Gurney explains that while other servants of House Atreides either left or were killed, he stayed in the hopes of exacting revenge on the Harkonnens. He readily joins the ranks of Paul’s army. Irulan tries to subtly reveal the Harkonnen plot to her father, and he decides to summon Baron Harkonnen to his world to expose such a plot once and for all. Paul fends off a Sardaukar assassin and uses the Voice to make him surrender. Paul surprises his men by ordering that the man be unharmed, announcing that he has a plan for him. He also asks that his mother be brought up as a part of his plan. Jessica looks after Chani and Paul’s son, named Leto after his father, and Chani visits him, concerned about how well he is integrating into the sietch. Jessica warns Chani that Paul’s noble status means he may be forced to marry to secure an alliance with another house, but Chani understands what she must do. The emperor meets with Baron Harkonnen, along with representatives of the Bene Gesserit and Spacing Guild, about the increasingly hazardous situation on Arrakis and about Paul’s movement. The emperor decides to move the royal palace to Arrakis and ready the house’s military in order to secure the planet. Jessica and Paul discuss his role in the Fremen society; Jessica notes she only encouraged the legends around Paul in order to protect them, but Paul is beginning to believe in his destiny, and asks Jessica about the Kwisatz Haderach. Jessica explains that she was supposed to have a daughter marry the Harkonnen heir in order to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, the end result of the Bene Gesserit breeding program, capable of total recall and the ability to perfectly perceive the future. Jessica does not believe Paul is the Kwisatz Haderach, and asks him to find a way out of challenging Stilgar for leadership. Gurney takes Jessica by surprise and prepares to kill her, believing that she is the one who betrayed House Atreides. Paul stops him by revealing the identity of the actual traitor, Dr. Yueh. Gurney is horrified at what he has done and breaks down crying. Later, Paul is distressed that he was unable to predict Gurney’s actions, and asks Chani to return to the south with Leto for their safety. She insists on remaining by his side, but he convinces her to leave. Paul returns to the abandoned sietch and experiences an incoherent vision which leaves him unconscious. He falls into a deep torpor, barely clinging to life, and Jessica tends to him. Chani explains that he has taken the water of life and is in a trance. Together they manage to awaken him, and Paul telepathically shares his visions with his mother, explaining he has seen through all of time. Jessica exclaims that Paul is the Kwisatz Haderach, and Paul cryptically intones that he is something far greater than even that. The imperial military takes position in orbit around Arrakis, and Paul announces this news to his followers. They urge him to challenge Stilgar immediately to take his place as leader, but Paul refuses, believing that killing leaders such as Stilgar would be harmful to the tribe as a whole. He takes his position as Duke of House Atreides and commands them to join with him in eliminating the Harkonnens, and the Fremen readily accept this command. Paul somehow causes water to emanate from a statue, stoking the people further. Later, Paul commands Oteym to lead a cadre of men to take a secret cache of the water of life and plant it above a pre-Spice mass and await his orders. Oteym is confused by this order, but vows to carry it out nonetheless. The emperor orders his space force to attack the deep desert, hoping to draw Paul out into the open. Paul buries the remains of his father and awaits a huge sandstorm to complete his plan. Jessica is afraid of Paul’s grand designs for both Arrakis and the rest of the universe, but Paul proclaims that he is unable to stop fate. Paul also has determined via his newly-awakened memories that Jessica is Baron Harkonnen’s daughter, a fact she was unaware of since she was taken to the Bene Gesserit as an infant; she was conceived as part of the Bene Gesserit breeding program. The Sardaukar lead a ground raid against the sietch and slaughter the Fremen within. Leto is killed by the Sardaukar, and Paul perceives this. He releases the Sardaukar assassin they captured earlier and sets him free, giving him terms of surrender to bring back to the emperor. Meanwhile, he, Stilgar, and Gurney plan their final attack on the palace. The emperor balks at the offer and rejects Baron Harkonnen’s suggestion of attacking in full force. Alia appears before the emperor and makes cryptic threats; the Bene Gesserit recommend killing her. Irulan recognizes Alia as Duke Leto’s daughter, and she deduces that Paul is Muad’Dib, much to the shock of the assembled guests. At that moment, Paul begins his attack. He has Gurney set off a nuclear weapon in order to breach the shields surrounding the palace, allowing the storm to penetrate and strike the compound. A force of ornithopters arrives and releases bombs, scattering the security forces. Baron Harkonnen attempts to kill Alia, but she strikes him with a poison needle and he suffers a painful death. More Fedaykin arrive on the backs of worms, causing further panic in the palace. Paul leads the ground troops in a massive melee struggle against Harkonnen soldiers. The Fremen of the garrison town fight against the Harkonnen troops as well. Together they storm the palace, and Rabban is surrounded by a Fremen mob and murdered. Chani and Paul have a moment together in the palace, both grieving over the loss of their son. Finally Paul and the emperor confront each other face to face. The emperor threatens to use his space armada to destroy him, but Paul defies him. He forces the Spacing Guild to remove all ships from the planet by threatening to halt all Spice production if they refuse. He explains that he can do this by establishing a chain reaction with the water of life he had Otheym fetch earlier, killing all the worms. Without Spice, space travel and the most vital aspects of human civilization will be dissolved. Feyd-Rautha interrupts the proceedings, asking that they settle the feud between their houses once and for all, fighting in the emperor’s name. Paul accepts his challenge and they have a knife-fight. Paul kills Feyd-Rautha and claims victory. In accordance with his victory, Princess Irulan offers her hand in marriage to Paul to cement his relation with the emperor’s house and maintain Spice production. Commercials deleted. (This program was originally broadcast over three nights, December 3rd, December 4th, and December 6th of 2000, at 9:00 PM on each night).
Details
- NETWORK: Sci Fi Channel
- DATE: December 3, 2000 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 4:26:18
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:61606
- GENRE: Drama, fantasy/science fiction
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, fantasy/science fiction
- SERIES RUN: Sci Fi Channel - TV miniseries, 2000
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Richard P. Rubinstein … Executive Producer
- Mitchell Galin … Executive Producer
- David Kappes … Producer
- Michael Messina … Associate Producer
- Harry B. Miller III … Associate Producer
- John Harrison … Director, Writer
- Ernest Farino … Director
- Clay Dale … Animation
- Wayne England … Animation
- Paul Grimm … Animation
- Steve Graves … Animation
- Gina Dibari … Animation
- Kent Burton … Animation
- Frank Herbert … Based on the novel by
- Graeme Revell … Music by
- Michael Caban … Choreographer
- William Hurt … Cast, Leto Atreides
- Alec Newman … Cast, Paul Atreides
- Giancarlo Giannini … Cast, Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV
- Uwe Ochsenknecht … Cast, Stilgar
- Ian McNeice … Cast, Baron Harkonnen
- Barbora Kodetova … Cast, Chani
- P.H. Moriarty … Cast, Gurney Halleck
- Julie Cox … Cast, Princess Irulan
- Laszlo Imre Kisch … Cast, Glossu Rabban
- Matt Keeslar … Cast, Feyd-Rautha
- Saskia Reeves … Cast, Lady Jessica
- James Watson … Cast, Duncan Idaho
- Jan Vlasak … Cast, Thufir Hawat
- Robert Russell … Cast, Dr. Yueh
- Laura Burton … Cast, Alia
- Jan Unger … Cast, Piter Devries
- Miroslav Taborsky … Cast, Count Fenring
- Jakob Schwartz … Cast, Otheym
- Karel Dobry … Cast, Dr. Kynes
- Christopher Lee Brown … Cast, Jamis
- Jaroslava Siktankova … Cast, Shadout Mapes
- Zuzana Geislerova … Cast, Reverend Mother Mohiam
- Drahomira Fialkova … Cast, Reverend Mother Ramallo
- Petra Kulikova … Cast, Young Mother Ramallo
- Clotilde le Grand … Cast, Novitiate
- Elizabeth Sofranco … Cast, Novitiate
- Philip Lenkowsky … Cast, Guild Agent
- David Maj … Cast, Guild Representative
- Pavel Kriz … Cast, Esmar Tuek
- Jeff Caster … Cast, Lingar Bewt
- David Fisher … Cast, Smuggler/Assassin
- Pavel Cajzl … Cast, Sardaukar Captain
- Noel de Bon … Cast, Turok
- Greg Linnington … Cast, Fedaykin #1
- Dan Rous … Cast, Fedaykin #2
- Dan Brown … Cast, Watermaster
- Mikulas Kren … Cast, Fremen Leader
- Oldrich Navratil … Cast, Naib #1
- Jiri Hanak … Cast, Naib #2
- Matej Forman … Cast, Puppeteer
- Petr Forman … Cast, Puppeteer
- Brian Jaurequi … Cast, Fremen Man #1
- Petr Vacek … Cast, Fremen Man #2
- Ivo Novak … Cast, Fremen Man #3
- Petra Lustigova … Cast, Fremen Woman
- Rich Gold … Cast, Father
- Jan Cajzl … Cast, Boy
- Klara Issova … Cast, Servant Girl
- Rianne Kooiman … Cast, Servant Waterseller
- Mark Huntley … Cast, Lieutenant
- Robert Jaskow … Cast, Soldier #1
- Pavel Bezdek … Cast, Soldier #2
- Martin Hub … Cast, Soldier #3
- Jeff Tyler … Cast, Foreman
- Peter Vobecky … Cast, Bodyguard
- Joel Sugerman … Cast, Spice Spa Attendant
- Tereza Semlerova … Cast, Farrah
- Anita Durst … Cast, Lady In Waiting
- David Forrester … Cast, Noble #1
- Zdenek Maryska … Cast, Noble #2
- Dave O'Kelly … Cast, Imperial Soldier
- Dan Nemejovsky … Cast, Imperial General
- Robert Lahoda … Cast, Officer
- Steve Fisher … Cast, Lieutenant
- Pavel Vokoun … Cast, Guard