DVD is a much better format for him to work with I'm sure. This is just great and welcome news!
My Wish List for the new DUNE Re-Edit
1) Restore the Complete and original prolog delivered by the Reverend Mother Ramailo as found in the 7th Draft December 9th Shooting Script, and Get rid of Irulan's!
The scripted scene below was to open the film.
1A. INT. ROCK LEDGE - SIETCH TABR - NIGHT
BLACK
FADE IN to the dark eyes of the mysterious face of
the REVEREND MOTHER RAMALLO, who sits against smooth
black rock. Her eyes are deep blue-within-blue and
her skin is a haunting translucent white. Her voice
ECHOES as if in a great cavern.
REVEREND MOTHER RAMALLO
We are the secret of the Universe.
RESPONSE OF TWENTY THOUSAND VOICES
Bi-la kaifa.
REVEREND MOTHER RAMALLO
We are the secret of the Universe. We know
of spice...the spice called melange...the
greatest treasure in the Universe. It
exists on only one planet - ours Arrakis,
Dune. We know of spice and the Bene
Gesserit sisterhood's selective breeding
plan of ninety generations to produce the
Kwisatz Haderach, the one the spice will
awaken.
RESPONSE OF TWENTY THOUSAND VOICES
Bi-la kaifa.
REVEREND MOTHER RAMALLO
And now the prophecy...
Silence...then a powerful low organ NOTE resounding
in the cavernous space.
REVEREND MOTHER RAMALLO (CONT'D)
He will come...the voice from the outer
world, bringing the holy war, the Jihad,
which will cleanse the Universe and bring
us out of darkness. He will have been born
of a Bene Gesserit mother.
--
The Reverend Mother continues speaking of the
Prophecy, but we do not hear it. The huge wind organ
BLOWS louder and louder, obscuring her voice.
The picture FADES.
2) Fix the Lady Jessica / Mapes scene
Only part of the scripted scene is shown in the T.V. version, and it makes no sense how it was put together by the producers of that version.
92. INT. JESSICA'S CHAMBER - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Jessica HEARS this and looks up just as the Shadout
Mapes silently enters her room.
JESSICA
(staring at the blue-eyed woman --
waiting for possible danger.)
Yes?
SHADOUT MAPES
I am the Shadout Mapes, your housekeeper,
Noble Born. What are your orders.
JESSICA
You may refer to me as "my lady." I am not
noble born. I'm the bound concubine of
Duke Leto -- mother of the heir
designate.... "Shadout"... that's an
ancient word.
MAPES
(strangely asked)
You know the ancient tongues?
JESSICA
I know the Bhotani Jib and Chakobsa, all
the hunting languages.
MAPES
As the legend says.
JESSICA
(inner voice)
That's it! The Missionaria Protectiva has
been here planting protective legends
against a day of Bene Gesserit need. And
that day has come. I must play out this
sham.
(out loud)
I know the Dark things and the way of the
Great Mother. Miseces prejin.
Mapes takes a step backward to flee.
JESSICA (CONT'D)
I know many things. I know you came
prepared for violence with a weapon in
your bodice.
--
MAPES
My lady, I... the weapon was sent as a
gift if you should prove to be the one.
JESSICA
And the means of my death should I prove
otherwise.
(inner voice)
Now we will see which way the decision
tips.
Slowly Mapes reaches into her dress and brings out a
sheathed knife. She unleashes it.
MAPES
Do you know this my lady?
JESSICA
(inner voice)
It could only be one thing....
(out loud)
It's a crysknife.
MAPES
Say it not lightly...
(very slowly)
Do you know its meaning?
JESSICA
(inner voice)
Here is why this Fremen has taken service
with me, to ask that one question. Delay
is as dangerous as the wrong answer.
Shadout is Chakobsa... knife, in Chakobsa
is... maker of death.
(out loud)
It's a maker...
Mapes SCREAMS with elation and grief.
JESSICA (CONT'D)
(inner voice)
Maker?... Maker is the key word... the
tooth of the worm? That was close...
(out loud)
Did you think that I, knowing the
mysteries of the Great Mother, would not
know the maker?
MAPES
My lady, when one has lived with prophecy
for so long, the moment of revelation is a
shock.
Mapes sheathes the blade... slowly
--
JESSICA
(inner voice)
There's more here... yes!
(out loud)
Mapes, you've sheathed that blade
unblooded.
With a GASP Mapes drops the knife into Jessica's
hands and opens her blouse.
MAPES
Take the water of my life!
Jessica withdraws the knife from the sheath and,
with the blade, scratches a line just above Mapes'
right breast.
MAPES (CONT'D)
You are ours.... You are the one.
Jessica's eyes stare ahead. She knows these words
ring with truth.
3) Extend the Paul vs. Jamis Fight Scene
The Jamis Fight Scenes are not in the December 9th Script, but you can tell by the way they play out in the T.V. version that they are most definitely not complete.
4) Restore the missing scene with Paul and Duncan Idaho with the Bulls Head (The Bull that killed Paul's Grandfather)
5) Restore the Full Ending!!!
FEDAYKIN #2
Usul no longer needs the weirding module.
Everyone stares in disbelief. Paul looks to the
Emperor.
PAUL
Now, I will tell you how it will be.
Irulan shall be my wife, opening the way
for an Atreides to take the throne.
EMPEROR
I sit on the throne!!
--
PAUL
You will sit on a throne on Selusa
Secundus, your prison planet. Either that
or you will die.
The Emperor is still. Paul moves to Chani.
PAUL (CONT'D)
(to Chani)
The Princess shall have no more of me than
my name... no child of mine or touch the
softness of glance... nor instant of
desire.... This is my promise to you...
(whispering)
...my love.
Paul turns back to the others.
Jessica turns to Chani and whispers to her.
JESSICA
Think on it Chani... We who carry the name
of concubine... history will call us
wives.
Alia enters with two monks. She signals and one of
them places a cloak over Paul's shoulders.
PAUL
The Fremen have the word of Muad'dib.
They will have their Holy War to cleanse
the Universe... they will have Arrakis...
Dune... their planet. There will be
flowing water here open to the sky and
rich green oases. For the spice there
will always be some desert. There will be
fierce winds and trials to toughen men.
We Fremen have a saying...
(he stares at the Reverend Mother)
"God created Arrakis to train the
faithful."
One cannot go against the word of God.
Everyone in the room stares at him soundlessly.
ALIA
And how can this be?
There are three powerful drum hits.
ALIA (CONT'D)
For... he is the Kwisatz Haderach!
--
Now someone get him to do an extended version of "TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME" please!
GK