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I was watching the destination dune documentary and on Max Von Sydows actors title card still is from a deleted shot of him standing in front of the harkonnen flagship battered and bruised. Then on Dune info there is a photo of Paul Smith (Rabaan) carrying him on his shoulder. This preceeds the deleted footage that has been released. I would assume that means Rabaan was to beat up Kynes some more before throwing over his shoulder and then ripping his suit apart.

In the scene where Dean Stockwell (Yueh) examines the dead Harkonnen. The X-Ray is correct however the mirror image of the corpse is flipped vertically. This is noticeable because the heart plug is clearly shown on the wrong side of corpse vs x-ray. This is in addition to missing laser pen thing cutting open Dead Harkonnen Soldier censorship.

In terms of a definite intended edit when Yueh examines fremen in the palace with the light gun scanner. When mapes appears the dialogue “bene geseritt mother… The legend” Is correctly placed in this scene. However “where is your son? I must warn you you are in grave danger” Should be on the shots of Paul walking to his room in POV. As previously stated before the door opens we were meant to see mapes creeping up to the door before it opens. I have the feeling mapes shadow on the blue wall may preceed her entering Jesdicas room.

This also makes me think of the written notes Duke Leto writing to Baron and Jessica Reading note in room before mapes enters. Since we know what is meant to be written on those notes I am wondering if Lynch simply intended letting the viewer voyeur and read what would be written rather than confusing inner monologue thoughts? Something tells me this was probably to be read by the audience via text on paper I think now to avoid this being muddled.

Mapes going to see Jessica in her room was to come at some point after the hunter seeker sequence where as in the book it was mapes first goes to Jessica then hunter seeker with Paul. This I am sure of. Leto also goes to greet Duncun from Pauls Room after “If something should happen to me” conversation. Interestingly the comic contains other inner dialogue regarding The Duke exclaiming he will need Duncans strength in the coming days ahead…rather than Marrying Jessica dialogue. I kind of feel the comic is probably the correct version of events in terms of monologue. I wonder if Yueh crying in the Room was what goes between Leto and Duncan and then Leto going down the steps before Yueh attacks? I think that would make sense.

This part of the film in the Palace of Arakeen is in a complete mess and it really does need sorting proper. But it is still enjoyable but not reaching the best possible version of this yet.

In the costume documentary there is an uncensored shot of Kyle McGlaughen and Sean Young Love scene although brief it was meant to probably also be opaque and put over rolling sand dunes. So you would not see what minor nudity there was anyway really.

I did a rewatch of some of the extended edition version in 4:3 laser paradise. I like this version it is darker and bluer than the current version but the desert scenes are pale and washed out not orange yellow.

I was looking for missing stuff and something I did not mention was the flying spotters. No design exists for the flying variant but it was to feature in 2 shots I think. The extended edition shows a repeated shot of wormsign rather than the flying spotter after Max Von sydow points them out. When the bike variant is shown driving we see another follow it driving up the ramp and I think the second shot of the spotter would go between these 2 shots to intercut.

Also when Paul Rides the Sandworm as a Fremen trial or test. When he plants the thumper we see a vibrating amount of sand. I feel this is a sfx shot for the pre-spice mass leading up to Max Von Sydows death scene. So it is evidence for that. It is here we should have seen the repeated shot of wormsign I think.

In the Extended TV broadcast Sound effects for wormsign are missing amongst other sound. On the Ornithopter rescuing workers on the harvester wormsign flashes were Blue via Lighting. However Wormsign is yellow. Then Later Lightning is Yellow when it should be blue meaning they used the Wormsign effect for Lightning effects in the desert without altering the color.

When I said about writing out Jessica as the traitor I say that because there is little or no evidence to support it however Leto’s exclaimation “I should have married you” is the only evidence for the sub plot scenes.

I also read throgh Brian Herberts Dune Graphic novel books 1 and 2 and I took note of scene orders presented there. Although Lynch did make changes I find it hard to believe the scene orders would or should differ too much or too drastically. Although Lynch version of Dune is fairly brief It is all by and large there in the script and I wonder if Lynch did intend to cut it together exactly or far more closer to as the graphic novel structures the scenes no doubt the same as the book.

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Why don’t you like the tie fighter? it makes the shot more lively and less like a miniature shot.
full shot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oRTmKlD5-_zMNL3iRR_A15ogvsu7AvIc/view?usp=sharing

Yes it adds more but thr background is scrolling so the ship is exploding in motion. That makes the tie fighter suddenly accelerate to twice the speed.

Not that big of a deal but I think it kind of defies the physics.

That new shot is Brilliant though from Special edition.

I think the laser is good but the tie fighter is not needed. But what I will say is that purple in the highlights needs rolling into white or yellow. This is the whole magenta highlights issue in full effect.

I think gout and 97 version it is not so magenta if at all?

Nice good motion.

Just wanting to add a correction to the waking dream and the prophecy. I watched the scene it seems that the Mother Ramal was to fade in and replace the image of the hand And the flag or inter-twine fading back and fourth as she narrates the fremen prophecy.

A few other things to note.

In EE TV version the guild navigator in the tank goes off on a tangent but his voice is sped up. I was wondering if slowing his speech down and editing some of what he says out would be the way to solve this. Some of it is redundant. However it was obviously made prior to Irulan narration was inserted although some of what he says is relevant I feel.

After the Box of pain scene it seems that when considering the extended scene here it could be better to swap around order. EE first talking of water of life. Then going on to talk about Pauls dreams.

Regarding Leto’s “Jessica I should have married you” monologue this I think would go while Jessica is on the Ornithopter like telepathy leading up to where he bites the tooth. And as previously stated the monologue where he misses her over the note Jessica reads. He should definitely come down the stairs with no monologue.

Finally when Paul and Bene Gesderit Guyas Mohim confront one another in the palace. He talks of the place where you dare not look. Here was meant to appear with a visual and Paul’s line from the EE TV version “And I can destroy the Spice forever!” Before the whole “Silence!” Exchange. This reaffirms the rain on Arrakis ending. However just because it rained there does not mean it was raining everywhere on the planet. I really can not understand how people who dislike the rain ending think it’s raining on the whole surface of the planet. Some people have an inability to understand that when it rains it’s not raining everywhere I guess. There is a shot in the Costume documentary that has the Navigators looking uneasy in relation to the verbal exchange about the threat of destroying the spice forever.

Having looked over this on about my 5th or 6th pass over the years… I don’t think Jessica being the traitor was in. I think it may have been written out and scrapped. Meaning Gurney believing and Attacking Jessica may never have been shot or put to film.

This also Leads me to conclude that a directors cut of David Lynch’s Dune would NOT run 4 hours but anywhete from 3hrs 20 minutes to 3hrs 40mins.

Adding some thoughts on announcements…

Hearing “House shields activating”

And likewise “de-activating” is totally not needed. When the shields are brought down it would be better to show shield being raised reversed and color timed to night with a brief alarm.

Another instance of a mindless announcement is “release the bombs! Release the bombs” I actually think it would be better to lift some voice dialogue from the Dune RTS game and have Harkonnen “attacking target! attacking target!” It also got me thinking of giving a voice to some Sardukar troops. Anyway I think these are perhaps the worst offenders of the announcement trope and definitely damage the film.

I also am making notes on the Irulan Narration and the whole “I forgot to tell you” although amusing I am not sure it is worth keeping but it is a joke amongst very few. The whole part about the fremen should definitely be removed. I am in favour of “The guild are responsible for all interplanetry travel making them the highest power in the universe” This line is very important as everything else of importance can be said later spread throughout the film by Irulan.

In terms of the Alternate fremen opening “We are the secret of the universe” is the only thing that seems to resonate and audio only would suffice. Whilst the prophecy speech is also a given but once Paul anf Jesdica crash in the desrt not when they first arrive on Arrakis I feel. It needs to unfold.

The deleted scene where Paul is in bed having a nightware the Audio was to be placed on the waking dream in Pauls room before the hunter seeker “My terrible Purpose” only. As previously stated witch and fire gone from dream replaced by Sting I will kill you put back in (Paul dead on a stone floor)

Also looked at the filmbook segment for sandworms and I thought there must be some missing worm footage but to my surprise it focus on the digestive system on the worm and it’s stomach acid. Not sure what would be on screen exactly but I was quite surprised by that.

When Paul has his waking dream in the rocks after the cras he says I am not your kwizadtzaderach and when he screams Father I think it is here we cut to a like tear drop referenced in the comic and it drops into mother Ramalo cupped hands then she talks of the prophecy. This is an important visual as she is like catching pauls tears in her hands.

Are you going to show like scout ships going to Dantooine and a star destroyer orbiting?

Then the guy will look like he is reporting from a star destroyer or fleet at Dantooine…

Nothing to flashy but that would avoid universe shrinkage too and be a complimentary addition to the hologram.

It would be also good to show the falcon on the ID screen from ROTJ in wireframe before radioing in to Tarkin about the markings. You know the Lambda shuttle security code screen. There is an alarm from the theatrical trailer that I think was meant for the security alert to compliment troopers running about. Not entirely needed but again would be a nice touch.

I had a go at the boat journey myself a while back editing back in scenes.

I think I got it working pretty well.

I did run into problems I will tell you a good tip though.

When Adrian Brody typing skull Island on the type writer intercut with the guy finding the map in the box.

I put Lumpy’s scene into existing discussion around the table as an alternate I think.

When I did the filming on the shore scene I reversed the zoom in to a zoom out on the kong roar. It was then needed to cut back to Captain Hayes on the boat.

I felt the same way better character development but I also really wanted to cut out loads of silly CGI stuff to more plasible scenes like the original.

The King Kong game has a good soundtrack good sound effects and also original character dialogue voice acting be sure to check the production diaries on the fake Kong sequeal jokes too. Some Trailers have unique shots too.

Hope that helps.

Well I am still trying to figure out this whole “Jessica I should have married you” inner voice monologue before Leto dies.

The scene where Alia is conceived is not a fladhback…It is correctly placed but should be proceeded by the cliffs and the water swirling I think.

My feeling is and this is I think more accurate.

The Leto inner voice about marrying Jessica goes over the deleted scene where she is holding the note and shadout mapes enters. I would also imagine that corridor shot prior to conception of Alia from EE preceeds Jesdica reading the note or putting down the note to give enough time for the monologue. There could also be surreal images here also. Water and waves would be a good choice. Missing home. I can not confirm this but it would make that scene work and Leto going to his death with no monologue would not hurt.

Leto would go to his doom without any innervoice preferably but the script states "Jessica, my dear Jessica wish that we were somewhere else, anywhere. Away from this terrible place. Alone the two of us without a care " or something along those lines as the inner voice.

This also brought to my attention. Duke Leto’s inner voice from the EE “They tried to take the life of my son” Is intended for the deleted scene where Leto looks out the window to the sunset dusk and nightfall seeing the Harkonen signal light flicker and Thuffer enters to talk about city fremen Prophecy and being led to true freedom. This scene was to feature some action however of ships destroying source of the Harkonnen signal light. Perhaps The action was first then revenge and retribution as Leto looks out across arakeen and a threat eliminated. The World building is completely absent here and it obviously hurts the deleted scene in a big way.

Most of my comments relate to things that remain unreleased or investigating possibilities of how it could have been.

I reccomend going over to duneinfo.com and going through the deleted scenes section for the lynch film.

I also suggest looking through the 4th 5th and 6th drafts of the script and being familiar with both existing cuts of theatrical version and the Extended TV vetsion.

You could also watch fan edit on youtube spicediver dune alternate edition redux for a more coherant version yet this edit is not focused on restoring music cues or sound effects and is a kind of book edit rather than a movie edit. It is good though, just that it is not so much of a restoration it is a true fan edit in that sense.

The max evry scene is only unofficial deleted scene.

The deleted scenes with rafella delaurentis bonus feature are only ones shared there are a few snippets in documentary footage about costumes and special effects but they are very short snippets. You can see these documentaries on youtube.

The Dune Comic Book adaptation of the movie is another visual resource and structural reference.

benduwan said:

Where are the unused scenes to find?
They are all on DVD and Bluray?
Or exists some only on TV production,Internet and Laserdisk?
Is there a list of unused scenes they released?
Thanks

The theatrical version was severly shortened in 1984

Lynch wanted to do a directors cut but talks fell apart.

We then got an extended TV version which was poorly assembled by the studio and botched failed.

A cut of this tv version has been slightly improved converted to widescreen.

More deleted footage is shared in special features and bonus content but a lot of material remains unreleased about an hours worth and missing effects scenes.

To top it all off the film is not how it would have been originally edited had they had no restrictions on running time.

Please read the articles linked within the thread.

benduwan said:

Cool.
Is there a list with all unused scenes?

No all we have are list of scenes in the script which may have been shot

There is also scenes that were shot not in the script such as the balliset scene in the extended version. Ron Miller has a copy mentioned earlier of final shooting script. This new useen footage scene was in the script however.

Key effect sequences are also missing according to Ron Miller.

I just had a realization this morning… The love scene and conception of Alia with Leto and Jessica in bed may have been a flashback… The scene starts with a corridor shot in the Arakeen palace. This would be placed prior to Duke Leto’s monologue “Jessica I should have marrried you…” before his death. The music for this scene is called “Leto’s theme” and is heard earlier when Leto talks to Paul on Caladan.

Yeah it’s about time somone did this. Looks good will be nice to hear it with hyperspace engine sound effect.

On the next shot Yavin looks color shifted far to green in all versions I have seen. Needs to be more Blue suggest correct that also there is no sound for the accompanying ships only the falcon engines can be heard.

Millenium falcon also has strange trajectory angle issues not that bad but something is off with the position of that element.

Well done on the Star Wars Tosche station footage looks very good.

A new scene has surfaced from the film never seen before.

https://youtu.be/dbaYiWE3Ttk?si=rfYeNDKzXY2ZM3j_

Posted by Max Evry who has released a making of Dune book recently.

ifjg said:

I think the idea behind putting the Dianoga shot there is so we can actually see what Han is trying to shoot at.

In the script it states that there is a tentacle by the door, there is’nt any other shot of a tentacle but I actually think the creature popping up while they are looking around does not work at all because not one out of 4 notice it when they are all actively looking for it so I just assumed that is the tentacle by the door… It’s a bit extreme that nobody would see it when we have everyone looking for the thing in a small confined space seems to me the shot was meant for the scene when they leave.

I don’t think the dianoga popping up is in the script in the trash compactor part either so I assumed I put it back to where it was meant to go.

The sound effects I used were from the sounds of star wars by Ben #Burt and that also made it the opportunity to restore that sound effects in that instance as if it’s meant to be hard to notice even though everyone is looking for it it also could not make the sound effects that were deleted too. So my opinion is it got both restored in placement and audio that was cut too.

That dialogue does go there for Vader too as if you notice the shot is flipped so it could be put much later on. The line makes sense in that part and matches when he lifts his lightsaber up and the distance he is from Kenobi. Having it much later on and flipped so he looks almost disjointed is much worse. The dialogue and the fottage all match up so I again just assumed I put it back where it was meant to go.

DrDre said:

I’m oke with the new HDR grades. They look fine to me, but I prefer the original look for all three films.

Ok but what about the sudden swap from Day to Night?

We see the big tree roots at the base “Daytime” when pan up the bigature model of the winding stairs around the trunk it’s night.

How about grading the first shot as night for continuity?

This feels a quite choppy otherwise…

It does indeed look really good.

In terms of the new release what are your thoughts on the revised grading when Gandalf falls down the crevace of Khazad-dum?

In the new release version they made that blend better with the surrounding scenes adding some more red… and then laxk of when Balrog falls…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9NHIdMrWlQ

Whilst I don’t have the new Release I did see screencaps for the Gift Giving when they leave lothlorien an it was one of the very few instances where I felt ok that looks better what do you reckon on the new grade on the gift gibig scene?

One more final point upon reaching Cahadras (Lothlorien big tree) Notice swap from Day to Night suddenly… Is it possible that it is all graded as night in the adsence of any missing part there. I think this is where Legolas got his new costume and the leaves are falling and the elven women run through the forest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihmTAn-9ve4

ifjg said:

Awesome, been wanting to see your edit for the duel for a long time. So much better than what’s in the film.

Thank you yeah I lost the original edit I did… I did not include the alternate take from the theatrical trailer because nobody still has bothered to rotoscope the lightsabers and share. I wish I had the plug in for that to do that! I will ask someone, anyone please even pretty please can you rotoscope the lightsabers in the original theatrical trailer?

I made a cock up with the starfields on 3P0 shots grinning through the falcon so i will fix that. Also I think 2 shots are the wrong position placement in the chasm fight.

This part of the edit is probably been going on and off for around 3 or 4 months. It has taken a long time to get it to where it is now. there is a lot going on but it was time to drop it out there and take assessment of this part.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iiv7FljydE&list=PLn4BSiAKYHg63TL7sINrnVENCTDwRULA0&index=4

These guy’s have done something with it.

War of the Stars although entertaining os kind of like a joke edit…

The deleted scenes will get cleaned up eventually, work is ongoing.

Here is the Dianoga and chasm battle Restored.

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/809643498/privacy

And Here is the Duel and the Hangar shootout

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/809659445/privacy

Credit to Adywan for some shots involving Obiwan and Vader I think it is hard to watch Star wars with thr Cloak prop these days… THere is something I am a bit perplexed there is a piece of reversed footage here so I have unreversed the shot now it matches the soundmix but it sort of kicks out… Are some of these shots vertically stretched or something?

I am guessing this has already been reported?

On the wipe from the scene where Han Leia Chewie Luke look at the Falcon from the corridor on the wipe to the next scene is botched and the wall becomes visible at the start of the wipe.

When Han shoots the stormtrooper after Running down the corridor screaming the wall on the Right has misalignment and not blended properly can also clearly see Han was rotoscoped in over the background.

The Audio goes out of synch when Han Runs back the other way.

Fullmetaled said:

TheBoogeyman1023 said:

It always bugged me how A New Hope sounded so much older than Empire and Jedi. This is really promising tech. Exciting times for Fan Editors.

People have pointed out how in spots the actors don’t sound like themselves but i think that can be worked out after all this is a beta. I think the people complaining wouldn’t have as much a problem with the final release version of the program.

Although an intersting tool the devil is in the detail it’s not isolating the audio at all it’s recreating the speech audio and parroted back as a sound alike or that is what it seems to be doing to me.

Although Star Wars does have a lot of Audio issues I feel a bit sad in a way that people are trying to apply A.I tools to an old film from 1977 that celebrates the Human condition the robots were people in costumes. The vision of the Robots being people in costume is one to cherish. I’m not sold on the A.I tech that I have seen seems like it’s another hyped up fad.

Fruit672 said:

I actually made a post asking if any HD movie trailers existed for OG movies because I noticed some unused scenes. I have like 12 or more shots mostly from ROJ and Empire that I have upscaled/color-corrected already. I just have to remove the scratches. I’d send some sample photos but I don’t know how on this website.

You need to put this ![]
Then straight after it (the URL for the image in brackets)

Or simply put clickable view links of images rather than embeded like above.