CONDITION: Brand new and still sealed. 4K disc is region-free but the 5 blu-ray discs are Region B (Europe). Dune 3D (2021) blu-ray in 3rd picture is not included, shown only for size comparison purposes. Read full description below!
Oversized 6-disc box set with graphic novel, photo book, and 2 posters. Reissue of Koch Ultimate set, without soundtrack CD, but the "Spicediver" fan edit is now 1080p instead of 720p.
IMPORTANT: When you get the box, you will hear the digibooks sliding around in the box as if the interior walls were broken. This is NOT the case. They smartly designed the top and bottom interior walls to not be affixed, so the digibooks slide as weight shifts in transit rather than tearing through the paper walls. Once you open the set and remove the digibooks, you can tape/glue those top/bottom walls in place to hold the digibooks. This is actually a GOOD thing.
- Photo book with designs and set photos by Ron Miller, the production designer of DUNE, including an interview with him + booklet text by Paul Poet
- DUNE – The comic adaptation by Bill Sienkiewicz and Ralph Macchio (in German)
NOTE: Many of the extras/bonuses will be in German.
Disc 1:
- 4K-UHD: New 4K scan from the original negative from Koch Films
- Sound: German/English – DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles: German
- Extras: German and English trailer / picture gallery
Disc 2:
- Blu-ray-Version of Disc 1
Disc 3:
- New feature-length documentary “The Sleeper Must Awaken – Making of DUNE” with many new interviews (approx. 82 min.)
- New interview with actor Jürgen Prochnow (approx. 28 min.)
- Featurette “Beyond Our Imagination – The Merchandise” by and with Brian Sillman (Netflix's THE TOYS THAT MADE US) (approx. 23 min.)
- Featurette “Prophecy Fulfilled – The Film Music” with new interviews with Steve Lukather and Steve Porcaro from Toto as well as film music historian Tim Greiving (approx. 25 min.)
- Interview with special effects artist Giannetto De Rossi (approx. 17 min.)
Disc 4:
Video archive:
- "Destination DUNE" – contemporary making of (approx. 6 min.)
- "Impressions of DUNE" – Making of documentary from 2003 (approx. 38 min.)
- Deleted scenes, some with commentary by Raffaela De Laurentiis (approx. 20 min.)
- Featurette "Designing DUNE" – about production design (approx. 9 min.)
- Featurette "DUNE Models and Minatures" – about the models (approx. 7 min.)
- Featurette "DUNE FX" – about the special effects (approx. 6 min.)
- Featurette "DUNE Wardrobe Design" – about the costumes (approx. 5 min.)
- Sean Young's Super8 footage from the set (approx. 6 minutes)
- Interview with actor Paul Smith (approx. 13 min.)
- Interview witht Production Coordinator Golda Offenheim (ca. 26 Min.)
Audio archive:
- Interview with David Lynch (Guardian Lectures 1985) (ca. 69 Min.)
- Radio interview with Frank Herbert about the start of the film (approx. 11 minutes)
- David Lynch in conversation with Frank Herbert about the film's release (approx. 47 min.)
- Frank Herbert on the creation of Dune (approx. 80 min.)
Disc 5:
Extended TV-Version
- Film length: approx. 177 minutes
- Image format 2.35:1 (HD, 1080p)
- Languages: German (2.0), English (5.1)
- Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0/5.1
- Subtitles: German, English
Disc 6:
Extended Alternative Version - Spicediver-Cut (now in 1080p!)
- Film length: approx. 179 minutes
- Image format: 2.35:1
- Language: English
- Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles: German, English
From the fanedit.org forums, posted by the editor/creator of the Spicediver cut:
I'm very happy to announce that my fanedit Dune The Alternative Edition Redux (aka The Spicediver Cut) has been officially released again on Blu Ray in Europe as part of a reissue of the Dune Ultimate Edition box set by Plaion Pictures (formerly called Koch Media). The reissued box also has new artwork.
This time the box features the Special 1080p Edition of my edit which I finished in July 2022. You can ignore the online listings which say that the Spicediver Cut on this reissue is 720p resolution - that incorrect detail wasn't updated from the previous box set release, which featured a 720p upscale of my 480p standard definition original.
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A few years ago, Mark Bennett from DuneInfo passed on a message to me from Koch Films in Germany (now Plaion Pictures), who wanted to talk to me about releasing Dune Redux. I couldn't quite believe that this request was real. But I contacted them and learned that Koch had indeed asked the film's European rights holders Lionsgate for permission to include this cut as an Extra in a box set. They said yes.
Clearly, there were fans internally at Koch, and it seems legal counsel at Lionsgate took a progressive view of these matters. After a while, I reached a point where a felt I could trust Koch Films to release the edit as-is and ensure that I was credited. That potential issue is what kept me up at night. I provided them with the lossless master file and they kept their word. I'm beyond grateful for that.
That such a release was even possible is at least partly down to the unusual way Dune was originally financed and sold. Dino De Laurentiis was an independent producer who would raise money for his productions be pre-selling the rights to different territories around the world. Often, that wasn't the same company across each territory. So outside the USA, different rights holders could make their own decisions about their intellectual property.