Ridley Scott’s Lost Dune Script Found: 'I Don't Think It Would’ve Made Fans Happy'

Ridley Scott’s Lost Dune Script Found: 'I Don't Think It Would’ve Made Fans Happy'

"It would be very easy to make a bad film of Dune…" –Ridley Scott, South Bend Tribune, 1979This week marks the 40th anniversary of David Lynch's Dune. A $40 million box office disaster upon release, it has slowly gained an enthusiastic cult following in the four decades since it opened on December 14, 1984, especially in stark stylistic contrast to Denis Villeneuve's recent two-film stab at Frank Herbert's vaunted novel. Renowned oddball Lynch w…

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It's not David Lynch's best or most successful venture, but 1984's Dune deserves to be remembered on his birthday.