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Dune: The script
The final script for the critically acclaimed movie Dune 2021.
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their own fear will survive.
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who can conquer their own fear will survive.
111 pages, ebook
First published October 21, 2021
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Frank Herbert
553 books16.6k followersFranklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, explores complex themes, such as the long-term survival of the human species, human evolution, planetary science and ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, economics and power in a future where humanity has long since developed interstellar travel and settled many thousands of worlds. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the entire series is considered to be among the classics of the genre.
The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, explores complex themes, such as the long-term survival of the human species, human evolution, planetary science and ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, economics and power in a future where humanity has long since developed interstellar travel and settled many thousands of worlds. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the entire series is considered to be among the classics of the genre.
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March 24, 2024
Buenas buenas, hello there!
Estoy en mi momento de adicción con Dune, así que era hora de leer el script (btw amo leer scripts lpm, sobretodo si ya vi la película varias veces!).
En general, me gustó bastante el guión. Difiere mucho de lo que quedó recortado en la película y creo que lo mejor era hacer una mezcla de las dos cosas. Hay puntos vitales en el script, que no ocurren en la peli y se pierde todo el sentido de la obra. Yo ya critiqué todos los cambios de Villeneue que no cierran y no tienen sentido. Entiendo que es su adaptación, pero el señor cambia la motivación de casi todos los personajes. Siento que en algunos puntos, no cree en la inteligencia de su audiencia y necesita explicar o hacer las cosas de forma literal. No hacia falta, sabemos que Paul es un anti héroe...
Sí, Paul es el bad guy, pero es muy relatable y yo siento que lo que hace (al menos en el libro 1), está más que justificado. Perdió a toda su familia en un día, se dio cuenta que tiene poderes de la concha de la lora (tiene capacidades de mentat, entrenamiento de BG y puede ver el pasado y el futuro... onda, si no es god, no se qué sería...) y quiere vengarse contra gente que posta es una mierda. Yo, sinceramente, quiero que los destruya a todos. Así como quiero que tommy shelby o walter white también lo hagan... again, ANTI HERO GUYS!
En fin, lo único que le aplaudo es que puso más a Gurney Halleck ajjajaja pero no me va eso de hacer a Paul como un hdp, a los fremen como los buenitos y a Chani como la única inteligente, entre 10 millones de Fremen, como para darse cuenta que Paul es "malo". Desastre villeneuve... Herbert they did you so dirty!!!!
Para cerrar, agrego todos los diálogos que me parecieron geniales y que NO tenían que faltar en la película:
*P- I saw you lying dead. Fallen in battle. Your face clean-shaven.
D- Okay! Not gonna die! (points to his beard) I shave for no man!
---
L- Duncan, you're a fine fighting man. But you look like a barbarian. Tonight, that beard comes off.
*P- Are you the new Weapons Master?
His tone is teasing. Gurney grins. He's the closest thing to a friend Paul has among his father's retainers. Gurney knows Paul since he was born and loves him like if he was his own son.
---
Gurney grabs Paul's blade in his gloved hand, lunges through Paul's shield and slaps Paul's face with the flat of his blade.
Paul jerks back, shocked. Rubbing his cheek. Gurney glowers.
G- Never let a man inside your guard! Even in sport! Not even me!
---
G- In the slave pits of Giedi Prime, Rabban killed my family and he gave me this scar to remember him.
He fingers the inkvine whip scar along his jawline.
G- And I will never forget.
*Paul is stunned. He looks around, seeing every part of his life in a new, bewildering light. His mother suddenly a strange alien presence.
P- All part of a plan. Do you... love my father?
J- Yes!
He hesitates to ask the next question, looking very young. Jessica's face crumples.
J- Oh, Paul.
She strides across the space between them and throws her arms around him. They cling to each other in the downpour. On Paul. On Jessica.
*G- "My lungs taste the air of Time, Blown past falling sand..."
*And now the Baron begins to rise into the air, his hands out to the side, palms forward, like some horrible mockery of Christ.
*Paul is dreaming.
A little plate with some spice powder on it.
G- They say: everybody here is addicted to it.
An index comes into frame and grabs some grain with its tip.
G- They say: it's everywhere. In the food. In the air.
A man in shadow takes some spice powder with his index and brings it to his mouth. We finally see Gurney's face. He is wearing Fremen clothes and is very dirty, with long grey hair. He smokes spice with a strange narghile.
G- I say it's good for the spirit.
He has blue fremen eyes.
*Gurney grins as Paul enters.
G- Paul Atreides! Late to his first strategy meeting! Sorry to drag you out of bed.
Chuckles and applause around the table. These officers love Paul as they love his father. Gurney pats his shoulder.
P-(in Gurney's ear) Thanks for the humiliation, old man.
*He is lost in his vision, beside the crawler. The worm bearing down on him.
P- (in trance) I recognize your footsteps, old man.
As Gurney drags him to his feet, shaking him from the vision.
G- We have to run, Paul! Now!
*S- You outnumber the Atreides three to one. Still you come to us.
P- The Atreides legions are the finest in the Imperium. Trained by Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho.
*C- Some of my people thought a savior might never come. But not me. I knew. I knew you couldn't stay the hell away.
*P- How can I make my way if my destiny was written before I was born?
L- If I tell you one day you'll find yourself on a mountaintop, what does that change? You still have to climb the mountain. Destiny grants us nothing and takes nothing away. We have to fight and bleed for the future we want. Because when all's said and done, there's only one way to find out if the prophecy is true. We earn it.
Paul nods. Like a weight has been lifted. And their formality gives way to a hug. Because Paul is scared. And Leto knows. And loves him no matter who he's meant to be. Prophecies be damned.
*Piter de Vries stands watching with a bound and battered Thufir Hawat, guarded by four Sardaukar. Piter is gloating.
P- Checkmate, old friend.
Hawat, humiliated, doesn't answer.
*P- My father is dead. Why can't I cry?
He glares at her with cold intensity. Jessica is shocked by this turn in him. His coldness.
*P- Is there anyone else left?
Idaho shakes his head grimly. Remembering the carnage.
D- I listened on the combat channels. Gurney gave them hell at Arrakeen Landing, but lost the day.
*P- You will call me my Lord or Sire.
*Idaho fights like a god of war. His blade too fast to follow. There's freedom in knowing this is his last stand. He ignores the damage he's taking.
*J- Deep in your heart you know it's not you. You are not the one. Don't take that burden on your shoulders. You are free. I'll show you the ways of the desert. Come with me.
Cierro la review con un Leto, porque lo amo con todo mi corazón!! Que lastima que no mostro tanto la relación entre padre e hijo como en el guión, lloro!
Estoy en mi momento de adicción con Dune, así que era hora de leer el script (btw amo leer scripts lpm, sobretodo si ya vi la película varias veces!).
En general, me gustó bastante el guión. Difiere mucho de lo que quedó recortado en la película y creo que lo mejor era hacer una mezcla de las dos cosas. Hay puntos vitales en el script, que no ocurren en la peli y se pierde todo el sentido de la obra. Yo ya critiqué todos los cambios de Villeneue que no cierran y no tienen sentido. Entiendo que es su adaptación, pero el señor cambia la motivación de casi todos los personajes. Siento que en algunos puntos, no cree en la inteligencia de su audiencia y necesita explicar o hacer las cosas de forma literal. No hacia falta, sabemos que Paul es un anti héroe...
Sí, Paul es el bad guy, pero es muy relatable y yo siento que lo que hace (al menos en el libro 1), está más que justificado. Perdió a toda su familia en un día, se dio cuenta que tiene poderes de la concha de la lora (tiene capacidades de mentat, entrenamiento de BG y puede ver el pasado y el futuro... onda, si no es god, no se qué sería...) y quiere vengarse contra gente que posta es una mierda. Yo, sinceramente, quiero que los destruya a todos. Así como quiero que tommy shelby o walter white también lo hagan... again, ANTI HERO GUYS!
En fin, lo único que le aplaudo es que puso más a Gurney Halleck ajjajaja pero no me va eso de hacer a Paul como un hdp, a los fremen como los buenitos y a Chani como la única inteligente, entre 10 millones de Fremen, como para darse cuenta que Paul es "malo". Desastre villeneuve... Herbert they did you so dirty!!!!
Para cerrar, agrego todos los diálogos que me parecieron geniales y que NO tenían que faltar en la película:
*P- I saw you lying dead. Fallen in battle. Your face clean-shaven.
D- Okay! Not gonna die! (points to his beard) I shave for no man!
---
L- Duncan, you're a fine fighting man. But you look like a barbarian. Tonight, that beard comes off.
*P- Are you the new Weapons Master?
His tone is teasing. Gurney grins. He's the closest thing to a friend Paul has among his father's retainers. Gurney knows Paul since he was born and loves him like if he was his own son.
---
Gurney grabs Paul's blade in his gloved hand, lunges through Paul's shield and slaps Paul's face with the flat of his blade.
Paul jerks back, shocked. Rubbing his cheek. Gurney glowers.
G- Never let a man inside your guard! Even in sport! Not even me!
---
G- In the slave pits of Giedi Prime, Rabban killed my family and he gave me this scar to remember him.
He fingers the inkvine whip scar along his jawline.
G- And I will never forget.
*Paul is stunned. He looks around, seeing every part of his life in a new, bewildering light. His mother suddenly a strange alien presence.
P- All part of a plan. Do you... love my father?
J- Yes!
He hesitates to ask the next question, looking very young. Jessica's face crumples.
J- Oh, Paul.
She strides across the space between them and throws her arms around him. They cling to each other in the downpour. On Paul. On Jessica.
*G- "My lungs taste the air of Time, Blown past falling sand..."
*And now the Baron begins to rise into the air, his hands out to the side, palms forward, like some horrible mockery of Christ.
*Paul is dreaming.
A little plate with some spice powder on it.
G- They say: everybody here is addicted to it.
An index comes into frame and grabs some grain with its tip.
G- They say: it's everywhere. In the food. In the air.
A man in shadow takes some spice powder with his index and brings it to his mouth. We finally see Gurney's face. He is wearing Fremen clothes and is very dirty, with long grey hair. He smokes spice with a strange narghile.
G- I say it's good for the spirit.
He has blue fremen eyes.
*Gurney grins as Paul enters.
G- Paul Atreides! Late to his first strategy meeting! Sorry to drag you out of bed.
Chuckles and applause around the table. These officers love Paul as they love his father. Gurney pats his shoulder.
P-(in Gurney's ear) Thanks for the humiliation, old man.
*He is lost in his vision, beside the crawler. The worm bearing down on him.
P- (in trance) I recognize your footsteps, old man.
As Gurney drags him to his feet, shaking him from the vision.
G- We have to run, Paul! Now!
*S- You outnumber the Atreides three to one. Still you come to us.
P- The Atreides legions are the finest in the Imperium. Trained by Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho.
*C- Some of my people thought a savior might never come. But not me. I knew. I knew you couldn't stay the hell away.
*P- How can I make my way if my destiny was written before I was born?
L- If I tell you one day you'll find yourself on a mountaintop, what does that change? You still have to climb the mountain. Destiny grants us nothing and takes nothing away. We have to fight and bleed for the future we want. Because when all's said and done, there's only one way to find out if the prophecy is true. We earn it.
Paul nods. Like a weight has been lifted. And their formality gives way to a hug. Because Paul is scared. And Leto knows. And loves him no matter who he's meant to be. Prophecies be damned.
*Piter de Vries stands watching with a bound and battered Thufir Hawat, guarded by four Sardaukar. Piter is gloating.
P- Checkmate, old friend.
Hawat, humiliated, doesn't answer.
*P- My father is dead. Why can't I cry?
He glares at her with cold intensity. Jessica is shocked by this turn in him. His coldness.
*P- Is there anyone else left?
Idaho shakes his head grimly. Remembering the carnage.
D- I listened on the combat channels. Gurney gave them hell at Arrakeen Landing, but lost the day.
*P- You will call me my Lord or Sire.
*Idaho fights like a god of war. His blade too fast to follow. There's freedom in knowing this is his last stand. He ignores the damage he's taking.
*J- Deep in your heart you know it's not you. You are not the one. Don't take that burden on your shoulders. You are free. I'll show you the ways of the desert. Come with me.
Cierro la review con un Leto, porque lo amo con todo mi corazón!! Que lastima que no mostro tanto la relación entre padre e hijo como en el guión, lloro!
January 13, 2022
Reading the script is like reading the book for the first time but the visuals for what you imagined are much more prominent. As was the case when watching the film! it was great to read this and i have been waiting ages after getting snippets of it online. Masterpiece!!
January 16, 2023
Because you are Jessica’s son.
You have more than one birthright,
boy
You have more than one birthright,
boy
March 19, 2024
The final edit made it much much better.
April 30, 2024
May finish later
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