Dune Movie - Cut Scenes

The Death of Thufir

The Emperor turns nervously to Feyd, who passes a golden dagger to Thufir. Thufir approaches Paul, concealing the knife. Paul and Thufir come face to face but the Emperor seems strangely tense at this moment and Paul notices this.

Paul senses that Thufir has a knife and out loud to the entire room says: "In payment of the many years of service to my family, you may now ask of me anything you wish. Anything at all. Do you need my life, old friend?"

Thufir's hand rises, as Jessica gasps, but instead of using his dagger on Paul, the old Mentat pulls out his heart plug with a quick tearing motion.

Thufir dies in Paul's arms and Paul orders: "Carry this noble Atreides warrior away. Do him all honor."

This scene is a deleted scene on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD

Shadout Mapes

Part of this scene is in the 'Alan Smithee' version of Dune, like that included on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD, the remaining section of the scene is in the deleted scenes on the same disc.

Beast Rabban in the Bath

Look what I found

Paul and Chani's Love Scene

Original Water Of Life Scene

Original Water Of Life Scene II

Jessica's Water Of Life Preparation

Birth Of Alia

Awaiting the outcome of Jessica's Water Of Life

Fremen in Sound Square training

Beast Rabban In The Desert

The Bulls Head

Gurney playing the ballist

This scene is in the 'Alan Smithee' version of Dune, like that included on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD

Let water be a bond between us

This scene is in the 'Alan Smithee' version of Dune, like that included on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD

Alia's conception

This scene is in the 'Alan Smithee' version of Dune, like that included on the Dune: Extended Edition DVD

• Chani drinking the transformed Water of Life
• Hara and Jessica talking about Alia
• Alia walking through Harkonnen bodies, with crysknife in hand

Thanks to: 'Scott Lanum', 'Wil King, III', 'Ed Balko' for their help.

From: enigma

A short clip of the guild navigator going through clouds to land on Harkonnen planet. This clip is repeatedly shown - when the Harkonnen's attack, when Helen Mohiam takes off etc.

Longer Palace scene - before the 3rd Stage Guild Nav arrived. Emperor asking his guards to leave and ".. no eavesdropping of any kind allowed" - Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam arriving and talking to Emperor - she wants to sit close to the Guild Nav & Emperor telling her it won't be allowed. Emperor asking the Rev. Mother questions about why the Guild Nav is sent.

Short clips between Emperor & 3rd Stage Nav. i.e. view from inside the Nav tank looking at the emperor. 3rd Stage Guild Nav has longer speech about why the spice must flow - because. it gives them accelerated evolution etc.

After the 3rd Stage Guild Navigator leaves, Emperor talks to Rev Mother again and asks about Paul Atreides about what she read in the Guild Navigator's minds. After she leaves, Emperor talks to his Generals(?) saying he doesn't trust the Rev. Mother because she's Bene Gesserit and to watch her carefully.

Reverend Mohiam in a ship sitting behind two pilots going towards Caladan - interestingly the two pilots were the same pilots that took Jessica & Paul to be killed in the Dessert.

Paul checking his computer regarding Arrakis before Thuffir, Gurney, and Yueh arrives.. there were more subjects talked about... plants, etc.

Voice over explaining who Thuffir, Gurney & Yueh are. I can understand why they took this out - while the narration is going on, the 3 just stood there like idiots waiting for Paul to turn.

Paul's conversation with Dr. Yueh is longer - mention of the static electricity in the dessert making shields useless... South Polar Regions are forbidden.

Paul fighting the fighter robot is longer - with Gurney commenting to Yueh how his moves were not once he trained Paul nor did Thuffir.. then commenting on how it's Jessica's influence.

Voice over explaining who Duncan is

Voice over about Fremen when Atreides landed... showing Fremen group climbing a hillside to look down on the spaceship, showing Paul, Jessica, and his father coming out.

Duncan and Leto met after they landed.. Duncan gives him a message canister from the Fremen w/ the words "Column of smoke by day...Pillar of fire by night." This was before Duncan explains the Fremen's strength as an ally.

After Paul's close encounter with a hunter-seeker: Leto looks at all his generals(?) camera pans about 3-4 faces... wondering who the traitor is. Thuffir Haw at offers his resignation which is denied by Leto, sighting how his training saved his son's life. They all sit for a meeting.

After the meeting. Leto asks Gurney to persuade some of the spice miners to stay... Gurney recites some poetic stuff... Paul smiles... he recites more poetic stuff... Paul laughs. Gurney leaves.

After Kynes, Leto, Gurney, Paul inspects and saves some spice miners... showed a scene of the palace briefly. Inside a room... Gurney plays his ballist .. with Yueh, Paul, Thuffir, Leto listening. Yueh questions Kynes loyalty and Kynes spits on the floor and tells them he's with the Fremen... Leto pours his water on the floor and Paul sees the reflection of the second moon on it.

Long shot of Harkonnen ships landing and Saurdakar troops coming out.

Feyd lightly slaps Leto (unconscious) in the face.. 2 guards bring Yueh in and Feyd clamps Leto's nose and mouth... Leto slowly gags... Feyd takes his hands off... rips a badge(?) from Leto's vest and feeds it to Yueh.

Jamis' burial (extraction of his water)... Paul inherits his wife and sons. Jamis' body is placed in a large vat and water is extracted. Stilgar declares the water as Usul's and is given rings to signify the count. Chani looks jealously at Jamis' wife...

After the final battle... a short scene of Alia is shown with her holding a crysknife and raising both arms in the air - dead bodies strewn about. The scene were she is going around killing the Saurdakar still not fully dead is never shown - it was considered too gory with a child killing, etc.

I think there was a scene in the movie also removed and not restored in the tv version... where Paul & Chani's first child died in the attack on the Sietch by Rabban and Saurdakar's ... Paul & Chani discuss it or something...

I believe there was a scene that was filmed which took place right after Paul kills Feyd towards the end of the film. It's where Paul sends the Emperor to prison. His line goes: "I will tell you how it will be...I will marry your daughter, the Princess Irulan, and I shall become the new Emperor.". to which Emperor Shaddam replies, "NO! Only I sit on the throne", and Paul responds, "There will be a throne for you on your prison planet". Paul then turns to Chani and says, "Chani, Irulan shall have nothing of me but my name. You will be my true love, Chani, just as Duke Lito was my mother's true love." After this comes the familiar Fremen saying ("We Fremen have a saying.....") and the rain storm at the end.

Also, the scene where we think we see Mother Mohiam traveling to Caladan with two men is actually FABRICATED from outtake footage and test shots.

From: Richard Cutler
Originally, Nefud was killed off, but in the resultant mess of a movie, he just sort of disappears.

"In the stuff that we shot, Nefud and some other Harkonnens are captured by these generals led by Jose Ferrer. Nefud is taken and put in this machine and ends up on a table screaming while the generals stand around laughing about it. We don't see that in the finished film."

Jack Nance
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