Director: Frank Pavich

Keywords: Documentary, Filmmaking

Feature-length documentary details filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed screen adaptation of a classic science fiction novel.

ABSTRACT
A best-selling epic matched by few in its genre, Frank Herbert opus Dune would go on to inspire a number of later standout science fiction works -- most notably George Lucas' Star Wars franchise -- and win countless awards. This, however, is not a tale of Dune's excellence as a work of fiction. Rather, it is a documentary about eccentric Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky's infamous botched attempt at giving the grand tale an equally-grand screen treatment, detailing misadventures running the gamut from problems casting Salvador Dali and Orson Welles in major roles to project-compromising budget overruns.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
H. R. Giger	Artist	5-Feb-1940	12-May-2014	Alien designer
Alejandro Jodorowsky	Film Director	7-Feb-1929		El Topo
Dan O'Bannon	Screenwriter	30-Sep-1946	17-Dec-2009	Alien, Total Recall
Nicolas Winding Refn	Film Director	29-Sep-1970		Bronson

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