Failed 'Dune' documentary goes to Sony Pictures classics

By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Dune," David Lynch's film version of Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel of the same name, is one of the most notorious flops in cinema history. It's a mess of film. One that was so egregious, Lynch later admitted he never should have shot a single frame. Out of this painful chapter comes "Jodorosky's Dune," a documentary about a failed attempt by cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky ("Santa Sangre") to adapt the seminal book. Sony Pictures Classics said Thursday that it has acquired North American rights to the film by Frank Pavich. ...



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