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Description: In light of the recent release of Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel, we've decided to take a look back at the original 1984 version, which despite having its flaws, actually had some pretty good practical effects for its time. Like the music in this video? Get it on iTunes: ► apple.co/2ENGfu9 ◄ Listen on Spotify: ► spoti.fi/3boTfCl ◄ Buy it on Amazon: ► amzn.to/2QVJZfk ◄ More than 70 sets, around 1700 people, over 8000 costumes, and $40 million went into this film. Originally is was going to be shot in many locations all over the globe but it ended up being shot in Churubusco Studios and the desert of Samalayuca near Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. Although this decision meant that all the filming locations were close together and easy to get to, due to Mexico's limited resources at the time, a lot of materials necessary for the production had to be brought in or imported from Los Angeles. Miniatures. A lot of miniature sets and models were made for this film, visual effects legend, Emilio Ruiz del Rio was flown in from Madrid to work on the film and together with his assistant they got together a workforce and a studio and began building scale models. They built the 16ft by 8ft (4.9m by 2.45m) rock cliff extension for the scene where Paul and his mother flee, and a scale model of the exterior of Castle Caladan. They built a scale model of the strong wall and desert for the scene when thousands of Freman leave, this included dozens of 2.5-inch dolls (6.5cm) made from latex, these dolls were connected by a series of drive belts running parallel to each other and guided by channels cut into the wooden bases, this allowed them, with the help of a crank wheel, to create the illusion that the dolls were marching out into the desert. Sandworms. 15 rubber Sandworm models were made to different scales depending on the scale of the set they were to be used on, the largest of them were 22ft long (6.7m) and 3ft in diameter (90cm). The worms were first sculpted in clay, then molded in plaster, a latex rubber skin was cast which was then packed with polyfoam. The larger versions were capable of opening their mouth to reveal their teeth and lifting their heads up and moving them from side to side, the medium-sized worms could gyrate but couldn't open their mouths and the smallest were just used in the background. For the close-ups, two worm sections were built, a tail section that was 20ft long (6m) and 3ft in diameter (90cm) and a head and neck section that was 12ft long (3.6m) and 5ft in diameter (1.5m). In the film, there are approximately 125 shots involving the worms and most of these were shot on an indoor set constructed on Churubusco's Stage 4. The set itself was a semicircle, 100ft wide (30.5m) and 60ft deep (18m), and standing 5ft (1.5m) off the ground, it had detachable sections that could be removed or interchanged depending on the scene that was going to be shot. To create the worm's movements under the sand, the model worms were attached to sinewave-shaped rails just under the sand and then pulled through the sand on cables by a crew of 60 people who became known and "The Worm Wranglers". The Baron. As well as miniature sets and miniature models, a huge amount of costumes and props also had to be made, one of the most interesting is that of Baron Harkonnen, two suits were made for the Baron, both were made from a thin canvas that was coated with rubber, on the inside, different pockets made from colostomy bags were filled with silicone gel to give the suit a flesh like bounce, but this made the suit was so heavy that, Kenneth Mcmillian, the actor playing the Baron, couldn't stand up in it, he had to be wheeled around on a harness and a special framework. It took 90 minutes to get the actor into the suit and another 3 hours of makeup to add all the suppurating blisters and spots. For the scene where the baron hits his chest and rises in the air, the Baron's harness was connected to a cable that was attached to a counterweighted rig, this allowed for a quick ascent and a controlled descent, as he is lowered they cut to a shot of his feet and then to an upper-body shot filmed on a different set where the Baron is stood on a ground-based parallelogram rig that swings him under the shower. As you can see, an incredible amount of time and effort went into this movie that was based on an award-winning novel, had an award-winning director and award-winning actors, screenwriters, special and visual effects artists, and a healthy budget, so what went wrong? Well, from the start, the producers said they wanted to make a film that was like Star Wars, but for adults, and it seems that they tried to make it so grown up and mature, that most people left the theatre failing to actually understand it.