SEVENTH DRAFT
DAVID LYNCH
December 9, 1983
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1. ARRAKIS - A SCENE FROM SPACE
Also known as DUNE, home of the Fremen, former
Zenzunni wanderers.
1A. INT. ROCK LEDGE - SIETCH TABR - NIGHT
BLACK
FADE IN to the dark eyes of the mysterious face of
the REVEREND MOTHER RAMALLO, who sits against smooth
black rock. Her eyes are deep blue-within-blue and
her skin is a haunting translucent white. Her voice
ECHOES as if in a great cavern.
REVEREND MOTHER RAMALLO
We are the secret of the Universe.
RESPONSE OF TWENTY THOUSAND VOICES
Bi-la kaifa.
REVEREND MOTHER RAMALLO
We are the secret of the Universe. We know
of spice...the spice called melange...the
greatest treasure in the Universe. It
exists on only one planet - ours Arrakis,
Dune. We know of spice and the Bene
Gesserit sisterhood's selective breeding
plan of ninety generations to produce the
Kwisatz Haderach, the one the spice will
awaken.
RESPONSE OF TWENTY THOUSAND VOICES
Bi-la kaifa.
REVEREND MOTHER RAMALLO
And now the prophecy...
Silence...then a powerful low organ NOTE resounding
in the cavernous space.
REVEREND MOTHER RAMALLO (CONT'D)
He will come...the voice from the outer
world, bringing the holy war, the Jihad,
which will cleanse the Universe and bring
us out of darkness. He will have been born
of a Bene Gesserit mother.
--
The Reverend Mother continues speaking of the
Prophecy, but we do not hear it. The huge wind organ
BLOWS louder and louder, obscuring her voice.
The picture FADES.
1B. KAITAIN - A SCENE FROM SPACE
Home planet of House Corrino and Shadam IV, Emperor
of the known universe.
2. INT. DROP - NIGHT
FADE IN to:
...interior of one drop of water. The image changes
subtly.
2A. EXT. - DROP - NIGHT
PULL BACK to a shot revealing the outside of the
drop. There is a distant ROARING and within the drop
we can see the distorted image of a space ship
landing on a sophisticated landing field.
3. (Deleted)
3A. EXT. LANDING FIELD - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT
On the dark landing field, chemicals spill out of
the ship in troughs and tank-suited Guildsmen begin
to swarm out of a hatch opening.
4. through 6. (Deleted)
7. INT. THRONE ROOM - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT
The EMPEROR is surrounded by crowds of COURTIERS in
his Throne Room.
Suddenly a GUARD enters from a small door and
quickly crosses to ANOTHER GUARD. A warning SOUND
begins. The Emperor turns nervously. Guards quickly
begin to clear the large room. Several women are
rushed toward us to a door beyond. One of the woman,
IRULAN, stops and turns back for a worried, caring
look to her father, the Emperor.
IRULAN
Father.
--
EMPEROR
Irulan.
She sees that SARDAUKAR OFFICERS are surrounding him
now, speaking to him. Irulan turns and leaves. The
Emperor moves away from his officers to the center
of the now-empty room. He drops his golden robe from
his shoulders. He stands in his elegant black
uniform, thinking.
The Reverend Mother is ushered in and the Sardaukar
Officers leave her alone with the Emperor.
EMPEROR
(quickly)
A Third Stage Guild Navigator will be here
within minutes!
REVEREND MOTHER
We felt his presence.
EMPEROR
I shall want telepathy during his visit
and a report when we're finished.
REVEREND MOTHER
Their minds are so.... They move in
strange directions....
EMPEROR
Yes?
REVEREND MOTHER
Forced spice evolution of humans changes
many things.... I must sit close to him.
EMPEROR
He will not permit anyone but me to see
him. You must be outside this room.... Do
what you can.
REVEREND MOTHER
I am your Truthsayer, my lord...
(sensing something outside the room)
He is here, my lord.
Under the carved inscription "Law is the Ultimate
Science", the doors to the Emperor's chambers slide
open and FIFTY GUILDSMEN wheel in a forty-foot long
giant black box. One of the Guildsmen addresses the
Emperor through a translating device.
TANKED GUILDSMEN #1
The Bene Gesserit witch must leave.
--
The Emperor looks to the Reverend Mother.
EMPEROR
Leave us.
REVEREND MOTHER
Yes, my Lord.
EMPEROR
(after she has gone)
We are alone...
8. INT. HALLWAY - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT
The Reverend Mother enters through doors and takes a
seat on a chair just outside the door. She closes
her eyes.
9. INT. THRONE ROOM - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT
Inside the Emperor's chamber, the TANK-SUITED
GUILDSMEN are arranging themselves in a "V"
formation around the box. Suddenly the box opens,
slowly and beautifully revealing a huge, thick glass
tank. Inside the tank floats a THIRD STAGE NAVIGATOR
twenty feet long, much like a cross between a pasty,
pale human being and a fleshy grasshopper.
The tank is filled with swirling orange spice-gas,
and Guildsmen continuously vacuum up the toxic
chemical spills dripping from under the tank.
Suddenly the Guild Navigator swims towards the
Emperor. His head is enormous and fleshy, like a
huge grasshopper head -- the eyes are totally deep
blue. His voice is a high, fleshy whispering and an
intricate electrical apparatus in the front of the
tank translates into English and broadcasts it into
the room.
NAVIGATOR
We have just folded space from Ix...
EMPEROR
(extremely nervous)
Yes?... How was your journey?
NAVIGATOR
(after a long pause)
Many machines on Ix... new machines.
EMPEROR
Oh yes?
--
NAVIGATOR
Better than those on Richesse.. You are
transparent... I see many things... I see
plans within plans.
EMPEROR
Is there a problem?... Usually there is a
problem when one of you makes a visit.
No answer.
NAVIGATOR
(finally)
The answer is within the problem...
10. INT. HALLWAY - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT
Outside the Emperor's chamber the Reverend Mother
sits, her eyes closed, straining.
11. INT. THRONE ROOM - EMPEROR'S PALACE - REVEREND
MOTHER'S MENTAL IMAGE - NIGHT
A very blurred scene of the Emperor with the Guild
Navigator. She is not getting the English version
but a much different language version which is
fascinating to listen to. A lilting, sing-song
monologue.
12. INT. THRONE ROOM - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT
NAVIGATOR
I see two Great Houses -- House Atreides,
House Harkonnen -- feuding... I see you
behind it.
EMPEROR
Yes.
The Navigator breathes the spice-gas heavily and
swishes gently in his tank.
NAVIGATOR
You must share with us.
--
EMPEROR
The Atreides house is building a secret
army!... using a technique unknown to
us... a technique involving sound. The
Duke is becoming more popular in the
Landsraad... he could threaten me.... I
have ordered House Atreides to occupy
Arrakis to mine the spice... thus
replacing their enemies the Harkonnens....
House Atreides will not refuse because of
the tremendous power they think they will
gain. Then, at an appointed time Baron
Harkonnen will return to Arrakis and
launch a sneak attack on House Atreides...
I have promised the Baron five legions of
my Sardaukar terror troops.
NAVIGATOR
So the Harkonnens will rid you of House
Atreides...
EMPEROR
Yes.
13. INT. HALLWAY - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT
Outside, the Reverend Mother is seeing the scene
mentally. She suddenly sees and flinches.
14. INT. THRONE ROOM - EMPEROR'S PALACE - REVEREND
MOTHER'S MENTAL IMAGE - NIGHT
The Guild Navigator turns toward her and comes very
close to her. We hear the Navigator speak to her.
NAVIGATOR
(to Reverend Mother, mentally)
Reverend Mother... I will give you the
Tleilaxu Path.
REVEREND MOTHER (V.O.)
(an excited whisper)
A chance for escape? But for whom?
15. INT. THRONE ROOM - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT
EMPEROR
Can you hear me?... If this visit has
anything to do with spice...
--
The Guild Navigator shudders and swishes quite
violently in his tank.
NAVIGATOR
LISTEN TO ME!! The spice must flow... the
spice has given me accelerated evolution
for four thousand years... it has enabled
you to live two hundred years... the spice
helps make the sapho juice, which gives
the red-lipped mentats the ability to be
living computers... the secret side of
spice... the water of life.
16. INT. HALLWAY - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT
REVEREND MOTHER (V.O.)
He shouldn't speak of this...
15. BACK TO SCENE
NAVIGATOR
...gives the Bene Gesserit sisterhood the
metaphysical ability to see beyond...to
have superior powers... Our power to fold
space is in the spice... Without us, your
empire would be lost on isolated scattered
planets... You would be lost.
EMPEROR
I can assure you...
NAVIGATOR
Do not interrupt!!! Do not speak lightly
of the spice... ONE SMALL POINT...
16. BACK TO SCENE
REVEREND MOTHER (V.O.)
Here it comes...
17. INT. THRONE ROOM - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT
NAVIGATOR
We ourselves... foresee a slight problem
within House Atreides.... Paul.... Paul
Atreides.
EMPEROR
You mean, of course, Duke Leto Atreides...
his father.
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Page missing
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24. EXT. CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
High on the rock cliff stands Castle Caladan, Its
appearance us dark and medieval. There is a window
on the seaward wall lit from within...
25. INT. TRAINING ROOM - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
...by a drifting glowglobe. Paul sits at an L-shaped
table studying filmbooks and maps of Arrakis and the
Universe.
25A. INSERT - FILMBOOK
We SEE vast star fields and galaxies.
25. BACK TO SCENE
PAUL
(whispering)
Here we are now... nineteen light years
beyond...
25A. INSERT - FILMBOOK
We SEE the galaxies move as we HEAR a HUM.
PAUL (V.O.)
(whispering)
... beyond Epsilon Alangue... is Arrakis.
We HOLD on this, then we see Arrakis grow larger in
the filmbook screen and we SEE it is a planet of
vast deserts.
25. BACK TO SCENE
PAUL
(whispering again)
It does look dry....
25A. INSERT - FILMBOOK
The picture grows larger again, and we see the
Arrakeen Valley.
--
FILMBOOK (V.O.)
Each day the palms along the outer wall of
the Palace at Arrakeen consume enough
water to sustain the lives of one hundred
men. The palms were placed by the
Harkonnens to flaunt their water wealth in
front of the city Fremen.
25. BACK TO SCENE
PAUL
Where are the Harkonnens from here?
25A. INSERT - FILMBOOK
The star fields and galaxies move slightly then.
PAUL (V.O.)
(whispering)
There!... Geidi Prime and the Baron
Harkonnen... the enemy.
25. BACK TO SCENE
In the background, FOOTSTEPS grow louder, pounding
on thick wooden floors. THUFIR HAWAT, GURNEY HALLECK
and DR. YUEH enter. Paul has his back to the door.
Thufir suddenly looks perturbed when he notices
this.
PAUL
(without turning)
I know, Thufir, I'm sitting with my back
to the door.
Hawat suppresses a smile.
PAUL (CONT'D)
I heard you, Dr. Yueh and Gurney coming
down the hall.
THUFIR
Those sounds could be imitated.
PAUL
I'd know the difference.
Paul rises and turns to face them.
--
THUFIR
(inner voice)
Yes. Perhaps he would at that.
PAUL
My father sent you to test me. Music then?
Thufir scowls.
GURNEY
No music. I'm packing this for the
crossing. Shield practice.
PAUL
Shield practice? Gurney... we had practice
-- this morning..... I'm not in the mood.
GURNEY
(angered)
Not in the mood?! Mood's a thing for
cattle and love play... not fighting.
PAUL
I'm sorry Gurney.
GURNEY
Not sorry enough.
Gurney draws his knife.
25B. SHIELD EFFECT - THE FIGHT
Gurney activates his body shield, sending a
shimmering FORCE FIELD around his body. He advances
swiftly toward Paul. Paul snaps on his FORCE FIELD,
draws his knife and jumps back, collecting himself
hurriedly for the fight.
GURNEY
(his voice sounding strange through
the forcefield)
Guard yourself for true!
Gurney leaps high, then forward, pressing a furious
attack. Paul falls back. The shield edges CRACK
loudly as they touch each other.
PAUL
(inner voice)
What's gotten into Gurney? He's not
faking.
Paul presses forward and the fight moves quickly
around the room. The smell of ozone grows stronger
as the shields hit and SPARK off one another. Paul
directs a parry downwards, turns, and leads Gurney
against the table, plunging at just the right moment
to pin Gurney against the table top with his blade
right at Gurney's neck.
PAUL
(strange shielded voice)
Is this what you seek?
GURNEY
(strange shielded voice)
Good... the slow blade penetrates the
shield... but look down.
Paul looks and sees Gurney's blade at his groin.
GURNEY (CONT'D)
We'd have joined each other in death.
However, you did seem to finally get the
"mood".
PAUL
Would you really have drawn my blood?
GURNEY
If you'd fought one whit below your
abilities I'd have scratched you a good
one.
Paul stands and snaps off his shield as does Gurney.
25. BACK TO SCENE
PAUL
Things have been so serious here lately.
GURNEY
Yes. I sensed the play in you lad, but
this can no longer be play. Tomorrow we
leave for Arrakis! Arrakis is real. The
Harkonnens are real.
Thufir, Yueh, Gurney and Paul stare at each other
for a moment in silence. Dr. Yueh moves forward and
begins to take Paul's pulse rate and to collect
other data with a small black machine.
PAUL
Dr. Yueh, do you have any information on
the worms of Arrakis?
--
DR. YUEH
I have obtained a filmbook on a small
specimen... only 125 meters long.
PAUL
Only?!
They smile at each other.
DR. YUEH
There are have been documented sightings
of worms as large as 450 meters in the
deep desert -- far from where we'll be in
Arakeen.... The desert belt and the south
polar regions are marked forbidden....
Why?
PAUL
The storms and the worms. Is it true, that
the sand can blow at seven hundred
kilometers per hour?
YUEH
It can render flesh to dust in minutes.
And these dry winds can generate
tremendous static electricity in the
atmosphere. Our body shields won't have
enough power to operate in the open air on
Arrakis.
PAUL
Well, how do the Fremen survive there?
YUEH
We don't know much about the Fremen...
They live in the deep desert... some of
them in the cities and they have blue-
within-blue eyes...
PAUL
(smiling)
The eyes -- yes, yes... saturation of the
blood by the spice -- melange. Could the
spice affect us in other ways?
THUFIR
Many dangers exist on Arrakis. For one, we
know the Harkonnens would not have given
up their CHOAM company contract so easily.
PAUL
(rising)
The Harkonnens are our enemies, yes... but
behind them, I suspect, is the Emperor.
--
THUFIR
You will make a formidable Duke!
Paul bows.
THUFIR (CONT'D)
Now remember... the first step in avoiding
a trap is knowing of its existence.
PAUL
I know. But if it is a trap then why are
we going?
THUFIR
We have our new army.
(in the same breath)
Dr. Yueh, put the weirding module on him.
Thufir, noticing a SQUAD OF GUARDS at the other end
of the training room, calls out to them.
THUFIR (CONT'D)
Clear and lock the room.
Gurney activates a series of locks. LIGHTS GLOWS
above each doorway.
THUFIR (CONT'D)
Activate a fighter.
25C. ROBOT FIGHT
Suddenly a FIGHTER ROBOT lowers from the ceiling.
As the robot begins to rotate and go through several
frightening, complicated movements, Dr. Yueh places
a plastic device around Paul's neck. He tightens it
around the Adam's apple above Paul's voice box.
Paul turns and emits a very strange, powerful sound
through the weirding module as he rushes towards the
robot.
GURNEY
(to Yueh)
Precise control....
26. INT. HALLWAY - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
The hallway is empty in the foreground but in the
distance a changing of the guard is seen.
--
26A. through 26B. (Deleted)
27. INT. HALLWAY - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
Paul walks down the stairway. In the distance,
moving troops are packing Atreides belongings.
Beyond, Paul sees some troops carrying a large
bull's head. The horns are covered with dried
blood.
PAUL
The bull that killed my grandfather... is
this an evil omen?
Suddenly, DUNCAN IDAHO appears from behind the giant
black head.
PAUL
(happily)
Duncan!
DUNCAN
Paul.
(they shake hands)
I was on my way to say goodbye to you. I
have to go on ahead.
PAUL
Why? I wish you were coming with us.
DUNCAN
It's something for your father. He wants
to talk to you.
(places hand on Paul's chest)
I'll see you in Arrakis. May the hand of
God be with you.
PAUL
May the hand of God be with us all,
Duncan.
28. EXT. CLIFF WALL - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
Paul walks to meet his father near the wall.
PAUL
(diffident)
Father.
DUKE LETO
Thank you for joining me, Paul.
(voice tired)
It will be good to get to our new home and
have all this upset behind us.
--
28A. (Deleted)
28B. DUKE LETO AND PAUL AGAINST SEA
They look out over the sea. A huge wave crashes
below.
The Duke turns to Paul.
DUKE LETO (CONT'D)
(inner voice)
My son.
(out loud)
Thufir Hawat has served House Atreides
three generations.... He swears you are
the finest student he's ever taught.
Yueh, Gurney and Duncan say the same....
It makes me feel very proud...
PAUL
I want you to be proud of me.
Paul smiles up at his father. The WIND blows the
Duke's hair and behind him stands the castle and the
green and black Atreides banner against the night
sky beyond. The RAIN starts again -- lightly. Paul
takes a closer look at the Atreides banner moving in
the wind.
DUKE LETO
(studying the dark sea below)
I'll miss the sea... but a person needs
new experiences... they jar something deep
inside, allowing him to grow. Without
change, something sleeps inside us... and
seldom awakens... The sleeper must awaken.
Paul's attention goes to his father's hand where he
sees the Duke's signet ring. Again he smiles at his
father.
FADE TO:
29. through 29A. (Deleted)
30. INT. PAUL'S ROOM - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
Paul is sweating during his sleep and WHISPERS as if
struggling with some disturbing thought.
--
PAUL
Arrakis... Dune... Desert
Planet...Arrakis... Desert Planet...
moving... moving.
31. DARK WATER - MENTAL IMAGE
We see Paul's dream. It is very dark.
PAUL (V.O.)
Arrakis... Dune... Desert Planet.
Suddenly a drop falls into the black, and white hot
widening rings appear on the dark water's surface.
Darkness again. Two moons rise in the darkness. As
the second appears:
VOICE
The second moon, your moon...
31A. INT. RESERVOIR - SIETCH TABR - NIGHT
Dark again. A figure turns toward Paul. It is a
BEAUTIFUL GIRL in deep shadow. She speaks.
BEAUTIFUL GIRL
Tell me of your homeworld, Usul.
32. INT. PAUL'S ROOM - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
CU Paul's face in fitful sleep.
33. EXT. COURTYARD - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
In a small stone courtyard, the back-lit figure of a
woman moves towards us through the heavy RAIN and
darkness. As she nears us, the large, protective
glowglobe overtakes her and in an instant we see a
beautiful woman -- JESSICA.
JESSICA
(inner voice)
I know she has come to test him... no man
has ever been tested with the box... only
Bene Gesserit women. I may lose my son.
The doors open, she meets the Reverend Mother Gaius
Helen Mohiam (the Emperor's truthsayer) and takes
her back toward the Castle. The rain rushes loudly
into the storm drains.
--
34. INT. PAUL'S ROOM - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
PAUL
(whispering again)
Arrakis... Dune... Desert planet...
moving... moving.
CU Paul's face.
Paul's eyes snap open. He hears footsteps outside
his door. As the door opens he closes his eyes,
however, and he pretends to be asleep. Jessica and
the Reverend Mother enter and stand in the doorway
looking at him.
REVEREND MOTHER
We'll salvage what we can... but I can
tell you.. dear God... for the father...
nothing.
Jessica turns to the Reverend Mother, stunned! She
turns back to look at Paul. Her hands tremble.
REVEREND MOTHER (CONT'D)
Did you really think that you could bear
the Kwisatz Haderach?... How dare you!
REVEREND MOTHER
My greatest student... and my greatest
disappointment.... He's awake!... He's
listening to us.
(considering)
Good... Ready yourself, young Paul
Atreides... I want to see you in your
mother's chamber in one quarter of an
hour.
She turns and walks away. Jessica remains at the
door and calls out to Paul in the darkness.
JESSICA
Paul?... This is very important...
Jessica leaves, closing the door behind her. Paul
sits up in bed.
PAUL
Kwisatz Haderach?... For the father...
nothing?
35. INT. JESSICA'S CHAMBER - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
Jessica and the Reverend Mother enter. It is quite
dark. Jessica WHISPERS a code number and a glowglobe
LIGHTS on a very dim setting.
--
REVEREND MOTHER
(angrily)
Jessica... You were told to bear only
daughters to the Atreides... Jessica!
JESSICA
It meant so much to him...
REVEREND MOTHER
You thought only of a Duke's desire for a
son?... Desires don't figure in this! An
Atreides daughter could have been wed to a
Harkonnen heir and sealed the breach. We
may lose both blood lines now.
JESSICA
I vowed never to regret my decision. I'll
pay for my own mistakes.
REVEREND MOTHER
And your son will pay with you.
42. INT. DUKE LETO'S QUARTERS - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
Under a dim glowglobe, the DUKE is writing a note on
a scroll-like piece of paper.
Finishing reading, the Duke seals the message in a
cylinder and presses his signet ring, with a red
hawk symbol of House of Atreides, into a hole, which
seals the cylinder with a swift HISSING.
He pauses, studying the metal tube. With a VOICE
COMMAND, he extinguishes the glowglobe above him. He
leans back in his chair as lightning flashes outside
the window.
FADE TO:
35. BACK TO SCENE
Paul enters the room and Jessica closes the door
behind them.
JESSICA
Paul, this is the Reverend Mother Gaius
Helen Mohiam. She is going to... observe
you...
(to Reverend Mother)
Please...
--
REVEREND MOTHER
Jessica, you know it must be done. I
enjoin you to stand guard at the door and
practice the meditation of peace.
JESSICA
Your Reverence.
PAUL
(inner voice)
What does she fear?
(out loud)
What about my Father?
JESSICA
Paul... please, Paul... listen to the
Reverend Mother and do what she tells you.
Jessica leaves the room. The Reverend Mother speaks
to Paul using The Voice, a Bene Gesserit training
which permits an adept to control others merely by
selected tone shadings of the voice. It sounds as if
two people are talking -- one normal and the other
gutteral and slightly electronic. The effect is
strange, yet subtle.
REVEREND MOTHER
(using The Voice)
Now you come here.
Paul finds he cannot help but obey her, yet he
fights her controlling him.
PAUL
(inner voice)
She's using The Voice.
(out loud)
No.
She sees him struggling.
REVEREND MOTHER
(inner voice)
Some strength there. Surprising!
(out loud)
Come here.
The Reverend Mother holds up a green metal cube.
REVEREND MOTHER (CONT'D)
See this... Put your right hand in the
box.
Paul stares at the hole in the box.
--
PAUL
What's in the box?
REVEREND MOTHER
Pain.
Just then, she raises one hand to his neck. Paul
sees a glint of metal. He tries to back away.
REVEREND MOTHER (CONT'D)
(The Voice)
STOP! Put your hand in the box.
Paul's hand goes in. Fear passes over his face.
PAUL
(inner voice)
The Voice again.
REVEREND MOTHER
I hold at your neck the gom jabbar. Don't
pull away or you'll feel that poison. A
Duke's son must know about many poisons --
this one kills only animals.
PAUL
Are you suggesting a Duke's son is an
animal?
REVEREND MOTHER
Let us say I suggest you may be human.
Your awareness may be powerful enough to
control your instincts. Your instincts
will be to remove your hand from the box.
If you do so you will die. You will feel
an itching -- there... see? Now the
itching becomes burning... heat, upon
heat, upon heat.
PAUL
(whispering)
It burns.
REVEREND MOTHER
SILENCE... SILENCE.
PAUL
(inner voice)(struggling to compose
himself)
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little death that brings total
obliteration. I will face my fear... I
will permit it to pass over me and through
me.
--
The Reverend Mother moves her face up to his. Her
ancient face with its metal teeth gleaming inches
away breathes hotly. She is smiling.
REVEREND MOTHER
You feel the flesh crisping?
36. THE HAND - PAUL'S MENTAL IMAGE
Paul's inner mind sees his hand on fire with all
sorts of sores. The skin is bubbling.
37. INT. JESSICA'S CHAMBER - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
REVEREND MOTHER
Flesh dropping off.
38. THE HAND - PAUL'S MENTAL IMAGE
He pictures this. The destruction of his hand is
complete -- now only blood spurts out and burns.
39. INT. JESSICA'S CHAMBER - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
Paul's face registers extreme pain.
PAUL
(cannot help the explosion)
THE PAIN!
REVEREND MOTHER
NO!! ENOUGH!! Kull wahad! No woman child
ever withstood that much. I must have
wanted you to fail. Take your hand out of
the box and look at it, young human.... Do
it!
Paul pulls his hand out of the box. No sign of
anything wrong. He turns his hand, flexes his
fingers. He looks to the Reverend Mother.
REVEREND MOTHER (CONT'D)
(explaining)
Pain by nerve induction... A human can
resist any pain. Our test is crisis and
observation.
PAUL
I see the truth of it.
--
REVEREND MOTHER
(inner voice)
Could he be the one?... Maybe... but will
he be ours to control?
(out loud)
You know when people speak the truth?
PAUL
I know it.
Suddenly the Reverend Mother holds her hand against
Paul's head. She closes her eyes.
40. INT. RESERVOIR - SIETCH TABR - NIGHT - REVEREND
MOTHER'S MENTAL IMAGE
She sees a blurred image of Paul's earlier dream.
She sees the beautiful girl turn. She hears a
muffled voice say "Tell me of your homeworld, Usul".
41. INT. JESSICA'S CHAMBER - CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT
REVEREND MOTHER
Your mother wants you to tell me about
your dreams. I only want to know one
thing.... Do they come true?
PAUL
Not all of them... I know which ones will.
REVEREND MOTHER
Perhaps you are the Kwisatz Haderach.
PAUL
What is it?
REVEREND MOTHER
(profoundly)
The person who can be many places at
once... the one who bridges space and
time.... He will look where we cannot.
PAUL
Where?
REVEREND MOTHER
Do you know of the Water of Life?... the
Truthsayer drug?
PAUL
I have heard of it.
--
REVEREND MOTHER
It is very dangerous... very painful. The
Bene Gesserit sisterhood drink it to see
within.... There is a place terrifying to
us... to women. It is said a man will
come... the Kwisatz Haderach... he will go
where we cannot... Many men have tried...
PAUL
Did they try and fail?
REVEREND MOTHER
They tried and died....
(she calls out loudly)
Jessica!
Jessica enters immediately and sees with great
relief that Paul is still active.
REVEREND MOTHER
I sense your teachings in him. Ignore the
regular order of training. His safety
requires The Voice.
PAUL
I've heard enough of my safety... What
about my father?... I heard you talking.
You speak as if he was dead. Well, he
isn't!
JESSICA
Paul!
She tries to hold him.
PAUL
Well he isn't... and he won't die... Tell
me he won't die!
REVEREND MOTHER
What can be done has been done.
PAUL
MOTHER! Tell me!
The Reverend Mother covers herself and moves quickly
to the door.
--
42A. Through 45. (Deleted)
46. EXT. GEIDI PRIME - DAY
HOME PLANET OF HOUSE HARKONNEN - As seen from space,
the black planet as we saw it in Paul's filmbook.
47. EXT. GEIDI PRIME - DAY
The surface of the planet is a vast sea of black
oil. A small cable car traverses high above the sea
toward a gigantic black city in the shape of a
rectangular box over 100 stories high. Before the
city there are rows of huge black towering steel
heads atop massive furnaces. SMOKE billows out of
their mouths.
48. INT. CABLE CAR - GIEDI PRIME - DAY
Inside the cable car stands PITER. In one hand he
holds the cylinder with DUKE Leto's ring imprint.
PITER
It is by will alone I set my mind in
motion.
It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts
acquire speed -
The lips acquire stains -
The stains become a warning -
It is by will alone I set my mind in
motion.
48A. INT. GREEN PORCELAIN ROOM - GEIDI PRIME
Somewhere in the interior of Geidi Prime, we are in
a green porcelain room. Two large Harkonnen
soldiers, using large hoses, are washing down the
walls and floors of the room. WE MOVE DOWN into the
water rushing along the floor towards troughs.
Closer, WE SEE bits of flesh, hair, and blood.
49. EXT. GEIDI PRIME - DAY
The car zooms past gigantic faces, and the furnaces
far below ROAR with tremendous power. The city now
looms gigantic and overpowering -- millions of
electrical cables stretch off the top into dark
energy taps above the city.
--
50. INT. GEIDI PRIME - DAY
Inside the city the cable car passes into a huge
inner chamber filled with open-topped lime green
porcelain rooms with tremendous electrical lines
criss-crossing above.
51. (Deleted)
52. INT. BARON'S ROOM - GEIDI PRIME - DAY
In front of a huge steam boiler, the cable car stops
and Piter gets out, steps down steel stairs and
enters a porcelain room where the Baron is being
treated by a DOCTOR for sores on his face and body.
The doctor uses a lasbeam on a big sore on the
Baron's lips. The Baron is sickly and hugely fat and
sweaty and looks like he has been sickly for some
time. He turns to Piter as he enters the room.
PITER
My Lord!
BARON
Piter.
Piter moves up to the Baron.
PITER
The Atreides will be leaving Caladan soon,
Baron, and I have here your answer from
Duke Leto.
BARON
What does Leto say, Piter?
PITER
He wishes to inform you that Vendetta --
as he puts it, using the ancient tongue,
the art of Kanly -- is still alive. He
does not wish to meet or speak with you.
BARON
(swallowing; angry)
I made my peace gesture... the forms of
Kanly have been obeyed.
He throws down the cylinder.
PITER
As you instructed me, I have enlightened
your nephews concerning my plan t...
--
BARON
My plan!
PITER
The plan to crush the Atreides. Feyd,
Rabban... go quietly... no other great
house of the Landsraad must ever know of
the Emperor's aid to the Baron. The
entire Landsraad would turn against the
Baron and the Emperor.
DOCTOR
Put the pick in there Pete
And turn it round real neat.
His assistant does so.
Rabban breaks open a squood (living food). The
squood makes a tiny SCREAM, then Rabban drinks the
blood and bodily fluids. He throws the empty
container of tiny animal meat into the dark water
trough running through the center of the room.
Across the room, TWO HARKONNEN SOLDIERS enter,
holding big guns on a BOY who is wearing white
pants. The Baron smiles when he sees the boy, who
is deeply afraid. The guards force the boy to
arrange violet flowers on a stand by the far wall
opposite the Baron.
BARON
(as the Baron watches the boy)
You're so beautiful my Baron
Your skin, love to me
Your diseases lovingly cared for
For all eternity.
BARON
I will have Arrakis back for myself... he
who controls the Spice, controls the
universe... and what Piter didn't tell you
is we have control of someone who is very
close to Duke Leto. This person... this
traitor... will be worth more to us than
ten legions of Sardaukar.
FEYD
Who is the traitor?
BARON
(laughs)
I won't tell you who the traitor is or
when we'll attack. However, the Duke will
die before these eyes and he'll know that
it is I -- Baron Vladimir Harkonnen -- who
encompasses his doom.
--
The Baron gives a hand signal and seven gates in the
wall open, emitting tremendous SOUNDS. Suddenly the
Baron begins to float straight up, twenty-five feet
in the air. It is a frightening sight. He floats
down under the giant, humming electrical tube light
and rubs his head and body with a black fluid which
drips from tiny holes in either side of the pink
glow. Feyd and Rabban watch nervously. The
Attendants stand completely still with fear.
The Baron swoops down to the Boy, who stands
petrified. The Harkonnen guards smile nervously as
they step slightly backwards. The boy begins
SCREAMING as the Baron pulls the boy's heart plug,
located in his chest. The violet flowers are bumped
and disarrayed by the violence which ensues. Then
the Baron turns smiling to Feyd as the SOUNDS
continue to roar.
52A. through 52B. (Deleted)
52C. EXT. ATREIDES SHIP - CALADAN - DAY
A DRUM CORPS pounds out a powerful cadence in front
of a water and cannon show as the Duke, Paul and
Jessica mount the steel stairs to their ship. In
the doorway, they turn back for a final look.
The Duke places a hand on Paul's shoulder. We see
the signet ring. Jessica is there. She tries to
get Paul to look at her but he scowls and turns to
his father.
JESSICA
(turning away)
(inner voice)
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-
killer... the little death that brings
total obliteration...
The door of the spaceship closes.
53. EXT. HEIGHLINER - SPACE
3,415 Atreides ships are approaching the Guild
Heighliner, which is staggeringly colossal. The
Atreides ships look like dots next to the sun. The
Duke's ship enters the frame and moves toward the
Heighliner.
53A. through 54. (Deleted)
--
55. INT. ATREIDES SHIP - SPACE
Paul, Jessica and Duke Leto look out the forward
viewing glass as tiny lights move outside in the
darkness. They hear and feel their ship stop with a
huge, echoing, metallic jolt. They look at each
other in the silence which follows.
DUKE LETO
Soon they'll begin to fold space.
PAUL
(inner voice)
Far off in the control rooms....
Travelling without moving.
They wait.
56. (Deleted)
57. INT. CONTROL ROOM - HEIGHLINER - SPACE
We pass through electrical shields into a 2,000-foot
high control room filled with orange spice gas. On
the floor are large gratings covering an exhaust and
filtering system. Tons of spice gas are being
converted into the clouds of gas along a wall of
machinery. From within a dark metal tunnel comes a
Guild Navigator. He exits the tunnel and swims
through the gas 1,000 feet to a six-dimensional
layered miniature replica of the entire Universe.
The Navigator emits a long piece of light from his
mouth which travels to one edge of the Universe and
changes into a likeness of the planet Caladan. The
Navigator turns and emits another piece of light
which travels to the opposite side of the Universe.
It changes into a likeness of Arrakis. The Navigator
begins to put his slender fingers in amongst the
stars and he emits SOUNDS and bursts of light into
the mass of stars and galaxies. The Universe begins
to vibrate and elongate, then to curve. Electrical
lightening traverses from Caladan to Arrakis as the
Universe bends into a U-shape. Arrakis submerges
deep into the light. The navigator swims to the
point where Arrakis disappeared. He begins to pull
and tear a hole in the Universe. Stars like sparks
and SOUNDS and rings of light appear, along with a
roaring WIND. The Navigator swims deep into this
hole through the rings of light. The Navigator
becomes more and more transparent, until he's lost
in darkness. The sounds fade.
--
58. through 60. (Deleted)
60A. EXT. HEIGHLINER - ABOVE ARRAKIS - SPACE
Suddenly, the real planet Arrakis appears and the
giant Heighliner materializes above it.
61. through 63A. (Deleted)
63B. EXT. ARRAKEEN - DAY
Through a brownish-orange haze appears the dusty
valley of Arrakeen.
64. INT./EXT. THE ATREIDES SHIP - DAY ARRAKEEN
The Atreides ship has landed at Arrakeen. The door
is open - the family walk down the steps - DUKE LETO
with his dog - PAUL and JESSICA.
64A. through 64C. (Deleted)
65. EXT. GROUNDS - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
... clusters of troops standing at attention around
the enormous dark, cool doorway as the Duke, Paul
and Jessica enter the Palace.
65A. through 65B. (Deleted)
65C. EXT. PALACE - ARRAKEEN - DAY
The Atreides banner is raised on the top of the
Palace.
66. (Deleted)
--
67. INT. MILITARY SUB-BASEMENT ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE -
DAY
Atreides army soldiers milling, YELLING noisily.
68. INT. PASSAGEWAY - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY.
In a darkened passageway, fans turn, casting deep,
slow-moving shadows. SOUNDS ECHO in the distance.
69. INT. COMMUNICATIONS ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
A room of technicians and electronic gear. The
SIGNALS are being heard and interpreted.
ATREIDES TECHNICIAN
Harkonnens.
70. EXT. BLACK ROCK - ARRAKEEN - DAY
Far in the distance in deep black rock, Harkonnen
spies move, carrying strange electronic equipment.
71. (Deleted)
72. INT. PASSAGEWAY - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Thufir marches down a hallway with a squad of TROOPS
with electronic gadgetry, LIGHTS and SOUNDS going
constantly.
THUFIR
(into a radio microphone)
Why isn't the shield up yet?
73. INT. GENERATOR ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Down in the basement, Atreides engineers are
removing a complicated device from heavy machinery.
A MAN radios back to Thufir.
ATREIDES RADIO MAN
We found and removed another sabotage
device. I think it will go up now.
--
The engineers activate a series of atometric
Holtzman generators. Suddenly SOUNDS begin. The
machines start; at first low, then they WHINE
upwards to a high pitch. When the pitch is steady, a
series of levers are pulled.
74. EXT. PALACE - ARRAKEEN - DAY
Just after the second set of levers is pulled, a
huge house shield is seen going up in a box shape,
encompassing the Palace with SHIMMERING protection.
75. EXT. WINDOW - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
From a small window, Thufir observes the shield with
a critical eye.
THUFIR
(inner voice; worried)
We found these sabotage devices too
easily...
76. INT. GREAT HALL - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Two giant glowglobes drift into the Great Hall where
Jessica and Dr. Yueh stand watching a giant bull's
head is being hung above the massive fireplace. The
MOVING TROOPS are unpacking crates and organizing
furnishings. Jessica watches them. Distant SOUNDS
reverberate inside an elaborate air vent beside
them.
DR. YUEH
Listen here.... You can here the people of
Arrakeen outside.... Can you here the cry
"Soo Soo Sook" of the water sellers?
JESSICA
So many reminders of the scarcity of
water.
DR. YUEH
Have you noticed the line of palms along
the wall... the Harkonnen put them in...
to flaunt their water wealth in front of
these people.... Each day those palms take
enough water to sustain the life of one
hundred men.
JESSICA
The way you say Harkonnen... I didn't know
you had so much reason to hate them.
DR. YUEH
(swiftly)
My wife... you didn't know my wife...
they...
--
JESSICA
(out loud)
Forgive me...
(inner voice)
... His wife was Bene Gesserit too... the
signs are al over him.... They must have
killed here.
Jessica sees a droplet of sweat break out on Yueh's
cheek.
DR. YUEH
I'm sorry I'm unable to talk about it.
Above them a series of iron curtains begins to open
over deep rock window slots, sending narrow shafts
of light down across the room. TWO ATREIDES WOMEN in
uniform approach.
ATREIDES WOMAN #1
(referring to several robed figures
standing in the room)
My lady... the local people... the maids
and servants await your inspection. Hawat
has cleared them.
Dr. Yueh turns to Jessica.
DR. YUEH
The Harkonnens may have tampered
medically.... please wait.
He turns a yellow light on a moves it over the
crowd. The yellow light beam plays over the blue-
within-blue eyes. One of the women, the Shadout
Mapes, watches Jessica continuously. Yueh's hand
shakes slightly.
JESSICA
(inner voice; noticing Yueh's hands)
He's hiding something -- holding something
back.
(She studies his face closely.)
It's not just his wife... He's a good man
though. He's probably trying to save my
feelings...
(We see her mouth.)
I could use The Voice... make him tell
me... It would only shame him.
(We see her eyes.)
I must place more trust in my friends.
(We see Yueh turn toward her,
fearful.)
--
77. INT. PASSAGEWAY - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Paul wanders through the darkened passageways alone,
his footsteps echoing as goes. He takes pleasure
observing the details of the rock Palace but all the
while he feels an uneasiness -- a feeling of fear
builds in him.
78. INT. PAUL'S BEDROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Paul enters a small bedroom and sits down on the
bed. He opens the filmbook, and activates it.
78A. INSERT - FILMBOOK
We SEE a gigantic carryall lower down above a spice
harvester and pick it up off the desert floor as a
narrator speaks over.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
One carryall handles four spice mining
teams; however, it will fly only two
harvesters at a time. Today, we have nine
hundred and thirty harvesters and nine
hundred and eighty-one carryalls....
78. BACK TO SCENE
Paul looks up. Across the room he sees a tray of
small pastries which have been laid out. He goes to
them and scans them with his poison detector, which
he carries on his belt. A pleasant tone SOUNDS and
the word "safe" appears in green light. Paul takes a
pastry bites it and turns back towards the bed.
Suddenly he stops. He looks at the pastry.
PAUL
(inner voice)
Spice...
As he continues eating he notices the sunlight
through the slates over the window begins to GLOW
white hot. Paul's eyes are intense as the light
GLOWS brilliantly.
PAUL (CONT'D)
(whispering inner voice)
Terrible purpose.... What is it?
78B. INSERT - RED DROPLETS
Some red droplets appear rushing through the white
light. Three images follow:
MENTAL IMAGES:
79. INT. CONTROL ROOM - EMPEROR'S PALACE - DAY
A blurred Guild Navigator.
--
Page Missing
--
SHADOUT MAPES
I am the Shadout Mapes... the housekeeper.
PAUL
A Fremen... Could she be the operator?
No...
SHADOUT MAPES
I must cleanse the way between us.... You
saved my life... and we Fremen pay our
debts. It's known to us that you've a
traitor in your midst. Who it is we cannot
say but we're certain of it.
PAUL
(inner voice)
A traitor...
Before he can speak the Shadout Mapes is gone --
running off down the passageway. Jessica enters.
PAUL (CONT'D)
(looks to Jessica)
There is a traitor among us.
80A. (Deleted)
81. INT. PASSAGEWAY - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Running TROOPS storm down the hallway with
electronic gear and big stun guns.
--
82. INT. PASSAGEWAY - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Thufir walks quickly toward SEVERAL TROOPS.
THUFIR
Set up a sonar probe immediately!
83. INT. AUTOPSY ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Dr. Yueh sticks his head out the doorway as SEVERAL
TROOPERS run past.
84. INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Duke Leto is calling on a radio phone. GENERALS
surround him, as well as Gurney.
DUKE LETO
(on phone)
Thufir?... anything?... keep looking.
(Inner voice)
...and a traitor... God help us.
85. INT. SUB-SUB-SUB-BASEMENT - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
TROOPS come off an elevator. The glow-span indicates
the very bottom floor of 18 sub-floors. The ground
is uneven rock and the ceiling is low. The troops
fan out shining chemical lamps here and there. A
soldier suddenly stops. Ahead in his light is a dead
Harkonnen -- bloody vomit dried around his mouth. He
lies beside an electronic device.
86. INT. AUTOPSY ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Dr. Yueh covers his face with his hands in a
darkened room... sobbing.
86A. EXT. WALL - ARRAKEEN PALACE - NIGHT
SEARCHLIGHTS sweep over the faces of City Fremen who
are sitting or moving solemnly around the outer wall
of the Palace. Some are chanting "Mahdi" and "Lisan
al-Gaib." Others hold up one open hand as a sign
they feel the messiah is near. A slow-moving spike-
backed dog sucks ants up out of a small anthill; he
snorts.
86B. INT. GREAT HALL - ARRAKEEN PALACE - NIGHT
In the darkened Hall we can HEAR the distant sound
of the Fremen reverberating.
--
87. INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Duke Leto sits with Paul, Thufir, EIGHT GENERALS and
SIX SUB-LIEUTENANTS. The Duke's small dog wanders
under the table and rests his head on the Duke's
boot. In front of Thufir is a device FLASHING
brilliant light bursts over his face. The others are
all talking among themselves. Suddenly Thufir's face
turns brilliant red (as red as his sapho-stained
lips) and he begins speaking rapidly into the
machine in code using a strained high voice.
--
THUFIR
(Mentat voice)
Sector 6 - 80 -- copy the sixth -- the
summit -- the eight the quadrant over the
ninth plus eighty -- four circles -- weave
the eighty and call the fourth copy --
enter nine -- seven by seven a seven the
seven call seven B seven -- enter the
circles call the sixth copy the sixth over
the summit.... eight.
The machine FLASHES several bright irregular
SIGNALS. Then it stops and HUMS. The blood leaves
Thufir's face.
THUFIR (CONT'D)
(very fast and casually)
Eight.... Thufir Hawat... Mentat... Master
of Assassins.
The hum stops. Thufir turns to Duke Leto. He looks
up. Everyone is quiet now.
THUFIR (CONT'D)
The Palace is now secure. The city of
Arrakeen is under martial law... we have
troops here headquartered underground on
sub-floors six through ten. The rest of
the troops are stationed in Arrakeen and
we have some on the airfield. Our new army
is still training, but everything is
shielded.... With the shielding, we are
impenetrable. Dr. Kynes is waiting, Sire,
for your inspection of spice mining
operations, but since the attempt of the
young master, I am against your leaving
the Palace.
DUKE LETO
(very angry)
The attempt failed... Harkonnen captives
have already been taken. We must crush the
Harkonnen machine on Arrakis.... You all
know what to do.
(Turning towards Gurney)
...Gurney! We desperately need more spice
miners... many are threatening to leave on
the next shuttle. We need spice drivers,
weather scanners, dune men ... any with
open sand experience. You must persuade
them to enlist with us.
--
GURNEY
They shall come all for violence: their
faces shall sup as the east wind. And they
shall gather the captivity of the sand.
DUKE LETO
(squints at Gurney)
Very moving, Gurney. On your way... and
take care of Dr. Kynes until Paul and I
arrive. We will not be prisoners here in
this place.
GURNEY
(artfully easing the Duke's anger)
Behold as a wild ass in the desert go I
forth to my work.
Gurney strides off. Thufir sits, contemplating. Paul
and Duke Leto smile at each other and shake their
heads.
88. INT. JESSICA'S CHAMBER - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Jessica is sitting in a small room, smiling, reading
a note. It reads "I miss you. Leto." She sets the
note down. She begins to tremble. She becomes
fearful. In her mind she SEES quick images:
MENTAL IMAGES
89. INT. CONTROL ROOM - HEIGHLINER
A blurred Guild Navigator.
89A. INT. MAKER ROOM - SEITCH TABR - NIGHT
Paul dead on a stone floor.
89B. EXT. ARRAKEEN PALACE - NIGHT
Fire burning.
90. INT. JESSICA'S CHAMBER - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Jessica continues to tremble.
JESSICA
(inner voice)
I must speak with you Leto!
--
91. INT. PASSAGEWAY - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Outside in the passageway, feet suddenly move
quietly toward the door to Jessica's room.
92. INT. JESSICA'S CHAMBER - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Jessica HEARS this and looks up just as the Shadout
Mapes silently enters her room.
JESSICA
(staring at the blue-eyed woman --
waiting for possible danger.)
Yes?
SHADOUT MAPES
I am the Shadout Mapes, your housekeeper,
Noble Born. What are your orders.
JESSICA
You may refer to me as "my lady." I am not
noble born. I'm the bound concubine of
Duke Leto -- mother of the heir
designate.... "Shadout"... that's an
ancient word.
MAPES
(strangely asked)
You know the ancient tongues?
JESSICA
I know the Bhotani Jib and Chakobsa, all
the hunting languages.
MAPES
As the legend says.
JESSICA
(inner voice)
That's it! The Missionaria Protectiva has
been here planting protective legends
against a day of Bene Gesserit need. And
that day has come. I must play out this
sham.
(out loud)
I know the Dark things and the way of the
Great Mother. Miseces prejin.
Mapes takes a step backward to flee.
JESSICA (CONT'D)
I know many things. I know you came
prepared for violence with a weapon in
your bodice.
--
MAPES
My lady, I... the weapon was sent as a
gift if you should prove to be the one.
JESSICA
And the means of my death should I prove
otherwise.
(inner voice)
Now we will see which way the decision
tips.
Slowly Mapes reaches into her dress and brings out a
sheathed knife. She unleashes it.
MAPES
Do you know this my lady?
JESSICA
(inner voice)
It could only be one thing....
(out loud)
It's a crysknife.
MAPES
Say it not lightly...
(very slowly)
Do you know its meaning?
JESSICA
(inner voice)
Here is why this Fremen has taken service
with me, to ask that one question. Delay
is as dangerous as the wrong answer.
Shadout is Chakobsa... knife, in Chakobsa
is... maker of death.
(out loud)
It's a maker...
Mapes SCREAMS with elation and grief.
JESSICA (CONT'D)
(inner voice)
Maker?... Maker is the key word... the
tooth of the worm? That was close...
(out loud)
Did you think that I, knowing the
mysteries of the Great Mother, would not
know the maker?
MAPES
My lady, when one has lived with prophecy
for so long, the moment of revelation is a
shock.
Mapes sheathes the blade... slowly
--
JESSICA
(inner voice)
There's more here... yes!
(out loud)
Mapes, you've sheathed that blade
unblooded.
With a GASP Mapes drops the knife into Jessica's
hands and opens her blouse.
MAPES
Take the water of my life!
Jessica withdraws the knife from the sheath and,
with the blade, scratches a line just above Mapes'
right breast.
MAPES (CONT'D)
You are ours.... You are the one.
Jessica's eyes stare ahead. She knows these words
ring with truth.
93. INT. TUNNEL - OBSERVATION ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE -
DAY
The Duke, Paul and SEVERAL ARMED GUARDS enter a
tunnel to a `thopter landing pad which is
illuminated by a shaft of light coming from a
chimney-like exit above. DR. KYNES and his Fremen
guard are standing next to Gurney.
KYNES
(to Gurney)
So, this is Leto the Just...
GURNEY
(sharply)
I hope I made myself clear. You may call
him "The Duke," "My lord," or "Sire." And
there is a more ancient term you might
keep in mind -- "Noble Born."
KYNES
(inner voice)
Play out your little comedy while you can
off-worlders...
Gurney turns and activates a device...
93A. INSERT - ORNITHOPTER OPENING
...which causes the ornithopter behind to fold open
ready for flight.
--
93B. INT. TUNNEL - OBSERVATION ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE -
DAY
The two parties meet and are introduced.
DUKE LETO
So you are Dr. Kynes, the Imperial
Ecologist?
KYNES
(turning to Gurney)
I prefer the more ancient term,
planetologist... Noble Born.
DUKE LETO
This is my son, Paul.
PAUL
Are you a Fremen?
KYNES
I am a servant of the His Majesty the
Emperor. I have served His Majesty on
Arrakis long enough for my eyes to change.
PAUL
(inner voice)
He's hiding something.
DUKE LETO
I understand we have you to thank for
these stillsuits, Doctor.
KYNES
They are Fremen suits. I hope they fit
well, my lord.
PAUL
"Your gift is a blessing of the river."
Kynes' FREMEN GUARDS, hearing this are siezed with
agitation. Kynes QUIETS them, then studies Paul.
KYNES
(inner voice)
The Mahdi will greet you with holy words
and your gifts will be a blessing.
(spoken, nonchalantly)
Most of the desert natives here are a
superstitious lot. They mean no harm. With
your permission, I will check the security
of your suits.
Gurney and the guard move forward warily.
GURNEY
(angrily)
The Duke is to be addresses as...
--
Kynes comes forward and adjusts the Duke's suit,
checking seals and pulling on straps.
KYNES
Basically...
GURNEY
(leaping forward to protect his Duke)
Sire!
DUKE LETO
It's all right Gurney.
Gurney steps back.
GURNEY
Yes, Sire.
KYNES
It's a high-efficiency filter and heat
exchange system. Perspiration passes
through the first layer and is gathered in
the second. The salt is separated.
Breathing and walking provide the pumping
action. The reclaimed water circulates to
catchpockets from which you can drink
through this tube at your neck. Urine and
feces are processed in the thigh pads.
Should you be in the open desert, remember
to breathe in through your mouth, out
through the nose tubes.
The Duke is now properly fitted. Kynes places the
noseplug into his nose.
KYNES (CONT'D)
With a Fremen suit in good working order,
one can sustain life for weeks, even in
the deep desert.
He removes the noseplug.
DUKE LETO
My thanks.
KYNES
With your permission...
Kynes turns to Paul, running his hands over the
slick fabric. He stands back with a puzzled
expression.
--
KYNES
You've worn a stillsuit before?
PAUL
No.
KYNES
Your suit is fitted desert fashion. Who told you how
to do that?
PAUL
No one. It... seemed the proper way.
KYNES
That it is.
(inner voice)
He shall know your ways as if born to
them.
Kyne's Fremen guard are watching Paul very closely
now.
GURNEY
We're wasting time, Sire.
Duke Leto, Dr. Kynes, Gurney and Paul enter the
ornithopter...
88. Through 89B. (Deleted)
90. INT. JESSICA'S CHAMBER - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Jessica trembles.
JESSICA
(inner voice)
I must speak with you Leto!
91. Through 92. (Deleted)
93C. EXT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER - TUNNEL - ARRAKEEN PALACE
- DAY
...and the thopter turns slowly as it goes up into
the light.
93D. (Deleted)
--
93E. EXT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER - DAY
From outside the Palace's atomic shield we see the
blur of the ornithopter pass through a porthole and
come out perfect like a gleaming jewel.
93F. Through 94. (Deleted)
94A. INT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER - DAY
KYNES
Southeast over the Shield Wall. That's
where I told your sandmaster to
concentrate his harvesting.
95. EXT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER - DAY
They crest the top of the wall which opens out into
a black, level expanse of rock, cratered and
fractured. On the other side is the huge, seemingly
endless plain of sand, the Great Desert. In the hazy
distance, flashes of light can be seen.
96. INT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER - DAY
PAUL
Will we see a worm?
KYNES
Where there is spice and spice mining
there are always worms.
PAUL
Always?
KYNES
Always.
PAUL
Why do they come?
KYNES
To protect their territory. Vibrations
attract them.
--
PAUL
(inner voice)
I've registered him now... a knife is a
sheath on his left arm... He's strong... a
person born to command... He's hiding many
things.
(out loud, suddenly)
Is there a relationship between the worms
and the spice?
Kynes turns instantly and stares at Paul. Gurney
sees the wonder in Kynes' eyes.
GURNEY
The young master is a trained Mentat, an
advanced student of Prana Bindu has
studied under some of the finest teachers
in the Universe.
Kynes takes a second look at young Paul.
KYNES
As I said... they defend the spice sands.
As to their relationship with the spice...
who knows.
97. Through 97A. (Deleted)
98. INT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER - DAY
GURNEY
Dust cloud ahead, Sire.
KYNES
That's it... spice mining... no other
cloud quite like it. See the spotters over
it? They're watching for wormsign... the
telltale sand waves. Seismic probes on the
surface, too Sire... worms can travel too
deep for their waves to show... Looks like
a good patch of spice.
DUKE LETO
Wormsign? Is it wormsign?
--
KYNES
Yes!... worm. Big one! You've got sharp
eyes Sire.... May I?
Kynes grabs the microphone and dials in the correct
frequency.
98A. through 99. (Deleted)
100. INT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER
From the window, we see that the sand below is
rippling, like water with a big fish just under the
surface.
KYNES
(into radio, after having found the
frequency)
Calling Harvester Pad Nine. Wormsign!
STATIC... then a voice.
VOICE
(over radio)
Who calls Pad Nine?
GURNEY
(quickly)
Don't mention the Duke... This is an
uncoded channel.
KYNES
Unlisted flight northeast of you...
wormsign on intercept course... estimated
contact fifteen minutes.
VOICE
(over radio)
Have sighting confirmed. Stand by for fix.
Contact in sixteen minutes minus. Very
precise estimate. Who is on that unlisted
flight?
Kynes clicks off the radio.
DUKE LETO
What happens now?
KYNES
The carryall will come and lift off the
spice harvester. Try and get in close over
the harvester... you'll find this
interesting Sire.
--
The Duke accelerates the ornithopter in the
direction of the harvester. Paul can SEE...
101. EXT. HARVESTER - DESERT - DAY
...huge amounts of sand being spewn out of the
gigantic stack atop the metal and plasteel
harvester.
102. INT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER - DAY
KYNES
They'll work until the very last minute.
The yellow cloud of the harvester envelops them. The
Duke flies up to get a closer look.
VOICE
(over radio)
Spotter control... no sign of the
carryall... it isn't answering.
Everyone looks at one another.
GURNEY
The worm is eight minutes away, Sire.
VOICE
(over radio)
Spotter control -- give me a report by the
numbers.
Over the radio MANY VOICES report they have no
contact with the carryall.
DUKE LETO
Damn it... Harkonnens.
He punches a control button and grabs a microphone.
DUKE LETO (CONT'D)
(into microphone)
We are coming down to take you off the
harvester... All spotters are ordered to
comply.
VOICE
(over radio)
Ordered by whom?
--
DUKE LETO
(angrily)
Duke Leto Atreides....
Gurney and Paul turn to each other, worried.
VOICE
(over radio)
Yes... yes, Sire!
DUKE LETO
How many men do you have?
VOICE
(over radio)
Full crew -- twenty-six men -- but Sire,
we can't leave this spice...
DUKE LETO
Damn the spice! Get out of there.
103. EXT. HARVESTER - DESERT - DAY
All the spotters begin landing and the Duke descends
directly in front of the harvester which has stopped
mining yet emits a tremendous rythmic GRINDING
noise. No one is coming out.
104. INT./EXT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER/DESERT - DAY
Gurney nervously scans the sky for enemy ships. A
very low, powerful SOUND starts now and the ground
begins to shake.
105. EXT. HARVESTER - DESERT - DAY
A hatch opens and MEN come pouring out.
106. INT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER - DESERT - DAY
DUKE LETO
(yelling at the men)
Two men in each of the spotters... You!...
over here... run!!
The ground is really shaking now. A tremendous low
THUNDERING sound grows along with a high rasping
HISS.
KYNES
(to Paul and Gurney -- yelling over
the noise)
I can't see him yet but he's very close...
--
DUKE LETO
(out loud to himself as he watches
the men scrambling)
Damn sloppy -- really damn sloppy.
FOUR MEN begin tumbling into the Duke's machine.
GURNEY
Come on boys... come on.
(Then, to the Duke)
We're going to be heavy, Sire.
The men press on Gurney and Paul. Paul can feel the
fear. The sound is a horrible ROAR and deeper
RUMBLING now and the `thopter is vibrating and
shaking violently. The air suddenly begins to SPARK
with static electricity.
KYNES
(nervous)
Here he is... We've got to go.
The Duke closes the doorways, surveys the area one
last time, then takes the controls.
106A. INT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER - DAY
The ship strains and lifts off -- slowly.
Paul sees the brown powder clumped on the suits of
the men... their bluish eyes. He smells the spice.
He begins to feel its affect.
PAUL
(inner voice as a blinding light
comes and goes)
Spice!... pure un-refined spice!
KYNES
(murmuring)
Bless the Maker and his water... Bless the
coming and going of him. May his passage
cleanse the world.
DUKE LETO
(yelling)
What's that you're saying?
KYNES
Nothing.
A spice miner turns and sees Kynes, who remains
silent.
--
SPICE MINER #1
(astonished)
Liet!
SPICE MINER #2
Shhhhh.
Paul hears this, then looks to Kynes -- locks on his
image.
PAUL
(inner voice)
Liet?
KYNES
(pointing down and yelling)
You are about to witness something few
have seen -- watch! Watch!
Paul looks down as the Duke banks over the
harvester.
107. EXT. HARVESTER - DESERT - DAY
Static electricity is IGNITING in the air and the sand is
swirling around the harvester. Then they see it. A wide
hole emerges from the sand, glistening spokes within it.
The hole is twice the size of the harvester. Suddenly
the machine turns and slides into the hole, parts of it
EXPLODING. The SOUND is deafening. The Duke's ship is
WHINING to stay aloft.
108. INT. ATREIDES ORNITHOPTER - DAY
GURNEY
Gods, what a monster.
DUKE LETO
Someone is going to pay for this... I
promise.
KYNES
(inner voice -- as he studies the
Duke)
This Duke is more concerned over his men
than the spice! I must admit... against
all better judgement... I like this Duke.
FADE TO:
109. through 113B. (Deleted)
--
114. INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - NIGHT
Duke Leto walks into the room. The NIGHT GUARD
comes to attention as he passes. DUNCAN IDAHO,
wearing a dark, dusty stillsuit, emerges from the
shadows. DUKE LETO and DUNCAN meet at the foot of
the steps. The men embrace and separate.
DUKE LETO
(happily)
Duncan! What have you discovered about
the Fremen, Duncan -- tell me. Why
haven't we heard from you?
DUNCAN
My lord... I suspect so much. I think
they are the allies we seek... they are
strong and fierce... they do not give
their loyalty easily or quickly.... As
you know, the Imperium has never been able
to take a census of the Fremen. Everyone
thinks that there are but few -- wandering
here and there in the desert.... My lord,
I suspect an incredible secret has been
kept on this planet... that the Fremen
exist in vast numbers... vast numbers...
and it is they that control Arrakis.
115. through 116. (Deleted)
116A. NEW SCENE - SHADOUT MAPES ALONG PASSAGE
117. INT. PAUL'S SUB-BASEMENT ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE -
NIGHT
DUKE LETO'S VOICE
Guard. Open the door.
Paul is in a fitful sleep. Leto enters and smiles
at his son.
DUKE LETO
Sleep well... my son.
The Duke smiles at Paul then leaves the room, but
after he goes, Paul strains with all his might to
lift himself to call out.
PAUL
(struggling painfully)
Father!... father... drugged...
--
122. INT. BARON'S QUARTERS - HARKONNEN SHIP - NIGHT
The BARON's face -- expressionless. The SOUND of
his ship screams in the background. The DOCTOR is
seated beside him.
118 INT. SUB-BASEMENT PASSAGEWAY - ARRAKEEN PALACE -
NIGHT
The Duke walks down the steps to a very narrow
passageway. The passageway becomes very dark.
Suddenly the Duke hears a strange MEWLING sound. He
turns down an even darker passageway. He can hear
the shield WHINING in the distance. He almost has
to feel his way. Up ahead he sees a shape. He
bends down and sees the SHADOUT MAPES dying on the
cold stone floor in the darkness. She tries to
speak but cannot. She falls. Suddenly the Duke
HEARS the shield generator start whining down.
DUKE LETO
What happened? What?
(as Mapes dies)
The shield!
The Duke reaches to activate his shield be a large
dart is shot into his shoulder. The Duke lurches
upwards then tumbles to the ground. Out of the
darkness comes Dr. Yueh. The dart drops and
CLATTERS as if a dream.
DUKE LETO (CONT'D)
(mind racing -- struggling)
Yueh!
(inner voice)
He's sabotaged the house generators, we're
wide open.
YUEH
(with self-disgust)
I've brought House Atreides down. I've
destroyed the new army's weirding modules.
DUKE LETO
(hoarse whisper)
... Why?
The generator WHINES lower and lower
--
YUEH
I wish to kill a man... not you, my dear
Duke, but the Baron.... You were dead
already... but you will be close to the
Baron before you die. You will be tied
and drugged but you can still attack.
When you see the Baron you will have a new
poison tooth. He will want you close so
he can gloat over you. One bite on this
tooth and a strong exile...
DUKE LETO
Refuse...
YUEH
No! -- You mustn't... for in return I will
save the lives of your Paul and Jessica.
Yueh removes the Duke's signet ring and shows it to
him.
YUEH (CONT'D)
For Paul...
He implants the tooth.
Yueh becomes more and more blurred. His image
begins to fade. His lips move in the darkness. The
generator WHINE is low and going lower and lower.
YUEH (CONT'D)
When you see the Baron, remember the
tooth! The tooth!
119. (Deleted)
119A. INT. COMMUNICATIONS ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE -
NIGHT
ATREIDES GUARD #1 comes running down the steps and
up to the CAPTAIN and a TECHNICIAN.
ATREIDES GUARD #1
The shield is down! The shield is down!
ATREIDES GUARD CAPTAIN
Harkonnen...
(turns and shouts)
Get that shield up!
--
119B. EXT. LANDING FIELD - ARRAKEEN - NIGHT
A warning TONE begins. TROOPS begin pouring onto
the field.
119C. EXT. ROCK - LANDING FIELD - ARRAKEEN - NIGHT
Troops race toward their ships.
119D. (Deleted)
119E. INT. GUARD HOUSE - ARRAKEEN PALACE - NIGHT
ATREIDES GUARD
The shield! The shield!
120. INT. PASSAGEWAY - ARRAKEEN PALACE - NIGHT
A loud warning TONE vibrates. Thufir turns away
from the doorway of a small room where he's
horrified to SEE...
120A. INSERT
... a chemical FIRE consuming the thousands of
Atreides weirding modules.
121. through 121A. (Deleted)
123. EXT. PALACE - ARRAKEEN - NIGHT
A thousand Harkonnen ships dive over Arrakeen and
the Palace. Giant deep thunderous EXPLOSIONS
shatter the land. Billowing SMOKE clouds column
upwards, forming a black wriggling death curtain
around the Palace.
124. INT. PASSAGEWAY - ARRAKEEN PALACE - NIGHT
Troops are running through the passageway, right and
left. SMOKE is everywhere and the horrible SOUNDS
of the explosions continue. The SOUNDS of stone
crunching, shifting, and breaking. SCREAMS. A wall
of stone suddenly cracks open. A burst of air and
dust shoots out, HISSING. The Duke's dog runs
through the passageway WHINING with fear.
--
125. (Deleted)
125A. EXT. HARKONNEN SHIP - LANDING FIELD - ARRAKEEN
- NIGHT
Sardaukar rush out of a Harkonnen ship. Their
electrically distorted faces come screaming toward
us.
125B. (Deleted)
126. EXT. LANDING FIELD - ARRAKEEN - NIGHT
Harkonnen hammer ships thunder the ground, sending
cracks and fissures throughout the landing field.
Harkonnen scare SIRENS scream.
126A. EXT. HAMMER SHIPS - ARRAKEEN - NIGHT
Atreides soldiers run from the hammer ships.
129. EXT. GROUNDS - ARRAKEEN PALACE - NIGHT
FIRE and SMOKE. SCREAMS. An ATREIDES SOLDIER's
head is hit with a large white hot piece of
explosion. Through the black smoke, large SARDAUKAR
chase after THREE SOLDIERS and them with hydraulic
knife-guns. One blade enters the back of one man's
head and comes out his nose. Tremendous NOISE of
battle. Gurney and a squad of TROOPERS climb
through bodies and thick smoke. Gurney has the
Duke's dog safely inside his coat. The little dog's
head sticks out -- looking about. Gurney strokes
the dog's neck when the reach safety behind some
rock. Small glimpses, as the smoke moves this way
or that, let them see thousands of Sardaukar
fighting.
GURNEY
LONG LIVE DUKE LETO!
TROOPERS
Long live Duke Leto!
The CRY from the men rings out as they attack with
frenzy equalling that of the Sardaukar.
127. INT. AUTOPSY ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - NIGHT
The distant HAMMERING of the Harkonnen hammer ship.
Jessica's eyes open and she sees two big boots but
they seem to be floating above the stone floor she
is lying on. She is gagged and tied. She looks up.
She sees the huge Baron Harkonnen staring down at
her. In the distance she HEARS the battle raging.
--
BARON
The drug was timed. Dr. Yueh has been
very valuable to us.... What a pity you
must remain gagged. We can't let
ourselves be swayed by your witch's Voice,
now, can we?
JESSICA
(inner voice)
Leto... where are you?
86. INT. A ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY
Dr. Yueh covers his face with his hands in a
darkened room... sobbing.
127. BACK TO SCENE
The Baron floats across the room with suspensor-
borne lightness.
BARON
Goodbye, Jessica and goodbye to your sweet
son.... I want to spit once on your
head... just some spittle on your face --
what a luxury.
He spits on her cheek. The Baron floats out of the
room into the passageway.
BARON (CONT'D)
We were ordered to kill them... so kill
them.
129. BACK TO SCENE - BATTLE
127. BACK TO SCENE
NEFUD
What are your orders, Piter?
PITER
Take them to the desert, as the traitor
suggested and worms will destroy the
evidence. Their bodies must never be
found.
--
129. BACK TO SCENE - BATTLE
127. BACK TO SCENE
PITER
(whispering to Jessica, rubbing the
spittle around on her face with his
hand, delicately)
I'd thought of many pleasures with you.
It is perhaps better that you die in the
innards of
