"DUNE" (1984)

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FADE IN to the dark eyes of the mysterious face of the REVEREND MOTHER

_ RAMALIO, who sits against stooth black rock. Her eyes are dcp

blue-within-blue and her skin is a haunting translucent white. Her voice ECHOES as if in a great cavern,

; REVEREND MOTHER RAMAIIO We are the secret. of the Universe, —

Silence... then a powerful low organ NOTE resounding in the cavernous Space.

_ REVEREND MOTHER RAMALIO (CONT'D) One will came... the voice from the outer world.... bringing the Holy War, the Jihad, which will cleanse the Universe and bring us _out of the darkness... . He will have been born... .

The Reverend Mother continues speaking of the Prophecy, but we do not

hear it. The huce wind orcan BLOWS louder ard louder, chscuring her.

voice.

The picture FADES,

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8/26/82 DUNE 2, WT. /EXT. DROP - NIGiT FADE IN to , ' interior of one drop of water.: The image changes subtly. CREDITS.

PULE, BACK to a shot revealing the outside of the drop, There is a distant. ROARING and withing the drop we can see the distorted image of a space ship landing on a sophisticated landing field. Yellow chemical lights are discharged and they soar out to meet the approaching ship. We hear complicated electrical SOUNDS fron the steel machine upon which the drop is hanging. The focus subtly changes and we now lose the drop and SEE:

..» the huge ship land below and a beautiful giant Palace of the Paddishah Emperor Shaddiam IV.

inside the darkness of the ship a loud warning TONE scumds, A cark elevator descends...

+». carrying a huge forty-foot~long black steel box surrounded by tank-suited GUDEDSMEN, .

EXT, LANDING FIEDD - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT

On the dark landing field, chemicals spill out of the ship in troughs and tank-suited Guildsmen begin te swarm out of a hatch opening.

The EMPEROR is nervous and paces the floor in his golden charber. The room is being cleared of crowls of COURTIERS. Several SARDAUKAR ~ CEFICERS stand near the Eaperor.

| EMPEROR {out loud, but more to oo himself than the officers) - Why does the Guild send a Third Stage -Mavicator here? ~~ (thinking, struggling) Soicel... It has to be.... He senses my plant! - ‘

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' OFFICER #1 My lord... fhe Reverend Mother is here. All entrance corridors and chambers have been cleared, We are disnissed?

All the others have now left. The Reverend Mother is ushered in and the Sardaukar Officers leave her alone with the Emoeror.

EMPEROR

{quickly) A Third Stage Guild Navigator will be here in minutes!

REVEREND MOTHER

. We felt his presence.

The doors to the Emperor's chambers slide open and FIFTY CUITLDSVEN

wheel in the giant black box. Some wear gray suits, others are in ' tank suits with orenge gas swirling about inside. One of the -

tank-suited Gaildsmen addresses the Enperar through a translating

GUILDSMAN #1 The Bene Gesserit witch mast Jeave.

The Exmeror locks to the Reverend Mother and she exits the roam.

EMPEROR * We are alome...

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The Reverend Mother takes a seat on a chair just outside the door. She cleses her eyes,

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 beantifilly révealing,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 toward the Emperor. His head is enormmus 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 ream,

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Outside the Frpcror's chamber the Reverend Mother sits, her cyes closed, straining. .

TNT, THRONE ROOM — EMPEROR'S PALACE - REVEREND MOTHER'S MENTAL IMAGE ~ NICHT

A very blurred scene of the Ermeror with the Guild Navigator. She is not getting the English version but a mch different language version which is fascinating to listen to. A lilting, sing-song ironolegue, |

ANT. THRONE ROOM - EMPEROR'S PALACE - NIGHT

The Navigator breathes the spice~gas heavily and swishes gently in his

- _. NAVIGATOR So “the ‘Rarkonnens will rid you of House Atreides. ..

" Outside, the Reverend Mother is _seeing the scene mentally. She succéenty sees and flinches.

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14, TNT. THRONE POOM ~ EMPEROR'S PALACE - REVEREND MOTHER'S NENTAT, IMAGE - NIGHT ee The Guild Mavigater turns toward her and coms very close to her. We ) hear the Navigator speak to her, NAVIGATOR (to Reverend Mother, mentally}

Reverend Mother... I will give you the Tileilaxu Path, .

REVEREND MOTHER v.04) (an excited whisper) A chance for escape? But for wham?

The Guild Navigator shudders and swishes quite violently in his tank.

+ fold space... My Empire would once again be

isolated unreachable planets. TI can assure you the flow of spice will continue

uninternuipted.

; . EMPEROR I can assure you...

. NAVIGATOR {interrupting) One small point,

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" FMPEROR You man, of course, the Red Duke... Duke Teto Atreides... his father.

The box begins to fold back over the Navigator.

The Navigator has now disappeared within the black box and the

Goildsmen are removing him. ‘The Emperor watches as they leave, wears a very perplexed, worried leok on his face,

The Emeror tums as the Revered Mother approaches him, In the 8.G. |

the door is closed again by the Sardaukar Officers.

REVEREND MOTHER

_ fthesitantly} He worries that putting Atreides on Arrakis will burt spice production.... You use only a small amount. of spice... bat you know, they consume tremendous quantities.... You look seventy even though you are two hundred and four, They take enough to have evolved the "seeing eye." The eye will close without the svice.... Much was unclear... They worry over the spice.

“(hooking alertly into - the ° Emperor's eyes) Yes, my lord.

‘the Reverend Mother hurries alcng. She starts down the stairs.

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— B/26/ B2 DUNE 49, TNT. THRONE ROOM - FMPEROR'S PATACE - NIGHT

The Frperor stands with THREE SARDAUKAR OFFICERS dressexi in black unifoms., More OFFICERS are entering.

The Reverend Mother hurriedly gathers some of the sisterhood together; in the background, women sit with their hands hovering over brilliant glowing circles of light.

REVEREND MOTHER

Make arrangements immediately for my journey to Bouse Atreides on Caladan. I want to fold space on the next Guild ship. I must have a look at this Paul Atreides....

{she turns) Where there is this much smoke, there may be a volcano.

MUSIC —~+ DARKNESS ~~ WIND

Out of the DARKNESS now WAVES can be seen. Great smoth, rolling - waves like black glass. THUNDER warns in the distance. MUSIC creeps out of the WINDS. RAIN begins to pelt the surface of the NIGHT SEA and a. FLASH of lightning illuminates red fish in the depths.

Waves crash against a black rock cliff wall with rivulets of rain weaving down its face. High on the rock cliff stands Castle Caladan. Its appearance is dark and medieval, yet behind it there are several space ships hovering, locking together, then moving upwards. ‘There is a window on the seaward wall Lit from within by a drifting glowglobe.

raul sits at an shaped ‘table stuéving filmbocks and maps of Arrekis anc the Universe. CU Paul's face stucyine,

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8/26/82 DUNE 9,

BACK TO SCENE

. PAUL (whispering) Here we are now... and ninebeen million light years beyond...

INSERT = FILMBOOK We SFE the galaxies move as we HEAR a HUM,

We HOLD on this, then we SEE Arrakis grow larger in the filmbook screen and we SER it is a planet of vast deserts.

INSERT — FILMBOCOK The star fields and galaxies move slightly then.

floors. THUFIR HAWAT, GURNEY HALLECK and DR. YUEH enter. Paul has

his back toe the door. Thufir suddenly looks perturbed when he notices this.

Rawat suppresses a smile. “PALE, (CONT’ D) T heard you coming down the hall, and I heard you open the door.

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' THUPIR (inner voice) Yes, Perhaps he would at that.

Thufir scowls.

Just a short fight and sane questions....

GURNEY ’ {angered} . Not in the mocd?! Mood's a thing for cattle and love play... It's not for fighting.

Gurmey activiates his body shield, sending a shimmering FORCE FIELD around his bey. He draws his knife and advances swiftly toward Paul. Paul snaps on his FORCE FIELD, draws his knife and junes back, collecting himself hurriedly for the fight.

GURNEY © (his voice sounding strange coming through the force field) Guand 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 presses forward and the fight moves quickly around the reom, 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 ‘ep with his blade right at Gorney's neck.

. ‘strange shielded voice) Ts this what you seek?

8/26/82 DUNE oT, Paul locks and sees Gurncy's blade at his groin.

GURNEY (CONT'D)

ae Wig'd have joined each other in death. c s However, you did seem to finally get the rN "rood. PAUL

(shielded voice) Would you really have drawn my blood? GURNEY (shielded voice) If you'd fought one whit beneath your abilities I'd have scratched you a good one.

Paul stands and snaps off his shield as does Gurney.

Thufir, Yueh, Gurney and Paul stare at each other for a mésent in i ay Silence. Dr. Yueh moves forward and begins to take Paul's pulse rate ~ and to collect other data with a small black machine.

DR. YUEH

You'll be happy to hear we don't have time

for regular lessons today, however I have

scheduled several filbook lessons for you,

an the crossing to Arrakis.

PALL

They smile at each other. | DR. YUEH ot There have been documented sightings of - ‘worms as larce zs 450 meters in the deep . Gesert ~—- far Fran where we'll be in -

sy Lo, Arrekean.... The desert belt and scuth polar ~h . regicrs are tarked forbidden..,. Why?

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' PAUL The wouns.,, and the storms. Is it true, Pr, Yueh, that the sand blowing at this spocd can render flesh to dust in minutes,

{intruding) A world is supported by four things...

"WLLL I get to see a Guild Navigator on the m crossing to soianeatal ,

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pw a ed SOR TSS ee THOPIR Na, they will be far off in the control rooms of the Heighliner. Sore in the Universe see the lower stage Navicators, Even the Third Stage Navigators can be moved outside the Heighliners in tanks of the — spice gas. But the highest stage Guild Navigators are never seen. They exist in total isolation high in the control reems of the Guild Heighliners. No one knows more than this about them. Now tell me of the Harkonnengs and same history on Arrakis. It's still testing time,

PAUL, The Raron is our enemy, yes... but behind him is the Emoeror.

Dr. Yueh places a plastic device around Paul's. neck. He tightens it around the Adam's apple above Paul's voice box. ‘Thusfir', noticing a Step OF GUARDS | at the other end of the training rot, calls out to

. THUFTR (craig 'D} Tock the socm. .

Gurney activates a series of iccks, LIGHTS GLOW above each ceorway.

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Bf Loss2 LUNE 614,

The hallway is empty in the foreground but in the distance a changing of the guard is seen.

In the distance, moving TROOPS load a giant bull's head inte a plasteel moving crate.

In the dark of night, DUKE LETO leaves his GUARD and walks out to the

cliff wall overlooking the stormy sea below. Ne meets Paul near the wall.

They look out over the sea. The Duke turns to Paul.

DUKE LETO {CONT'D} {inner voice}

My son. :

{out loud) Thufir Howat has served House Atreides three generations.... He swears you are the finest student he's ever taught. Yueh, Gurney and Duncan say the same.... Tt makes me feel

very proud...

Paul smiles up at his father. ‘The WIND blows the Duke's hair and ’ behind him stands the castle and the green and black Atreices banner

against the night sky bevor@. The RAIN starts acain —- lightly. Paul takes a closer look at the Atreides banner moving in the wind. .

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' DUKE LETO

(studying the dark Sea

below) I'll miss the sea... but a person needs new experiences... they jar soamething deep inside, allowing him to grew. Without change, something slecps 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,

Dr. Yueh tums to Gurney in shadow. Gumey and Dr. Yueh are looking at. the filmbook of Paul’s fight with the robots.

he's been practicing on his own... this is

flawless fighting. INSERT ~ FILMBO0K Shot from camera in robot. In SLOW MOTICN Paul's hands weave in and out and his mouth moves very quickly and carefully forming weirding SOUNDS which are also slowed down on the sound track. In SLOW MOTION the robot catches on FIRE and falls. We FALL with it to the ground.

FADE TOs

Inf. PAUL'S ROOM — CASTLE CALADAN — NIGHT

Paul is sweating during his sleep and WHISPERS as if struggling with some disturbing thought.

DARK WATER - MENTAL IMAGE

We see Paul's dream. It is very dark.

. PAUL {V.0.} “arcakis,.. DUNE. « « Desert Planet.

, suddenly « a ‘@rop falls into the ‘black, and white hot widening rings

appear on the dark water's surfaca.

Dark again. A figure turns toward Paul. It is a BEAUTIFUL GIRL in

| _ BEAUTIFUL GIRL a Tell me of your hareworld, Usul.

CG Paul's face in fitful sleep.

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33, exp foastne - CALADAN - NICHT

In a small stone courtyard, the figure of a woran roves toward us oe . through the heavy RAIN and darkness. As she nears an iron gate, she ( f sudgenly steps into a sliver of light, and we see JESSICA, a beautiful

oN woran, beneath an orate umbrella. At the gate, she meets the

Reverend Mother and takes her back toward the Castle. The rain rushes

loudly into the storm drains.

34, INT. PAUL'S ROOM ~ CASTLE CALADAN ~- NIGHT

CU Paul's face,

Paul's eyes snap open. He hears footsteps outs side his door. As the door opens he closes his eyes, however, and pretends to be asleep. Jessica and the Reverend Mother stand in the doorway locking at him.

Jessica turns to the Reverend Mother, stunned! She turns back to look at Paul. Her hand trembles,

oe REVEREND MOTHER (CONT'D) Did you really think you could bear the Kwisatz Haderach?... How dare youl

{considering}

Good... Royalty has need of slyness... and if he is really the Kwisatz Haderach... Ready yourself, young Paul Atreides... 1 want to see you in your mother's chambers in one quarter of an hour.. ~ ;

She tums and walks away. Jessica remains at the door and calls out to Paul in the darkness, ’ 7

JESSICA

‘Paul?,.. This is verv important... remember a vou are a Duke's son... hurry.

Jessica leaves, closing the door behind her.” Paul sits up in bed.

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35. In’. JESSICA'S CHAMBER ~- CASTLE CALADAN - NIGHT

Jessica and the Reverend Mother enter. It is quite Gark. Jessica WHISPERS a code number and a glowglobe LIGHTS on a very dim setting.

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- JESSICA {confused, scared) fs Arrakis... Is it really that terrible m Arrakis? Will Duke Leto...

You entered all this with full knowledge of the delicate edge you walked...

(she softens) Jessica, girl, I wish I could stand in your

| place and take your sufferings. But each of

us must make her own path,

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REVEREND MOTHER

About Paul... what you did and why you did it... we both mow. But... kindness forces me to tell you there's little chance he will be the Rene Gesserit totality... however, I will observa him, In a few minutes, Jessica, your son will be proven to be a living huran being or... he will be a dead animal,

(looking up — sensing) He's here... call him in...

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Paul enters the room and Jessica closes the door behind them.

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Your Reverence, I...

JESSICA

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What about my Father?

Jessica leaves the roam. 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.

Pant finds he’ cannot help bat cbey her, ‘yet he fights her controlling him. . .

She sees him strucgling yet obeying.

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' REVEREND tiCTHRR (inner voto) He's strong... He's fichting it well,

os _ The Reverend Mother holds up a green metal cube.

REVEREND MOTHER {CCNT'D) See this... Put your right hand in the box.

Paul stares at the hole in the box,

” PAT: What's in the box?

Just then, she raises one hand to his neck, Paul sees a glint of retal. Ke tries to back away.

REVEREND MOTHER {CONT'’D) (The Voice) - STOP! Pat your hand in the box,

Paul's hand goes in. Fear passes over his face.

inn I hold at your neck the cau tabbar. It's a needle with a drop of poiscnm on the tipz-——~~ Don't pull away or you'll feel that poison. A Duke's son must know about many poisons —~ Here's a new one for you... it kills only

animals,

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The Reverend Mother moves her face up to his. Her ancient face with its metal teath gleaming inches away breathes hotly. She is smiling.

~ REVEREND MOTHER You feel the flesh crisping?

THE HAND - PAUL'S MENTAL IMAGE

Paul's immer mind sees his hand on fire with all sorts of sores. The skin is bubbling.

THE HAND - PAUL'S MENTAL IMAGE

He pictwres this. The destruction of his hand is ccaplete — now only blood spurts out and burns.

Paul's face registers extrene pain.

Paul pulls his hand cut: 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

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" PAUL I can see the truth of it.

{inner voica) Could he be the one?.., {out loud} You know when people believe what they say?

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Suddenly the Reverend Mother holds her hand against Paul's head. She closes her eyes,

DARKNESS ~ REVEREND MOTHER'S MENIAL IMAGE

She sees a blurred image of Paul's earlier dream. She sees the beautiful girl turn. She hears a mffled voice say "Tell me of your hareworld, Usut.* -

PALL, What is that?

. PAUL

Where? .

Do you know of the Water of Life?... the Truthsayer drug? — —

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Many men have tried... PALI Did they fail?

REVEREND MOTHER

They tried and died.... (she calls out loudlyr —-

Jessica!

But, only down feminine paths, There is a

Haderach... he will go where we cannot...

Jessica enters immediately and sees with great relief that Paul is

still alive. REVEREND MOTHER

Jessica... T sense your teachings in him. New I caution you... ignore the regular order of training. His safety requires The Voice... He already has a good start in it, “but we both know how mich more he needs...

and that desperately.

[4 PADL —_— 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

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MOTHER! Tell me!

Well he isn't... and he won't die.,. Tell ma

~The Reverend Mother covers herself with her shawl and moves quickly to

the door. Good-bye, young | human... Z hove vou survive, ‘’. _ But iz you con't, weil, we shail vet as (eg Jessica, quietly)

Jessica, remember The Voice cculd save him.

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Jessica catches sight of tears on the Reverend Mother's face. ‘his | frightens her more than anything. The Reverend Mother disappears and the door closes behind her,

Under a dim glowglobe, the DUKE is bent over a writing table, finishing a message on a scroll-Like piece of paper. He places the message in a metal cylinder. Ne caps it and presses a signet ving, with a red hawk symbol of House of Atreides, into the hole, which seals the cylinder with a swift HISSING.

He kisses the seal of his ring. He pauses, studying the metal tube, and he listens to the far-off SOUND of trudging boots of the House . . Guard,

Suddenly, we HEAR the sound of boot-heels CLICKING to attention just outside the room. The DUKE hides the cylinder and, with a VOICE COMMAND, extinguishes the glowjlobe above him, as Jessica enters.

Jessica moves toward Leto, She looks into his eyes, her love for him apparent.

Jessica falls into Leto's arms. She can't lock at him. She struggles to maintain her composure, but can’t.

CG on Jessica's saddened, fearful eyes.

MUSIC. ‘THONDER sounds Prem thick © grey~plack clouds ,

An honor guard lowers the ‘hue areen and black ‘Atreides tanner Exom — atop the castle. Cne of the en cries.

8/26/82 LUNE 24, 44, EXT. LAKE ~ CALADAN - DAY

In the reflection on a still lake, the banner can be seen descending, The sky darkens and the reflection of the banner is obscured by spaceships ROARING slewly by. Suddenly there is a loud CRACK. Wild geese SCREAM and fly.

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, ;

As seen fram space, the black planet as we saw it in Paul's filmbook.

FROM HIGH ABOVE, looking down on a black steel shuttle landing field in the middle of a vast sea of black oil. A small cable car zoams up toward us on an elevator of black steel. The car comes to a stop and is transferred to another cable and it begins rocketing horizontally ‘across the black oil lake,

In the distance can be seen a gigantic: black city in the shape of a _ rectangular box over 100 stories high. Each level is lined with | columns and passageways but no doors. Before the city there are’ rows of gigantic black steel towering figures atop messive furnaces, ‘The figures serve as chimneys and black SMOKE billows out of their mouths.

Inside the cable car stands PITER; his eyes are covered with black steel goggles. In one hand he holds the cylinder with Duke Leto's .

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The car zooms past the gigantic figures — colossal — larger than the . Statue of Liberty -- in spaced rows toward the citv. ‘The furnaces |. belcw RCAR with tremendous pcwer. Now cleser and closer to the city,” _ iiiding up speed until the city looms gigantic and overpowering — : millions of electrical cables stretch of* the top into dark anercy ' .. taps above the city. ~

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Inside we pass through dark columns and passageways to a huge inner rocm (one of thousands) filled with open-topped lime green porcelain roons with tremendous electrical lines criss-crossing above.

The cable car stops and Piter gets out, steps down stcel stairs...

TINT. BARON'S ROOM ~- GEIDI PRIME ~ DAY

-+. and enters a porcelain room where the BARON is being treated by a doctor for sores on his face and body. Piter removes his goggles,

His eyes are deep blue within blue. FEYD and RABBAN, the Baron's

young nephews, sit across Fran him. The doctor wears bakealite earplugs and restrictive goggles. A WORKER with goggles and earplugs arranges violet flowers at the far end of the room. The doctor uses a lasbeam on a big sore on the Baron's lips. From time to time the

Goctor drains fluid fram a hag-like sore on the Baron's neck. The

Baron is sickly and hugely fat and sweaty and looks like he has been sickly for sare time. He tums to Piter as he enters the recom.

The driest planet in the Universe, where they speak in hushed tones of moisture, let alone water.... It would, of course, be a worthless rock were it not for the spice, S0.6+ it becomes now the biggest mantrap in history and Duke Leto is headed into its jaws... What. does Leto say, Piter? eS PY RER He advises you that Vendetta -- as he puts. it, using the ancient tongue, the art of Kanly ~~ is not dead. He does not wish to meet or speak with you.

; BARON I made my peace gesture... the forms of Kanly have been obeyed, Piter... enlighten

“for Arrakis and the aAtreides. °

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B/26/82 LUNE 26,

’ PI'TER Baron Vladimir Harkonnen has given up Arrakis to take part in a secret partnership with the Padishah Fmperar Shaddam IV. Under this new plan, the Saron will have the use of the Enperor's cwn terror troops —~ the Sardaukar, to finally crush the Atreides and end their line, An attack will be made upon Rouse Atreides using five legions of Sardaukar — They may suspect an attack, and Thufir Hewat may even suspect Sardaukar, but never five legiong. No other Great House of the Landsraad must ever know of the Emperor's aid to the Baron. ‘The Landsraad would turn against the Baron and the ;

Emperor. ;

Rabban breaks open a squood (living food). The squoed 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. 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 lete. This person... this

traitor... will be worth mre to us than ten

legions of Sardaukar.

The Baron gets up, buoyed by suspensors around his waist. He hegins a strange, gleeful, floating dance. TWO ATTENDANTS against the wall stroke small drums which go "BRUUM" “BRUUM" as the Baron floats slowly upwards and across the roam, Tremendous Frightening SOUNDS swell louder and louder, . ;

Hemiuvee — EXT, *ERSIRES MEY - SPACE - . 3, 418 Atreides ships are aporoaching the Guild Beighliner, which | is stacger ingly colessal. The Atreices ‘ships lcok like dots next to th sun. ‘The Duke's ship anters the frame and moves Lcward the’ Heicghliner.

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wy es eee wie FXY./INT. HEIGHLINER - SPACE The Atreides ships enter a towering, ornate doorway. The planet of Caladan leans in the background,

Paul looks out a porthole and sees:

INT, CORRIDORS - HEIGHLINER = SPACE

The huge doorway of the Heighliner is closed and a signal Light begins to travel at high speed across the gicantic hold. The Light goes through passageways, Finally, there is the huge five-part shielded entrance to the control rooms and cockpit of the Keighliner. The Light passes through the shields; electrical TONES; and arcing, changing patterns beeome violet.

The Light enters the control roon, which is a huge, 2000 ft. high room, filled with orange gas. On the floor are large gratings

- covering an exhaust and vacuuning system. ‘Tons of spice gas are being

converted into toxic chemicals as it cools down at floor level. A Third Stage Navigator swims down near the bottcm,

The Light EXPLODES into a triangular symbol. The Navigator swims pewards carrying the symbol to thirty or forty other Navigators who

hover around a six dimensional layered miniature replica of the entire Universe. The first Navigator feeds the triangular Light into the miniature Universe. As they all make strange NOISES, electrical currents and symbols issue fram them, manipulating the miniature Universe. It is as if they are chanting to a god.

The Universe -- stars, galaxies, billions of tiny points of light —- elongates in the control room, causing tremendous VIBRATIONS of TONES,

The Navigators feed in more SOUNDS and Light symbols issue from their

‘mouths, They gently put their long arms and long fingers into the

starry masses, They suddenly stop and look up. Semething huge is hiding high in the cockpit. There is a tremendous ROAR and pale white LIGHT comes from within the hiding form, .. “. .

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—--——

INT, MINIATURE UNIVERSE ~- HEIGHLINER-— SPREE

ase ‘and the Universe begins to curve. The Navigators swim to a certain area of the Universe and tear out a hole. Stars, like sparks and SOUNDS and rings of light appear along with a rearing WIND, Ail the Navigators swim into the hole, through the rings of ligh darkness. The sounds fade,

(agers SH? FONT ON — Sone

Out of the darkness the Atreides ships appear ~- entering the abnosphere of Arrakis,

Paul is watching with awe as they descend to their new hare,

The 3,415 ships ROAR across the barren dunes to huge rock formations and the airfield of Arrakeen -~ beyond.

The airfield is between the Palace and the three-mile-high Shield Wall, The 3,415 Atreides ships begin to land one by one in perfect rows of fifty. The air is vibrating with HEAT WAVES. The atmosphere is oppressive,

EAT. PALACE — ARRAKEEN - DAY

The Atreides banner is-raised on the top of the Palace. The bridge to the rock Palace stands in blinding light.

Clouds of insects swarm over the barren grounds of the Palace and clusters of troops stand at attention around the enommous dark, cool doorway

EXT, WALL — ARFOKEEN PALACE ~ DAY

Thousands of city people of Arrakeen crowd outside the Palace wall to

try to catch a glimpse of the new milers of Arrakis. Scme blow on dipsticks making strange NOISES that BCHO. Others CALL OUT "Lisan

al-Gaib" and “Mahdi.™ A slow-moving spike—backed dog 5 sucks ants up

out of a small anthill. He’ snorts.

" Atreides army soldiers milling, YELLING noisily.

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levers are = pulled.’

te waste ad, INP, PASSAGEWAY ~ AKRAKEFN PALACE - PAY In a darkened passagcway, fans turn, casting deep, slow- newving-—.— am tae shadews, SOUNDS FCHO in the distance. ~

A roan of technicians and electronic gear, The SIGNALS are being heard an@ interpreted,

, ATREEDES MAN #1 Harkonnens. ° *

Far in the distance in deep black rock, Harkonnen spies move, carrying strange electronic equipment, The ‘thopters take off, flying in various directions on patrol.

Thufix marches down a hallway with a squad of TROOPS with electonic gadgetry, LIGHTS and SOUNDS going constantly.

THUFIR | (into a radio microphone) Why isn’t the shield up yet?

INT, GENERATOR ROCM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY -

Down in the basement, Atreides engineers are removing a camplicated device from heavy machinery. A MAN radios back to Thufir.

RADIO MAN #1 We found and removed another sabotage device. I think it will go up nw.

The engineers activate a series of atometric Koltzman generators. Suddenly SOUNDS begin. The machines start; at first low, then they be WHINE upwards to a high pitch. When the pitch is s steady, a series of .

gust after the seasnd set of levers is culled, a huge house shield is seen soing vp in a box shape, encommassing the Palace with SHDMERING

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EXT, WINDOW -— ARRAKEIEN PALACE ~ DAY From a srall window, Thufir chserves the. shield with a critical cye.

Jessica and Dr, Yueh stand in a large hall where the giant bull's head is being hung above a mssive fireplace. ‘The MOVING TROOPS are unpacking crates and organizing fumishings. Jessica watches them, Distant SOUNDS reverberate inside an elaborate air vent beside them.

nae

Jessica sees a droplet of sweat break out on Yueh's cheek. -

: DR. YUER . i'm sorry I'm unable to ‘aik about it.

Two ATREDCES WOMEN 3 in uniZzorm aperoach,

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. WOMAN #1] {referring to several robed figures stending in the roen) My lady... the local people... the maids and servants await your inspection. Hawat has cleared then.

Dr. Yueh turns to Jessica,

He turns a yellow light on and moves it over the crowd. ‘The yellow 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 samething back.

(She studies his face

closely.) Tt's not just his wife... He's a qood man though. He's probably trying to save my feelings...

{We see her mouth.) I could use The Voice... make him tell me... Tt would only shame him

{We see her eyes.) fT mst place more trust in my friends,

(We see Yueh turn toward

her, fearful.)

Paul wanders through the darkened passageways alone, his footsteps echoing as he 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.

Paul enters @ small bedroom and sits dom on the bed. He opens a - filmbook, and activates it, .

INSERT — FITMBOOK

We SEE a gicantic carrvall lower down above a spice harvester and pick it up off the desert floor es a narrator sveaks cover.

8/26/82 DUXB = 32,

‘ NARRATOR (V.0,} 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:...

BACK TO SCENE

Paul Icoks up, Across the roan he sees 4 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 | into it and tums back toward the bed, Suddenly he stops. He locks

at the pastry.

Spice. -¢

As he continues eating it he notices the SUNLIGHT through the slats over the window begins to GLOW white hot. Paul's eyes are intense as a light GLOWS brilliantly.

Some red droplets appear rushing through the white Jight. Three

images follow:

MENTAL IMAGES: A blurred Guild Navigator; Paul dead on a stone floor; fire burning.

TNT, PAUL'S ROOM — ARRAKEEN PATACE —- DAY

The LIGHT decreases and Paul stands trembling. As he moves to the bed he sees a portion of the headboard slowly folding down and he sees a chrome sliver of metal glide out from within the dark opening. He freezes.

The huniter-seeker begins to lift and swing across the room and back — searching, —

8/26/82 DME 33.

The secker drops a little, circling around the ted. A faint IUOMING, smind is heard, PAUL (CONT'D) {inner voice}

Who is operating that thing?... Tt has to he

someone in the Palace. I could shout for

help but it would kill whoever opened the

GOOr..«

Just as Paul finishes this thought the other door to his roan begins to open and the Shadout Mapes peers in, ‘The bunter-seeker arrows past Paul toward the motion. Paul swiftly reaches out and grips the deadly thing, It HUMS and twists violently ~in his hand. With a powerful turn and thrust, Paul slams the glas ss nose of the seeker into the stone wall, The seeker goes dead in his hand. He looks up into the Geeo blue eyes of the Shadout Mapes,

SHADOUT MAPES

{shaken) _It would have killed me... not so? PAUL Iwas its target. It went to the motion.

Who are you?

eer Ta Sey

Before he can speak the Shadout Mapes is gone —« running of f down the

. passageway

" paup (cot D) (inner voice}

A Fremen!

Paul coes immediately to his shield belt and puts it on and activates

it, sending a VISRATING SHROUD arcund him, then radios his “Sather.

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dfeb/82 DUNE 34, - PAUL (CONT'D) (into radio microphone) Father... I've found and destroyed a hunter- secker in my room... seal off this section

of the Palace... the operator may be sending MOLE.

Jessica enters, PAUL {CONT'D} {looks to Jessica) There is a traitor among us, ; -

Running TROOPS storm down the hallway with electronic gear and big stun guns.

Thutir walks quickly toward SEVERAL TROOPS. THUFIR Set up a sonar probe immediately!

Dr. Yueh sticks his head out the doorway as SEVERAL TROOPERS run past.

—_——~ me

Duke Leto is calling on a radio phone. GENERALS surround him, as well

as Gumey. |

._ DUKE LETO fon phone) Thufiz?... anything?... keep looking. (inner voice}. cand a traitor... God help us.

. TROOPS care off an elevator. The glow-span indicates the very bottom |

fleor of 18 sub-floors, -The ground is meven rock and the ceiling is

low, Tha air is thick. The troops fan out shinning chemical lamps

here and there. A soidier suddeniy stops. Ahead in his Light beam is

a dead Harkonnen -— bloody vomit dried armaxi his mouth. He lies

beside an electronic cevice.

TN". AUTCESY 2OCM ~ ARPAKEEN PALACE - pay

Dr. Yueh covers his face with his hands in a Garkened room... schbing. |

8/26/82 MSE 35, INT, OBSERVATION ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE ~ DAY

Duke Leto sits with Paul, Thofir, EIGHT GENERALS and SIX SUB- LIEUTENANTS, In front of Thufic is a device FLASHING brilliant light bursts over his face, The others are all talking among themselves, Suddenly Thufixc'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 voica,

Sector 6 ~ a0 -» copy the sixth —~ the summit -~- the eight the quadrant over the ninth plus eighty -~ four cixcles ~~ 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 BUMS. ‘The biood Ieaves Thufir's face,

The hun stops. Thufix tums to Duke Leto. He looks up. Everyone is quiet now.

. The attempt failed... Harkonnen captives oe

_ have already been taken. We must crush the Harkonnen machine on Arrakis. «s+ You all, | know what to do,

(earning towards Gurney} ++ +Gurney! We desverately need more spice MNerS... Meany are threatening to leave on the next shuttle. We need spice drivers, . -- wea ther scanners, Gune men ... any with open

sand experience. You must persuade then to

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Gurmey strides off. ‘Thufir sits, contemplating. Paul and Duke Teto smile at each other and shake their heads.

Jessica is sitting in a small room, smiling, reading a note. Tt reads

"I miss you. Leta." She sets the note dom. She begins to tremble, She becames fearful. In her mind she SRES three quick images:

MENTAL IMAGES: A blurred Gaild Navigator; Paul dead on a stone floor; fire burning. INf, JESSICA'S CHAMBER - ARRAKEEN PALACE ~ DAY Jessica continues to tremble, JESSICA

(inner voice) I mast speak with you Leto!

Outside in the passageway, feet suddenly move ‘quietly toward the door to Jessica's roam.

«

‘Jessica HEARS this and locks up just as the Shadcut Mapes silently.

enters her room

; JESSICA (staring at the blue-eyed .wanan -- waiting for possible danger.) Yes?

8/27/82 Due O37,

’ SHADOUT MAPES Iam the Shadout Mapes, your housekeeper, Noble Born, What are your orders.

ae JESSICA € You may refer to me as “my lady." T am not - noble born. I'm the bound concubine of Duke Leto -—- rether of the heir designate,.... "Shadout"... that's an ancient word.

hunting Languages, |

I know the Dark things and the way of the Great Mother. Miseces prejin.

aw

oo Mapes takes a step backward to flee.

{inner voice) Now we will see which © way the decision tips.

slowly Mapes reaches into her dress and brings out a sheathed Imife. - She unsheathes it and the knife GLOWS as if lit from within.

Do vou know this my Lady?

8/27/82 DUE 8638,

_ JESSICA {inner voice} It could only be one thing... (out Loud) It's a crysknife,

Do you know its meaning?

* JESSICA

{inner voice) Here is why this Frenen has taken service with me, to ask that one question. Delay is as dangerous as the wrong answer. Shadout is Chakobsa... knife, in Chakohsa is... maker of death.

tout Loud) Tt's a waker...

Mapes SCREAMS with elation and grief.

Maker?... Maker... Maker is the key word... that was close...

{out loud) Did yon 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 lang, the moment of revelation is a shock, “e ——

Mapes sheathes the blade... slowly.

Pith 2 GASP Mapes drops the knife into Jessica 's hands and opens her blouse.

. Take the water of my life!

‘Jessica withdraws the knife from the sheath and, with ‘the blade,

i scratches a line just above Mares’ right Dreast.

meal

‘ Jessica's eyes stare ahead, She knows these words ring with truth,

- MAEES: {CONT'D} You are ours..., You are the me,

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8/27/82 PDLNE 39, 93, EXT, LANDING FIFID - ARSRAKFEN - DAY

The Duke, Paul and SEVERAL ARMFD GUARDS énter the heat of the airfield 7 and walk out toward Kynes, who is standing next to Gurney.

7, {to Gurney) So, this is Lato the Just...

The two parties meet and are introduced.

KYNES

{turning to Gurney) I prefer the more ancient tenn, planetologist... Noble Born,

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“eT Te DUKE TETO This is my son, Paul.

; PAUL Are you a Fremen?

KXYNES ‘ I am a servant of His Majesty the Exteror. I have served His Majesty on Arrakis long enough for my eyes to change.

I understand we have you to thank for these

stilisuits, Doctor, . Thev are Fremen suits. I heoce they Fit well, my lord. er

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| ; PAUL. | "Your gift is a blessing of the river.*

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8/27/82 . DUNE

Kkynes’ FREMEFN GUARDS, hearing this, are siezed with agitation. QUInTS them, then studies Paul.

KYNES

{inner voice} The Mahdi will greet you with holy words and vour 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. —~

Guimey and the guard move forward warily.

GURNEY

{angrily) The Duke is te be addressed as...

The Duke cuts him off,

40,

Kynes

Kynes cares forward and adjusts the Duke's suit, checking seals and

pulling on straps. KYNES

Basically, it's a high-efficiency filter and heat. exchange system. Perspiration passes. throigh the first layer and is gathered in the second... salt is removed. Breathing and walking provide the pmping action. The reclalred water circulates to catchpockets from which you drink through this tobe at the neck. Urine and feces are processed in the thigh pads. In the open desert, you - wear the face mask. Breathe in through the Ireaith Filter, out through the nose tubes.

The Duke is now properly fitted, .

| KYNES (conr'p)

With a Fremen suit in good working order, “you won't lose more than a_ thinblefull of moisture a day. Lo

” Xyvres turns =O paul, running his hands over the slick fabri Ce ’ stanés back with a suzzled expressicn.

He .

TAUE, tf, No,

Kynes' Fresen quard are watching Paul very closely now.

They rake their way to a large black ornithopter. A button on the outside is pushed and it folds open ready for flight, They enter. They lift off.

They fly over the fields of spice silos and over the Imge spice factories which belch out orange and black SMOKE, Then, through the windows, we see the black stone of the Shield Wall race past as the

"thopter rises.

' KYNES Southeast over the Shield Wall, That's where I teld your sandmaster to concentrate his harvesting. ;

95, EXT. ORNITHOPTER ~ DAY

They crest. the top of the wall which opens out. into a black, level expanse of rock, cratered and fractured, In the distance, on the other side, is the huge, seemingly endiess plain of sand, the Great Desert.

“96. IND. ORNITHOPTER ~ DAY PAUL Will we see a worm?

KYNES

Where there is spice ar spice mining there axe always worms,

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To protect their territory. Vibrations attract then. A shield will draw a worm A shield in the desert is useless. Worms ignore their territory and come fram miles to attack a man with a shield. No one has ever survived sucti an attack.

Kynes looks around and sees that each of the Atreides carries a shield belt.

Paul studies Kynes as he and Duke Leto speak.

PAUL, . {inner voice) I've registered him now... a knife ina sheath on his left arm.... He's strong... a person born to command... He's hiding many things. (out loud, suddenly)

ts there a relationship between the worns and the spica?

Kynes turns instantly and stares at Paul. Gurney sees the wonder in Rynes’? eyes.

Kynes takes a second look at young Paul. _

| INT. AUTOPSY ROCM — - ARRAKEEN PALACE ~- DAY

Thufir enters and approaches Dr. Yueh, who is scanning dead Harkonnen ‘bodies with a yellow Light. Yueh is scrrewhat startled and acts ' nervously. ;

More enemy dead coming in for your inspection, Dr. Yueh. Are vou alright?

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Dr. Yueh hands Thufir a message cylander., Thufir studies it, looks at Dr. Yuch, then leaves. Dr, Yuch continucs to scan several of the bedics already in the room. Ne suddenly stops, He looks around, then Jasbeam-cuts the stamich of a Harkeonnen agent. He looks on the sonar monitor, He sees a black shape. fie reaches in the sterach cavity and pulls out a very sn21l message cylinder, and moves into the shadows, He opens the cylinder and reads, His hands tremble,

» GURNEY Dust cloud ahead, Sire.

Kynes grabs the microphone and dials in the correct frequency.

EXT, HARVESTER - DESERT - BAY Down below the sand is rippling, like water with a big fish just under its surface. The ripple is moving toward the harvester.

KYNES

{into radio) Calling Harvester Pad Nine, Wonrsign!

. STATIC... then a voice.

(over radio} tho calls Pad Nine?

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- VOICE (over radio) Have sighting confirmed. Stand by for fix, Contact in sixtacn minutes minus,

As the Duke brings their omithopter in closer, Paul can SFE...

EXT, HARVESTER - DESERT ~ DAY

.--huge amounts of sand being spewn out of the gigantic stacks atop the metal and plasteel harvester.

The yellow cloud of the harvester envelops them, The Duke flies up to get a clearer look.

VOICE . fover radio) Spotter control... no sign of the carryall.,. it isn't answering.

Everyone looks at one another,

VOICE {over radio) _ Spotter control — give nm a report by the numbers,

Over the radio MANY VOICES report they have no contact with the carryall. Damm it... Harkonnens.

‘He punches a control button and grabs a microphone.

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, A hatch opens and MEN come pouring out.

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VOICE (over radio) Ordered by wham?

Gurney and Paul tur to each other, worried.

. VOICE {over radio} Yes... yes, Sirel

VOICE {over radio) Full crew -- twenty-six men -—- but Sire, we can't leave this spice...

All the spotters begin landing and the Duke descends directly in front of the harvester which has stopped mining yet still emits a tremendous rythnic GRINDING noise. No one is coming out. Gurney nervously scans the sky for enemy ships.

A very low, powerful SOUND starts now and the ground begins to shake,

EXT, HARVESTER ~ DESERT ~ DAY

) . DUKE LETO

{velling at the ren) Two men in each of the smotters... Youl... over here,.. mmtl

The ground is really shaking now. A tremendcus low THONDERING sound grows along with a high rasping HISS.

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- KYNES {to Pawh and Gumey -- yelling over the noise) Lean't see it yet but it'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.

The men press on Gumey and Paul. Paul can feel the fear, The sound is a horrible ROAR and deeper RIMBLING now and the 'thopter is vibrating and shaking violently, The air suddenly begins to SPARK with static electricity.

. KYNES {nervous}

Here it is... We'd better qo. {inner voices)

My God he's a cool one this Duke.

The Duke closes the doorways, surveys the area one last time, then takes the controls, The ship strains and lifts off — slowly.

Paul sees the brown power clumped on the suits of the men... their

blueish eyes. PALL {inner voice) Spicel.., All this for spicel A spice miner turns and sees Kynes. ,

SPICE MINER #1

(astonished) } Liet! oe SPICE MINER #2 g Paul hears this, then Jocks to Kynes -- locks on his image. ‘ | PAUL’ | fs . {inner voice} ¥ Liet? ° (pointing Gown ard velling)

Yeu are about to witmess somethine Tew nave . seen -~ watch. °

Paul Jocks Gown as the Duke tanks over the harvester.

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distance on the Shield Wall.

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Static electricity is IGVITING in the air and the sand is swirling around the harvester, Then they see it. A wide hole emerges fran the sand, glistening spokes within it. The hole is twice the size of the harvester. Suddenly the machine turns and slides ints the hole, parts of it EXPLODING. The SOUND is deafening, The Duke's ship is WHINING to stay aloft.

God what a monster.

FADE TOs

Gumey sits in a small room under the wann light of a glowglabe Playing a forlom song on his baliset. Dr. Kynes sits contentedly across fram him, listening and eating a bowl of soup.

Duke Leto is on a balcony overlooking the airfield and the three mile high Shield Wall. The Duke looks tired. The colors are changing rapidly as the sun goes behind the Shield Wall. Fran yellows to brilliant orange to hot violet to blue violet. Suddenly it is black of night. ‘The Duke catches sight of a FLASHING LIGHT far in the

4 DUKE LETO Harkonnen... signals.

Just then, overhead, an Atreides ornithopter rushes in the direction

of the flashing light.

DUKE LeTO {CONT'D} Good lads... Good lads. You've seen it too. (inner voice) " They've tried to take the life of my scn....

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111, INT, OBSERVATION ROOM ~ ARRAKEEN PALACE - NIGHT Tonfir enters the observation roam and continues on to join Duke Tete on the baloony.

‘12, EXT, OBSERVATION ROOM - ARRAKEEN PALACE - NIGHT

The Duke turns to greet him.

THUFTR

No, sive... I did however find out what the city Fremen were calling out to Paul as we entered the city.

DUKE LEYO

But... "Mahdi?" oo THUFIR Supposedly, he will lead them to true freedan. (lowering his head) My lord... (he hesitates} . DUKE LETO What is it? THUPIR.,

My lord... this is very difficult for me.

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_. ‘THUFIR Yes, my lord... A Harkonnen agent was killed last night. Before he dicd he started an acid erasure in a message cannister he carried. We stopped that erasure, ‘The remaining portion, my lord, is... I'll read it to you... it starts, "Leto will never suspect, and when she strikes, the blow falling upon him from a beloved hand, its source alone should be encugh to destroy him," I've authenicated that it was under the Baron's own seal,

The Duke stares at Thuofir,

Paul is lying in bed studying a filmbook. INSERT - FITMBOOK

BACK TO SCENE

There isa Knocking at the door, Paul responds; the Duke enters, smiles.

- DUKE LETO Sorry you have to sleep so far underground. . . we can’t take any chances. . (sits down -- studies Paul's face)

Paul... I'm doing a hateful thing but I MST...»

Paul is silent, weiting,

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There is a KNOCKING on the door.

VOICE An urgent message, my lord.

Duke Leto opens the door. A SUB-LIEUTENANT stands waiting.

INT, OBSERVATION ROOM — ARRAKEEN PALACE — NIGHT

Duke Leto walks into the roan. The NIGHT GUARD comes to attention as he passes, DUNCAN IDAHO, wearing a dark, dusty stilisuit, ererges _ DUKE LETO oo fhapoily} mys _ Duncan! The men ‘enbrace and ceparate. he Sremen hve sent a message to vou, sire.

Duncan hands the Duke a rolled 3 messace.

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_ DUNCAN A warning.

DUKE LETO Te

An obscure one at best. How are you making out with the Fremen, Duncan -- tell me. Why haven’t we heard fran you?

DUNCAN

. My lord... I suspect so mich, Tf think they

are the allies we seek... they are strong, fierce... they do not give their loyalty easily or quickly.... As you know, there has never been a census taken by the Imperium of the Freren. Many say there are but a few Fremen — wandering here and there in the desert... My lord, I suspect an incredible secret has been keot on this planet... that the Frenean exist in vest numbers... vast numbers... and it is they who control Arrakis.

Dr, Yueh walks quickly down a dark passage.

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’ INT. OBSERVATION ROOM ~ ARRAKEEN PALACE — NIGHT

DUKE LENO

| Very tired, Duncan... morally tired. The

Geseneration of the Great Houses has - afflicted me at ‘last, perhaps. — And we were such strong people once, . . .

DUNCAN

Our house has not degenerated. . > and we will

prevail,

DUKE LETO

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Paul is in fitful sleep. Leto enters and tucks Paul in. Ue smiles at his son,

The Duke smiles at Paul then leaves the rocm, but after he goes, Paul strains with all his might to lift himself to call out.

. PAUL {struggling painfully) Father!... father... drugged...

The Duke walks down a very narrow passageway. ‘The passadeway beccmes very dark but up ahead it is lit by very thin neon tubing on the ceiling, As he walkss

Re picks up the speed of his walk. Suddenly the Duke hears a strange MEWLING sound. He tums 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 Mares dying on the cold stone floor in the darkness. She tries to speak but cannot. She falls dead. Suddenly the Duke HEARS the shield generator start whining down,

The Duke reaches to activate his shield but a large dart is shot into his shoulder. ‘The Duke lurches upwands then tiurmbles to the ground. Out of the darkmess comes Dr. Yueh, The dart droos and CLATTERS as in a dream,

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YUEH {OONT'D) For Paul...

He implants the tooth.

Yueh becomes more and more blurred. except his purple lips. His lips move in the darkness. WHINE is very low and going lower and lcwer,

‘he guards see the shield disappearing,

* there's something Overs. 5 what | is it?

A red Vine of FIRE appears iin the sky over the Shield Wall. *

His image begins to fade, ail The generator

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Thufix runs down a passageway. A loud waming TONE vibrates. Gurney coms out of another doorway and his eyes moet Thufir's.

Jessical!

»

TROOPS race to the space ships.

Suddenly there is an EXPLOSION, then ANOTHER and ANOTHER. The ships are hit. One or two are airbourne but EXPLODE in the sky. There is a deafening ROAR overhead.

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The Baron's face —- expressionless. The SOUND of his ship screams in the background.

A thousand Barkonnen ships dive over Arrakeen and the Palace. Giant deep thundercais EXPLOSIONS shatter the land. Billowing SMOKE clouds

' eoluim upwards,’ Forming a black wriggling death curtain around the Palace.

124, INT. PASSAGEWAY ~— ARRAKEEN PALACE — NIGHT

SMOKE is everywhere and the horrible SOUNDS of the explosions continue. The SOUNDS of stone cmmching, shifting, and breaking. SCREAMS.

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| The twenty pabn trees are ABLAZE Like white hot torches, SMOKE fills , the sky. Searchlights wave through the smoke trying in vain to spot oe a targets,” - = . ; ‘

_ Harkonnen hammer ships <hunder the ground, sending cracks and fissures 7 ‘throughout the landing field. Zarkonnen scare SIRENS scream, . ‘

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The distant HMERING of the Harkonnen hamver ship. Jessica's eyes

- opnn and she snes two big boots but they seem to be floating above the stone floor she is lying on. She is gagged and tied. She locks up. She sees the huge Baron Harkonnen staring down at her. In the distance she HEARS the battle raging.

The Baron moves to another corner of the basement, where Jessica sees Paul, likewise bound but not gagged, lying on a stone table. The Baron gently strokes Paul's face. . eee

They are alike, this mother and son —~ dangerms. The training they have had... beyond most people's imaginations. Far too deadly to... play with.

‘ BARON We were ordered to kill them... so kill them, I leave it in your hands, Piter.

The Baron floats across the room with suspensor~borne Lightness.

BARON {CCNT'D) Goodbye, Jessica and goodbye to your sweet SON..e.. I want to spit once on your head... - just some spittle on Your face — what a "He ‘spits on her cheek. “The Baron floats Gut of the rean into the: " passageway. Piter SNAPS his fingers. NEFUD enters.

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Their bodies mst never be found.

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on her face with his hand,

Gelicately) I'd thought of many pleasures with you. You are perhaps lucky to die in the innards of a worm. Desire clouds my reason.,.. That is not good... that is bad.

Piter, hot and red in the face, leaves hurrying after the Baron. The guards load Paul. Paul is carried out first. As he passes his mother he opens his eyes for a moment. They are bright and clear.

mamecan Idaho kills a Sardaukar soldier and rushes forward frantically. — His eyes blaze > intensely. He yells out to other Atreides soldiers,

The soldiers disappear, searching in another direction. Duncan runs,

' pounding, down the passageway — his eyes searching in every dcorway. ‘Suddenly twelve huge Sardaukar round a corner on.a quick march,

Duncan turns his shield up and charges them, Behind them he sees Paul and Jessica bound in straps and being carried. Duncan attacks and fights valiantly but he is ocutmumbered. In the fight the lights are blown out and Duncan is killed by a slow stunner pellet through the head. Paul strains to help.

Paul and Jessica are carried off, quickly, through the darkness. The battle SOUNDS thundering. Duncan's dead, shielded body slides sparking in the dark against the passageway walls.

FIRE and SMOKE. SCREAMS. Bn ATREIDES SOLDIER's head is hit with a- large white hot plece of explosion, ‘Through the black smoke, large SARDAUKAR Chase after THREE SOLDIERS and stab them with hydraulic knife~gins. One blade enters the back of one man’s head and cames out his nose, Tremerdous NOISE of battle. Gumey and a squad of TROOPERS climb through bodies and thick smoke. ‘Small climpses, as the srcke . moves this way.or that, let them see thousands cf Sardaukar fichting.

Who are these fichters? They can’t be Harkonnen. .

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This runs deeper than any of us imagined... (under his breath}

She’s bronght us down to this, fhe suddenly yells vary loud)

LONG LIVE DUKE LeTo!

A CRY from the men rings out and they attack with frenzy equalling that of the Sardaukar. A large palm falls in ta a pile of dead Atreides. Their hair is instantly burned off.

1d. INT. HARKONNEN ORNITHOPTER — NIGHT

Jessica and Paul, bound by cabin straps, lie in the back, the two guards at the controls. They are flying over the Shield Wall, *thopters and ships flying past them toward the city. The cockpit is dimly illuminated by distant FIRES and EXPLOSIONS. Jessica can see Yueh's triangular tattoo scratched in the cabin roof.

GUARD #1 T'd like to have score fim before we kill her.

Of course... what did you think?

Jessica looks to Paul. -

; PAUL, (struggling to use The Voice) Tf you touch my mother...

CLARDE2 | ot didn’ t hear anything.

He urns and kicks ‘paul in the head, Paul recovers and. starts taking

‘ JESSICA - . {inner voice} “The calming exercise,

Lea ole Siadlal adil iadliastat tisalarinia demeateinaeeneal as

pets O" beet OS.

Suddenly, Guard #1 reaches around and pots his hand up Jessica's

skirt. He starts breathing hard. Paul clears his throat.

Guard #1 finds himself removing Jessica's gag, Guard #2 turns away from his controls but seems powerless to stop him. Once it's off, Jessica smiles seductively and writhes on the 'thopter floor.

JESSICA {CONT'D) (The Voice} Gentlemen, there's no néed to fight over me.

The two men stare at one another a moment. ‘Then Guard #1’s hand, glinting silver, flashes into Guard #2's chest, killing him. Guard #1 polis the knife cot, smiling. ‘The ormithopter begins to veer off into a dangerous nose dive.

GUARD #1 Now?

. , JESSICA {The Voice} First cut my son's bonds.

Guard #1 slowly cuts Paul's big straps, never taking his eves off Jessica. The ornithopter gets closer and closer to the top jagged

surface of the Shield Wall.

JESSICA {CONT'D} _ (The Voice) That's it, And when you're done... ‘

The blade cuts throagh the strap holding Paul's legs. Paul, kicks upwards extremely powerfully and his foot breaks through the man's chest cavity and drives his heart up into his head, spewing blood out

the man's mouth, nese and eyes. Paul grabs the controls but it's too -

late. The 'thopter slides across the rock, shearing off a wing. Suddenly they are beyond the rock three miles above the great desert and plunmeting fast toward the dimes below. Paul pulls desperately on the controls and slows the ‘ship enough for a safe landing: He turns

and cuts Tessica's bonds. they ip outside. "

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(starting to ery) A mit lion deaths are not enough for Yueh. .

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As Paul picks up the sachel he feels something. He opens it and finds

his father's

ring, He stares at it silently, then closes his hand around it. Sr

FIRE and SMOKE.

The Baron's face, the light of FIRE and EXPLOSIONS playing over it. The Baron turns as Piter ushers in the traitor Yuch,

A sudden flash of hope crosses Yueh's face.

The Baron smiles, almost sympathetically,

Piter moves to Yueh, a knife glistening in his hand. It flashes into his back. A GASP escapes Yueh'’s throat, a sad look passing over his face, as if to say: "I thought as mch.” As he stands swaying stiffly, -he begins to gasp out sare words.

" Yea... think I didn’t know... what I . bought... for my wife. He falls and dies.

Teke him away. Sring in Duke Leto. ° Piter exits. The sound of TCRTUCUS CRIES ccming from the hall. Piter re-enters with the Duke, a dazed, almost insane look in his eyes.

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. BARON Duke Leto Atreides, Somoone's torn the insignia off your uniform. Such

- — carelessness.

Teta shows no sign that he has heard,

LETO'S POV: The Baron and his Mentat are only DIM FARAWAY SHAPES. Their voices reach Leto as if travelling across a great distance. The Baron leoks to Leto and then moves to him, leoking him over,

BARON

You killed the doctor too scon, you fool!

i PITER He's coming round, Baron.

The Baron moves from behind a table stacked with dirty dishes and foodstuffs and goes to Leto.

‘The Baron's face is now very close to Duke Leto's. ae BARON (CONT'D) * > You do not answer!

Alle little... closer.... The... water... of my life... fcr Paul,

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: oh he Baron briefly wonders ‘at these words and then turns to Piter.

. BARON Piter! What did he say?

afdrsjaa DUNE 61,

Piter mes forward, The Biron sees a suculent piece of chicken skin on the table,

yO LETO'S POV: It's growm HAZY again, The Faron is beginning to rove : away, reaching for the small piece of chicken skin. Piter Jeans close oe to Leto. f% DUKE LETO {inner voice) Now! We hear a CRUNCH, hear a tumiltuous RUSHING SOUND as Piter's face is, pushed forcibly away. The Baron is turning, a dumbfounded look on his face. There is a tremendous ROARING. Bits of visions of Caladan rush through Leto's ever—darkening consciousness —~ 134, MENTAL IMAGES: Jessica smiling; Paul; Water; the Atreides banner, the green of it, then the black. The blacknes ss flaps; then ail fades to SILENCE,

Paul and Jessica running along the base of the Shield Wall. Suddenly, Jessica steps and rests her head and places her clenched fists acainst ' the huge rock. j _, fexying out to the night . : soe eS te oe -—- with tremendous presonition and fear} Leto! tLetol Tears course down her cheeks as Paul returns to her, urging her on, f JESSICA (CONT'D) {to Paul} He's dead! He's dead... PAUL T know. Cam ont... : ; o {inner voice} 7 2 have NO FEELINGS! why? 7 oO oe Ce

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' BARON (gasping) Am YL alive? Am I alive? -

Nefud rushes up to him, a look of astonishment on his dull face. ‘The Baron sees him and begins to GIGGLE repulsively with a gleeful relief. He kisses the chicken skin and chews it up.

»

Paul, and Jessica ruming. Faul pulls Jessica to a place in the wall where a small overhang offers shelter. Jessica falls to the ground, She CRIES, pouring out her grief, but soon the sound of it is carried away by the building rush of WIND. Paul turns and looks. out to the open desert, this portion of which is a dust ocean.

PAUL'S FOV: Ripples of dust undulate tide-like in the light of the moon. The WHISPERING grains billow up like the foam of waves as they hit the Shield Wall.

Paul turns, his face illuminated by the mean above. His face hecoms enveloped in a HAZE, as if the light of the moon were congealing around it, Inside the light, Paul's eyes are closed —- straining.

MENTAL IMAGES:

Dark folds of skin. The skin moves and stretches. The SOUND is a moist stretching. cemon e a Suddenly the skin stretches very tight and rips open, exposing an eye burning brightly -~- almost white hot,

The picture burns to white. .

The white turns into giant FLAMES which ROAR.

We see the burning Palace of Arrakeen. We move close to it.

We then see Duke Leto’s face. The Baron leans over and with his fat hand he clutches the skin on the Duke's face and begins pulling it. It slowly rips open ~~ making a hideous tearing SOUND.

Black SMOKE issues forth fram the hole which tears larger.

Inside and through the SMOKE is more FIRE. The fire burns brighter

';. and in the brightness the eye watches.

"The brightness tums to red hot. “Then +t the burning red bocunes @ meteor which ROARS over the castle on

Caladan,.

-. The meteor crashes in the black Sea,

Feaming conzusion turning into a somali, twisting fetus uncer the sea. °

its eyes closed. Mowing “close to +t, its eyes snap cpen. ’ Through the -

_ eyes is the pale white face of Jessica.

8/27/82 DUNE 63,

There is a huge soaring WIND sound and beyond Jessica the dunes roll’ like ocean waves, Pieces of moving images in broken, flaming, bwening glass zoom by.... the Jast image which passes is dark blue water.

Then Garkness.

His eyes watch —- burn out to white —— FADE DOWN to

Paul looks down. We follow to his clenched hand. It opens, revealing the signet ring. Paul looks upward to the moon of Arrakis. He looks back to the ring. Seeing the ring, Jessica lets out a woefill sich.

. JESSICA What terrible things we do to these we love,

JESSICA

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“blowing over the dark dust ocean.

8/27/82 DUNE 64,

* PAUL You and your Bene Gesserit sisterhood... I'm not your Kwisatz Haderach.,. I'm samething

different, something unexpected! I am so

mich more... You don't begin to know me..,

{inner voice)

I'ma seed, (out loud)

I curse the Gay you awakened the awful thing

ft am that was sleeping deep inside me!

A strange, forlorn feeling inside him begins to make him tremble.

cu Paul. He closes his eyes. He sees back in tine to...

«» his father on the cliff above the night sea of Caladan.

EXT, SHIELD WALL - DESERT ~ NICHT

Paul's eyes open and look to the moon. ‘The trerbling increases, invades his entire frame,

His head goes down. He places the ring on bis finger. He kisses the

seal as he had seen his father do so many times before.

His head comes wp into the Light of the mon, exying, tears coursing cown his cheeks.

EXT, THE SHIFLD WALL ~ DESERT — NIGHT

Later: Paul and Jessica are in stillsuits. The moon has moved further across the sky, the second moon is rising, Jessica sits motionless staring at Paul, who stares out at the desert beyond, Paul watches and listens. Through the WIND he can HEAR the moon, he can HEAR an insect crawl over grains of sand. He can HEAR sand shift and sand fall and he can HEAR his own body living.

‘ Lying open beside him is the Frenkit Dr. Yueh left for them. ’ Glowing

in green Light letters are scme words: literions, stilltent, energycaps, makerhooks, thumers, fiit-plugs.

Suddenly Paul turns and studies his mother. A stronger WIND cares up,

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' PAUL, There will be no watchers for those men, We have to get back te that ‘thopter and inte the desert.... We have entered the time when all will tum against us and seck our lives...

Paul turns, shuts the Fremkit and stands, Jessica gets up and they hurry off —- back to the damaged Harkonnen ‘thopter.

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Black smoking palms, Lela.

RABPAN strides in front of his uncle's ship. Harkonnen and Sardaukar SOLDTERS stand at attention. In front of the troops stands Dr. Kynes, who is dazed and covered with bleed. Rabban steps un to Kynes and tears off his stilisuit. Kynes falls.

You were in the Palace with the Atreices... We also say you are a spy for the Frreror. Qlooking up te the troops)

Take him into his desert to die.

Rabban steps up the ramp. He wears a large smile. His thick head sweats and the sweat runs down his thick neck.

He enters the ship and moves down within to the Baron's quarters.

As he enters, the Baron tums toward him and away from the two mode young aragged BOYS on his loveseat, .

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. BARON Rabhan... I place you in charge of Arrakis. Tt's yours to squeeze, ag I promised, | want you to squeeze. and squeezé and squceze.

{massaging in rhythm)

Give me spice! You must not show the slightest pity or mercy, Drive them into utter submission... as only you can... Never

stop! (releasing him) Go.... Show no mercy! RABBAN Yes, my lord Baron.

Rabban leaves....

As Rabban leaves, he locks into one room of the ship. Behind the

glass porthole sits Thufir Hawat bound head and foot, his eyes darting

this way and that.

FADE ‘TO:

Paul is fighting the controls of the Harkonnen 'thopter.

PADI, I can't maintain any altitude... we won't make it to rock,

| this landing is going to be rough

“he ‘thepter hits the sand hard ané Flips up -~ almost turning over.

It falls slcwly back, then slices dewn the side of a cime.

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PAUL

Rurry: a worm will come soon. I'L) plant JESSICA I'm ready. .

(inner voice} las Paut leaves

to Llight-the thumper) ...the night is a tunnel,., a hole into tamerrow... iff we're to have a tomorrow...

thumper.

Paul and Jessica begin the uneven walking up and down the dunes. The distant rock seems to grow no larger. Their mscles begin to acha. Suddenly they HEAR the thumper start behind them

EXT, DEEP DESERT - NIGHT

Their breathing becames very labored. The sand moves like slow water, forever rolling Gown and up. Sand spills look Like water. Jessica

renatbers Leto and Caladan and a MOAN of grief escapes her. ‘Then they hear the worm, the low thimdering HISS shaking the tonnage of sand and

rock. The thumper stops. Panl turns.

Their bodies ache and they feel like dropping, yet the cliff is still a god distance away « .

‘he worn SOUND grows louder and Paul turns to look. ‘The worm is now

» soning toward them, The mourcd of sand over the woun is enormous and

is acproaching at a terrifyingly fast speed, The cower of this woot

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She turns to see. Then she runs. All at once their feet tromp down on firmer sand. The SOUND is very loud,

The DRUMMING sound ECHOFS deep within the ground. Jessica falis.

Paul stops and dyags her up. They run again. The worm SOUND becomes unbearably loud. Static electritity SPARKS giant bolts of pure white LIGHTNING and the air turns to ozone, Finally they find rock. Behind them the SOUND of the worm chances. They tum

se nean *

The gigantic head of the worm is just breaking through the sand. The maith begins to open in an eighty~-foot circle of teeth and darkness. The mouth axches forward searching for then,

.

EXT, BASH OF THE CLIFP — DEEP DESERT ~ NIGHT

Paul and Jessica climb up and up inside a narrow slit of rock. The wor's maith cLinbs higher also but it cannot penetrate the Narrow opening in the rock.

EXD. ROCK CLIZF - NIGHT

Paul and Jessica have scrambled upwards a couple of hundred fest. Sti. the worm stretches up to them. Suddenly the worm begins BANGING on the rock. Huge SHUDDERS drive through the black stone. Over and over again the wonn mindlessly hits at the rock.

Paul and Jessica crouch firther hack in the tiny passageway of safaty, bot a solid back wall of rock prevents them fram moving back any more. The breath from the woum is like a hurricane of WIND.

“EXT. ROCK CLIFF — DEEP DESER? - nicHt

Sudéenly a colicsal section of the rock wall cracks and topples off into the worm's mouth. Instantly the worm mulls back. A Inmice FIRE rears deep within the worm consumming the rock,

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The worm now can get even closer to Paul. and Jessica, It Icans up again and cnishes its neuth up against the rock, Another fissure opens, and suddenly half the rock wall protecting than. splits off entirely and falls against the worm.

Paul is knocked off the cliff and falls straight down two hundred

feet. His feet skid alang the face of rock. He bounces and brakes.

Ke hits and jumps. He careens fram one boulder, flies upside down, - “ rights himself then tumbles and skids into the sand, Unhurt, he jurps

up and scrambles wo another part of the rock to safety.

Up above, Jessica takes a big sigh of relief as she sees that Paul is all right. She presses against the narrow ledge that is left after

EAT. BASE OF THE CLIFF ~ DEBP DESERT ~ NIGHT

The worm is just coming up again when distant THUMPING is heard, the worm, 25 if charmed by the sound, turns and moves off towards it.

A thumper.

Jessica climbs further up and manages to get over to a place where sha can meet up with Paul, who has now climbed back,

_ JESSICA “peti What happened? one _ Why did it leave?

e . ‘(breathing heavily) ot Someone started another thunper.... We're

not alone. Theee moles — there are more of them over

there — Leading Upwards... see? mey mark _ the way up the clizs,

They clinb upwards until the ledge ends at. che mouth cf a dark crevice. Paul and Jessica try to see into the inky black hole.

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Slowly Paul enters, inching forward, A low man of WIND comes up. He can soe nothing, then suddenly he SFES stars above and SEES the hint

‘of stairs cut into the rock. Jessica follows. She too SEES the stairway.

"PAUL {whispering) Yes. Lad

They climb the steps and enter an extremly narrow dark channel of stone. As they make their way, they SEE at the end that the channel opens out into a small moonlit basin filled with small bushes, cacti,

and tiny clumps of leaves, Around the basin are more rock walls. Paul sees a tiny mouse hopping away.

PALI, (spel Thound) This mist be a Fremen place.... I wonder where they are?

Before Jessica can ansver.

STTIGAR {V.0.) Most intruders regret finding the Fremen.

Paul turns am] moves one step,

A whole troop!... Such stealthi r didn't hear them.

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” STILGAR “ses ERDAS Yet he could be the Lisan al-Gaib, SAMIS (V.0.) | But the water fat woran.... She cannot live with the desert,

. JAMIS {V.0.) We cannot stay out...

Are you trained in the ways of the desert?

. JESSICA

No, but many consider my training valuable. {inner voice).

ft have him registered now... also the voice

up there... it has death in it.

sanctuary in my tribe...

A LOW NOTE on a dip stick is blown by one of the Fremen tribe.

Jessica shifts, Paul sees it, and just as Stilgar begins a reach for his weapon, Jessica turns, slashes out, utters a SOUND, whirls again and with rock behind her holds Stilgar helpless in front of her — her hand at his throat. Paul. moves on her first move, He reces up a rocky incline and cripples Jamis and takes his weapon away.

He then junps higher up and presses himself between two rocks on a low cliff overlooking the rest of the Fremen Eroop.

The troap starts shooting projectile weapons in Paul's direction.

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The two Franen ‘bring Janis, the Fremen whom Paul injured... Jamis is_ stumbling and gasping between them. Stilcar is amazed,

Up on the rock, Paul turns. He takes a step, then notices a small ficure standing in front of him It is a girl.

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Paul stares at her in wonder.

They climb to the bottam with the others.

168, EXT. FREMEN PLACE ~ DEEP DESERT ~ NIGHT

Jessica is pulled away tenderly by sane of the Fremen. Chani cores up ‘very close to Paul,

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Paul is suddenly moved forward and a ring of Fremen surrounds hin. Jamis unsheathes his crysknife.

They begin circling each other.

PAUL, {inner voice) Fear is the mind killer. ». the little death...

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Janis leaps. Paul easily evades him. Jamis attacks again and Paul stabs, but too slowly because of his shield training. Jamis turns and springs, trying to surprise Paul, but again Paul easily outmaneuvers him but is too slow on his attack, On the next attack, Paul cuts Jamis’ hand and Jamis begins to show fear.

The two circle slowly. Suddenly Jamis can wait no longer. He leaps high, strikes down with his. right hand but the knife has been expertly shifted to his left hand. Paul shifts beautifully and switches his knife hand. He plunges his knife deep into Jamis chest as Jamis omres down for him. Jamis continues down and crumbles dead on the ground,

Sixidenly several of the Fremen rash forward and surround Jamis' body, cover it and whisk it away. Jessica studies Paul. She sees the excitement in him, in Chani and the others.

She moves to Paul.

Paul stands, stunned by his mother's words. He really just then realizes what he has done, Tears begin to fall from his eyes. The Fremen are amazed. They move to Paul and he at first backs away, but

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THY. PASKMRINE ROOM - GEIDI PRIME | ~ DAY

RARON

Very quiet.... He's here.... Thufir?... Thufir? There you are. We've brought you a little cat, Thufir., You must care for it if you wish to Live... and get your revenge on the witch Jessica who betrayed you. A poison has been intreduced inte you, Vhufir Hawat.. By milking this snmoth little cat body you receive your antidote... it mst be done each day.... Also, you mist do sare work for me if you wish my help. You know [ lost Piter, my dear Mantat...

Dr. Kynes is dying. His body is blistering and filled with sores. HEAT WAVES. Dr. Kynes is raribling with a mouth filled with a swollen dried yellow tongue.

With a deafening ROAR the bubble explodes into a huse cloud of spice dust, Kynes is killed instantly and disappears from the face of Arrakis.

Raving been blown above ground by the explosion, several little sand trout scamper around, then they burrow back below the sand.

Dark sky; the sun sets and a WIND coms Paul watches two Fremen carry

HEAT WAVES and sand Gunes.

vs. With the desert in the distance. The Fremen troop climbs higher and higher to a secret coorway, this one very larce and incricete.

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They enter into a large square room with slot passageways going off in various directions. The decor is closed. Stilgar motions to the Fremen with Jamis" body and also to Chant and a few others.

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They all move down one of the passageways which are beautifully but very planely cut with lasguns. They are like passages in the pyramids, dark with sharp tums and inclines upwards or downwards, sam@ very steep and long, and others desmending hundreds of feet.

They came tO @ roan with a large black furnace-Like machine. The

acorway is Closed and Jamis’ body is umwrapped. His body is solemly placed in the machine. The machine WHINES and WHIRRS and through a window tremendous heat can be seen. Suddenly water can be HEARD shooting into a plasteel container with pole handies. ‘The rachine turns off and ashes fall silently out of the bottem of it. Paul end Jessica watch with amazement at what the cthers secmingly take as an

ordinary process.

, STILGAR This water belongs to Usul.... May he guard it for the tribe. May he be generous with it in tine of need... Bi~la kaifa. STTLGAR

Jamis carried thirty-three liters and seven and three thirtyseconds drachmas...

Ke hands Paul several rings of different sizes.

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INT, PASSAGEWAY - SIETCH TABR - NIGHT

»»- and down another passage. Paul and Jessica and the others follew, They come to a large, beautifully cut door guarded by ten Fremen dressing in black stillsuits, carrying black guns. They receqize Stilgar and he signals them to open the door, The group goes through.

A quiet WIND can be heard ~~ deep and moaning.

{inner voice} Wind fraps... huge ones.

Down a long, sloping, nacrow passageway they go until they reach a Stairway cut into the stone. It is very dark and gets increasingly darker as they descend. The WIND sound grows. The air grows colder and damper. Paul and Jessica share another questioning look. At the bottem of the stairs they pass through a narrow slot doorway which suddenly opens out on something so totally unexpected it shocks Paul.

Tt is an enormous, deep reservoir of water sitting silently in the

' depths of this sietch and stretching out into the darkness.

We have more than thirty-eight million decaliters here... this is the tribe's water. No matter the personal needy none shall touch it. ;

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A treasure... —

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Paul and the Fremen listen to the water dripping. MUSIC (Moonlight Sonata) comes up and the droplets and water rings on the black surface of the water make a magical water ballet -—- dreamy and mystical. SLOW MOTION leaps of drops. SLOW MOTION of rings expanding. Dark water rolling into the shadows ~~ into ‘the darkness.

CU Paul in the darkness. Chani's hand touches his shoulder, He turns slowly to see the Innocent. face of Chani.

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These words rend Paul's soul. He cannot speak. He tries to touch her face. The MUSIC of the droplets goes on...

TNT. PASSAGEWAY ~ STRETCH TABR ~ NIGHT

Pau] stands alone. In the distance many Fremen surround Chani, who is visibly shaken although she sheds no tears. Jessica and Stiloar are among these with her but they scon cross to Paul.

oi. Te is our - way , Usul. I will take you to - 4 Harah now.’

Paul looks to’ Jessica but she cannot help him. Paul lcoks up and at

that moment Chani is being <— away into the darkness at the emi of _ the passageway.

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Stilgar leads Paul inte a snail, smoothly cut black rock sietch recom where Harah is waiting. HARAH is also beautiful but not as beautiful as Chant. She stands and faces Paul.

She moves closer to Paul: Paul tenses.

” STILCAR {to Paul} This is Harah. She will lock after you. oe

Stilcar leaves .

PALE, You don't hate me?

Paul stands nervously. Suddenly Two SMAI, BOYS enter —- each carrying erysknives on their belts. ‘They stare up at Paul.

INT, TRAINING ROOM ~- SIETCH TARR ~ DAY

Large roan with a low ceiling. A huge hammer hits a plasteel drum pod and makes a low ECHOING MUSICAL HTT. A big block of stone is moved across coarse sand -~ back and forth -- fast. A rhythm is started —~ powerful. Paul stands in front of over 100 Fremen men. Jessica sits behind him alongside Stiigar. Along the far wall stand Sarrah'’s two

sons. PAUL Yen. can be the ‘fiercest fighters in the Universe when you know the weirding way. Rhythn is the base... our-way of battle is ‘built on rhythm. You understand rhythm like ‘this... but you do not understand the coy thm a _. of the hicher sounds, the sounds that heal - ee and buitd!.. the sounds that éestroy,

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PAUL {OONE'D) (to the rhytinn makers) Stop... The weirding block is lit.

The weirding block sends a haunting siren-like SOUND traveling around

and around the room, Paul steps forward, A large rock obelisk has been placed near Paul for this demonstration. He stands by it. He calls one of the Fremen up by the rock. .

- PAUL (CONT'D) Kick it... fhe does — the rock doesn't nove}... Hit it... (he does -- the rock - deesn't ave)... Yell at it... (he does — the Fremen laugh —- the rock doesn't move}

Paul motions him back, slightly, Paul moves close to the rock. Fe puts on a weirding module. He pats the rock in a rhythm. He opens his mouth and rakes @ small SOUND, which the module amplifies. Suddenly he kicks and hits the stone, shattering it to pieces. The one hundred Fremen YELL with surprise and awe,

PAUL (CONT'D) ‘

This is part of the weirding way. ‘This is what we will teach you. Some thouchts have a certain sound.,. that being the equivalent to a form. Through sound and motion you will be able to paralyze nerves, shatter bones, set fires, suffocate an enemy or burst his organs..s.

{inner voice} To avenge my father, I will turn you into killing machines.

Stilgax turns to Jessica.

* the Truthsayer dig... so dangerous, yet... | we mist move swiftly if we're to secure our . place among these Fremen,

. fout loud} ms t will try to cass within,

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« JESSICA {inner voice) Imast do this for Paul, but what of wy. unborn child? {out Loud} Stilgar... T exist to serve...

INT, HARAH'S ROOM ~ SIETCH TABR — NICHT

Paul lies asleep in a small bed surrounded by a gauze insect net, Harsh and the two koys sleep in the background. It is very dark and quiet. We move very close to his face.

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MENTAL IMAGEs.

Paul sees a burning broken shape flcat toward him over undulating dunes, In the shape is the dark face of Reverend Mother Ramalla. She speaks as she moves slowly by ~- burning and smoking. REVEREND MOTHER RAMALLO The Jihad... which will cleanse the Universe and bring us out Of darkness.

Suddenly paul sees into another shape. He sees the Atreides banner flapping viciously. ,

Suddenly the banner starts turning red with moist blood until it reaches a point of saturation. Then the flapping banner spits forth droplets of blood...

...Which begin to HOWL like the wind and fly across and spatter against the dunes. Thousands and thousands of droplets hit until they turn the dunes campletely red.

They begin to undulate Like a huge red blood ocean. WIND begins to howl and the howling wind seams to scream and it seems to scream "Mnad'Dibtt... Masa Dib! ”

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Paul walks with Stilgar. In the distance they hear the SOUND of many voices. Paul turns to Stilgar,

PAUL: People... it sounds like thousands...

Stilgar smiles at the awestruck face of Paul,

Paul and Stilgar enter the enormous Hall of Rites escorted by several fierce Fremen GUARDS, and mount the stairs to the ledge. Paul is amazed by the number of Fremen, thousands of them, continuing to cane out of the passages in the black rock, like ants, filling the vast Hali of Rites.

ENT. ROCK LEDGE — HALL. OF RITES ~ SIETCH TABR ~ NIGHT

Jessica and several monks are on the high rock ledge overlocking the hall. We hear the low masical ROAR of a sand pipe organ, as the hall is cleansed for the ceremony by Fremen MONKS,

Re looks to his mother.

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She turns away towards the monks who are very busy with pots of burning spice, purifying the area for the rite. Several Fremen blow on dip sticks and the giant pipe organ blows beautiful low notes.

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«.-Watch... the mystery of mysteries... the end and the beginning,

Be shows Paul through @ narrow passageway —- almost a slot through the stone to a srall roan. Through an opening in the stone wall, Paul is shown a very strange and sarewhat horrifying scene.

A thirty-foot baby worm is being lowered into a stone chamber, ‘The charber is then covered with a wire top, Valves are tumed and water xushes into the chamber. The wom begins to writhe violently and SMOKE pours from it. The worm dissolves partially and suddenly, before it dies, it secretes a dark blue bile out its mouth. Th spans ang dies. The bile and worm water are combined into ceremnial containers. Paul turns to Stilgar.

“INT. HOCK LEDGE ~ “HALL, OF RETES - STEICH TABR ~ NIGHT

* stilgar and Paul return to the ledge above the Hall of Rites. A MONK

PRIEST steps forward, addresses the crowd, silencing them, ‘The other monks ove * Pack, carrying their smoking cleansing bags.

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Ts there water?

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Blessed is the water and its seed. {to Jessica)

Here is the Water of Life. Water greater than water. The water that frees the sl. If you be a Reverend Mother, Tet Shai-Botod judge now.

He brings the water sack's spout close to Jessica.

ink MONK (CONT'D) Orink!

Jessica takes the spout to her lips and the monk squeezes the bag, filling Jessica's mouth with the fluid.

She swallows. Her ‘hallucination béegins,- like curtains being tom | aside. Her body contorts and spasms violently.

SESSICA. - NEMrOA. TMAGE

Inside her mind, Jessica's form -—- her mouth again filled with the gushing fluid — expands, carkening and containing yet another image of herself,

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We see Jessica sitting, shoulders tight and spasming —~ straining, her eyelids half-closed and flickering.

TNT. HALL OF RITES ~ SUETCH TABR - NIGHT

Everyone in the sietch is absolutely silent, staring and waiting,

TNT. ROCK LEDGE - HALL OF RITES ~ STRETCH TASR ~ NIGHT

The old Reverend Mother slowly extends a hand toward the back of Jessica's neck. :

JESSICA ~ MENTAL TMAGE

Inside Jessica, we see the Reverend Mother Rarallo's hand pess first through the large foon and slowly descend through the dark void towards the small Jessica. ‘The shimmering pool starts to ripple, lightly stinring her. As the hand enters, something deep within her

- starts to GLOW,

It is a fetus, a female, its skin finely whorled, the membranous eyelids tightly closed. The Reverend Mother Ramallo's hand flinches over the nascent child.

REVEREND MOTHER RAMALIO — (whispers urgently into Co 7 : Jessica's ear). . You should have told us you were pregnant,

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The child kxxjins to fleat UPWARD on its umbilical cord, The cord filis with water from the pool, which begins to toil and insects and SMOKE bogin to pour out of the fetus’ mouth:

Jessica's face radiates love and tenderness as a thin crystalline stream issues fram her mouth.

The stream clouds over the fetus, “Its look of terror begins to. subside, .

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I've been a long time waiting for you. Here

is my life.

A GLOW appears and from it. comes the face of the old Reverend Mother in a long tunnel, whispering silently. It grows and disappears in a blaze of Light. Moving down the tunnel, another woman's face appears, yet ANOTHER REVEREND MOTHER, and vanishes in the same way. Another face, and another, again and again, all blazing and merging into the unconsciousness Of Jessica and her unborn child, until suddenly, a gaping black hole appears, a horrible WIND, SPARKS and circles of expanding light issuing fram it,

Nol This is the place where we cannot look.

The place only for the eyes of the Kwisatz

Haderach, . Alia twists dewn the tunnel to join Jessica, her umbilical cord trailing behind, She SCREAMS as she looks into the hole, She and Jessica see a shape moving deep within the windy hole. It is a Third Stage Navigator, ROARING.

She quickly takes Alia back up the taumnel.

JESSICA Vv. 0, ) (conr'D) : {inner voice}

We are bath Reverend Mothers.

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TNT. HALL OF RITES - SIETCH TABR.~ NIGHT

The Frenen suddenly tum their attention toe Paul.... They whisper "It

is the prophecy!" They soon begin to CHANT... "Muad'Dib.... Muad’Dib™ ~~

over and over again, The chanting sounds fill the hall along with the ghostly wind organ.- "

The Monk holds the bag before Paul.

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Drink it. [t's safe. Our Reverend Mothar

has chanced it, You delay the rite. {whispering}

To be the true one you must drink it as she

did —~ before it's changed.

Paul sips from the bag and moves back as others drink. As he roves back he cares face to face with Chant, She doesn't speak but their eyes meet. Chani is moved forward by the other girls to drink. Several other bags are changed by Jessica. Paul continues to watch Chani. He sees her drink. Paul's sight now is growing light and Cark, . The CHANTING of “Muad'Dib" continues below, in the vast hall. People are looking at him and Jessica. The low organ NOTES grow more intense, Harah moves back away fram Paul. Chani notices. She turns to Paul. Paul stares at her. She turns away.

Down below, the crowds are drinking the changed water. Several close

their eyes and lapse into mystical trances, as others continue CHANTING "Muad' Dib, Muad" Dib,"

‘Paul continues to stare at Chani. He moves to her. Chant turns. | Parl'is at her side. Their eyes meet. and lock. — . -

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At the end of the dark black corridor, Chani turns and she and Panl fall together in a long kiss filled with love. As they embrace after

the kiss: PAUL Chani,... 2 love you... I've always loved YOUs They kiss again in the darkness. ; _ | PAUL I hear a wind. CHANT

You’re traveling on the changed water... What do you see?

. PAUE The future floats past me... I see darkness in each flame... So much is unknown.

t 204. INT, FALL OF RITES - SIETCH TABR ~ NIGHT

Thousands of Fremen in the dark Hall of Rites chanting "Muad'Dib... Muad'Dib".

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Chani's face in the dark looks to Paul, as a WIND begins to moan. The image of Paul and Chani suddenly moves as if it were on Liquid. The image then wraps itself around a drop of black water. The drop falis with the image into a black void, Snddenly the drop hits the surface of black water below and light bounces white hot over the |

' newly~agitated surface, The expanding rings take on 4 new imacge as we move Closer. Suddenly we are in a MONTAGE of scenes ~~ the Moonlight

'. Sonata plays ~~ dark and mysterious as each scene becanes a drop and and

"+ falls into the next scene. We SEE; ;

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Fremen workers lasgun into black rock. Brilliant LIGHT as the cutting torches bum deeper. Sparks fly. CU sparks — they dance beautifully. Image drops,

TNT. TRADNING ROOM - STETCH TARR ~ DAY — (MOS}

Paul shows some Fremen warriors a rebot. We see him explaining hew it works, He shows them the weirding module,. trage drops.

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Fremen fight robots as Paul watches. A Fremen makes @ SOUND and a

robot bursts open. Paul smiles, then signals to a group of bodyguards who move in and join Pawl as he leaves. Image drops.

Stilgar shows Paul hundreds of tiny plants in a anall, dark rock basin, He shows him the dew collecting spheres they grow in. Trage INI. JESSICA'S ROOM - STETCH TABR - NIGHT

Jessica's face shows signs of straining. Suddenly, Alia, the newborn, twirls upwards in front of Jessica. Alia's eyes snap open, buming brightly.

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TNT. PAUL'S ROOM ~ STETCH TAER ~ NIGHT Chand and Paul kiss in the darkness. PAUL

IT see two years of love between stone then...

An EXPLOSION. Paul turns and his eves are tocally blue, He lifts

Rerocwars to them and looks. He sees the Fremen fighters belcw - arging at the Zarkonnens, As the Fremen ran they make powerful

SOUNDS with their weirding moles, exploding everything in their path

and catching things on fire. In the distance, a huge spice harvester 48 shot com end it falls to the ground EXPLODING more viciently on isnact. . .

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Paul smiles as he looks at the battle in the distance.

In’. GREAT HALL ~- ARRAKEEN ~- DAY

Rabban stares as many Harkonnen wounded and dead are brought through the passageway beyorxt,

HEAT WAVES; dumes. A big thumper is forced into the sands by two gloved hands. A RHYTHM is haard pamding on Freren hand drums and xhythm instruments. Feet scramble, Black stillsuited Fedaykin warrior bedyquards gather. Stilcar turns.

The RHYTHM mounts. Everyone clears. away. Paul moves forward alone, carrying two ceremonial maker hooks and a thumper.

Paul remembers: Stilgar teaches Paul in a dark stone Oc of the

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Paul plants the second and sets it beating out its RHYTHM, In the distance the telltale SOUND of the worm's approach begins, This worn

is decp underground and the sound is low and the ground trembles vialently.

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The SOUND and VIBRATIONS continue to build. In the distance, the Fedaykin and Stilgar watch.

Paul walks crablike along the edge of a dune. He stixiies his relationship to the thumers.

Paul remembers: Stilgar teaches.

HEAT WAVES... chimes RHYTHM. THUNDEROUS approach of the worm, Paul still cannot see the worm, but the sound begins to drown out the Fremen rhythm instruments and the sand begins to VIBRATE. Suddenly,

Paul sees a mountain of sand rise up, towering, thundering ~~

Lightning SPARKS Fissuring throughout the dark air.

The | ountain aporcaches ata ‘terrifying speed. then, the worm apcears aad rushing. The mouth, at first a small coening, begins to widen —_ exposing a thousand A glistening teeth,

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Paul freezes. He Jets the worm get closer and closer. ‘The HEAT WAVES distort the gicantic form, making it even more hideous -- more foreign. The worm devours the first thumper, and Paul feels the trevendous heat of the worm. He smells the cinnamon again in the hurricsne WHMD ushering fron its wide open mouth which passes Paul now, He moves forward. The others watch anxiously. This worm is big. It is so nwch larger than imagined, Its top towers 125 feet in the air, The séaments are each ten feet wide.

Paul gets very close and running alongside, he plants the hook under a segment and pulls back, The SOUND is excruciatingly loud. The sand is so deep and more is being thrown out beneath the body of the worm, - Paul gets caught in it and falls. Ke narrowly escapes being sucked under the beast. He gets up -- mms again and plants the hook once more. He runs faster, bending the segment open to expose the tender flesh. Suddenly the worm begins to turn. Paul pulls himself up the body as it tums — holding onto the hock. Soon he is fifty — sixty —~ seventy feet off the ground — going higher, The giant worm gets the second thumper and Paul at that moment climbs to the top. He plants the second hook,

Paul works the hooks into the breathing holes along the body, causing the great beast to mike.a slow turn toward Stilgar and the bedyguard, They set themselves and as the worm passes, they all clamer on, climbing up the sides to the top,

They return the traditional CALL and Paul steers the maker in a giant circle, The WIND blows and they all are enjoying the ride. He . straightens the wom and they head out across the dunes; the Fremen on the end of the worm pound on the tail to drive the giant worm faster and faster.

TNT. HARKONNEN ORNTTHOPTER - DESERT ~ DAY

A furious Rabban looks down from an ornithopter. Below, several harvesters burn and a huge carryall lies smouldering in ruin. -

_ (to THREE OFFICERS to, ms Falsify the reports. We can't hide it all; but tell them we've lost only two hundred . harvesters... and forty carrvalls..: and | - don't let my uncle know about the siles.... T must catch this Muad'Dib and suck the Dlood from him!! SUCK TEE BLOCD FROM HIMi!!

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22k, TNT, BARON'S ROOM = GETDI FRIGE - DAY

The Baron sits in pink light talking with Thufir,Feyd and Nefod,

He runs off.

; THUFIR The Sardavkar are sent to help put down the Freman -~ but perhaps also to watch your activities on Arrakis,

Be can't believe the Fremen are all that

people say... unless he sees for himself, And the Experor may think you're hiding away this "lost" spice for yourself. Also, a superior always grows to loathe the inferior he's in league with,

222, INT. BARON'S ROOM ~ GEIDI PRIME ~ DAY

Nefod brings the huge SARDAUKAR CAPTAIN to the Baron. ‘The Baron _- stares at hin intensely as Nefud retreats,

SARDAUKAR CAPTAIN ~ { condescending).

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The Sardaukar activates several needles on his legs and attacks, Feyd is barely fast enough to move away. The Sardaukar tries to drive the needles and his knife into Feyd and at the same time he protects his neck but Feyd puts his knife into the giant's chest,

The Sardaukar falls heavi ly and Feva ‘cuts his head off “before be hits the flcor. The Baron, turns" to the wide-eyed Thufir and smiles.

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Jessica sits with Harah.

JESSICA

It’s the stranceness of my daughter, is that it? It's the way she speaks of things...

TNT. PASSAGEWAY ~ STETCH TABR ~ DAY

. CU Alia's strange face. Shet Ss listening mentally. Behind Alia, far»

down the passageway, TWO WOMEN walk quickly toward her,

Alia, is being confronted by Subiay.

-- me eee eee ee cx a i {strange little adult voice) What do you know about it, Sublay? Wouwld you deny me the right to use this mind...

She points to her head as she steps toward Subiay...

She points to her eyes as she steps again -—— closer to Subiay... | ALIA (CONT'D) Would you deny me the use of these hands...

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Subiay's head nearly bursts with pain and she SCRFAMS as if she were,

dying,

The Emperor sits on his throne. Behind him are his Sardaukar officers. In front of him are two First Stage Mavigators and one Second Stage wearing a tank suit which ROARS as it recycles orange spice gas. The two First Stage Navigators hold a large electrical apparatus up to the face plate of the Second Stage Navigator whi ch translates his strange voice into, English.

Nococeao... he is not dead. He is not eaten by worms as you have wanted to believe. He is not missing. He is in the deep desert with the Fremen, The Spice is in great danger, We are not asking... we are telling... remady the situation or you will live out your life in a pain amplifier.

The Guildsmen turn and leave. ‘The Emperor speaks quietly.

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. . Arrakis. 1 -229,-sINT. PASSAGENAY ~ EMPEROR'S PALACE ~ NIGHT an The three Guildsmen walk down the hallway in the darkness. FIRST STAGE NAVIGATOR (speaking, English) Time is conning out... scon he will take the Water of Life... then we must kill him when he enters the Alam. SEOOND STAGE NAVIGATOR {foreign Language) SXX--BX--S 230. EAT. DESERT - DAY SMOKE billews fran a burning harvester. Fighting is going on between Fremen and same smugglers. Paul moves down a smokey dune with Stilgar. PALL We “surprised a band of amaqlers. oe {racing into thick smoke) » «thought they were Harkonnen. Paul and Stilgar mave through the smoke. A man‘ runs up with a maula pistol aimed at Paul but Paul spins and punctures the man's chest with a sound from his weirding module. Paul turns and.a large figure comes through the smoke. They surprise each other. The large figure reaches for a knife. Faul steps back. PAUL Don't reach for that knife, Gumey Halleck, The figure stops ~~ stunned, . PAUL | ; You've no need of a knife with ine, Cumey. . GURNEY . . (peexing; whisper of hove) Paul? Is it Paul?

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Gurney moves forward, his eyes tearing, and the two crbrace cach other and pound each other on the back, ;

GURNEY {OONT'D) (Loud) You young pup.... You young pup!!

_ PAUL . Gumney, man! Gurney, coms with me... (he looks Gurney in the eyes) IT can’t wait for my Wéther to see you.

Jessica and Chani tum as Paul and Gurney enter.

With a startled smile, Jessica moves toward Gurney. Gumey cannot contain himself. He forces a smile as he crosses the room to her bot a strange NOISE, almost a growl, escapes him. Paul gives a questioning look te Chani, then he sees Gurney grab Jessica around the mouth, twirl her and hold a knife to her throat,

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: PAUL t heard ny father when he spoke of my nether, as I've heard my mother cry into the night for the less of him. I'm telling you, I know. She is not the betrayer. Gumey,

Fear me, It was Yueh,

Gumey's face is transfixed. Jessica's eyes are filled with tears. A tear falls on Gurmey's kmife hand. It acts as a key, the hand trembles and drops away. The other hand falls away from her mouth, and Gumey falls to one knee, breathing unevenly, gazing at them.

TNT. PASSAGEWAY - STENCH TABR - NIGHT

Paul walks alone down a dark passageway. He seams to be totally lost in a thought. The passagrway gets even darker, He meets the Fedaykin at the top of a narrow incline.

— PAUL Come with me. Now is the time.

They all silently move on.

INT, MAKER ROOM —- SIETCH TABR - NIGHT

Paul watches while the FeGaykin bring a large baby maker into the ceremonial rock pit and he stares unenotionally as they prepare to drown him. Paul turns and opens all the valves for the ceremony of the Water of Life. The huge wind pipe organ MOANS a low note in the distance. .

in the darkness the hkaby worm flips and tums as it dissolves. Finally a dark blue fluid flows out of the ceremonial fount.

. “the Fedaykin reluctantly leave. Paul ‘stares at the water. He finally . takes a SWALLOW. He falls to his knees. © . sou

‘MENTAL IMAGE

The room goes bright then Cisappears inte a tunnel where Paul's awareness rushes throuch the faces of all the past Reverend Mothers. Their “28S though, are dark and disterted with pain.

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JNI. JFSSICA'S ROOM - STETCH TABR ~ NICHT

Alia stands shaking violently in the very dark rean. Suddenly blood rushes fram hax nose. She forces hersel£ to walk to Jessica’s bed. She finds that Jessica's nose is bleeding also, her pillow sozked in blomd. Jessica wakes in pain. They stare at each other in the darkness,

He's taken the Water of Life.

‘Chandi turns in her sleep, a pained expression on her face.

INT, MAKER ROOM ~ SLEICH TABR — NIGHT

Paul lies on the floor umconscious,

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PAUL'S MENTAL IMAGE

Paul's awareness continues through the tunnel, through the distorted faces until it reaches darker and darker areag ~~ then the hole where SPARKS are issuing forth and expanding circles of light al deep within. A horrible WIND blows out of it..

Slowly Paul deseends inta the dark hole, The WIND howls in lew haunting tones. Now only occasional spark stars shoot out ard a small doughnut of light. throbs as it moves over Paul. It is very dark.

Paul aoes deeper... and deeper, The sides of the hole suddenly

' disappear, and Paul is in deep space. His head instantly expands and

the skin flaps. His eyes bulge. He looks slowly aroumd himself. Dim stars are dense in the far distance, It is strangely quiet save for a SOUND of vast space. Paul looks upwards and sees that high above there is a huge golden tunnel Filied with golden Light. He begins

“moving toward it. ; . Suddenly he turns and sees’ parks roving and rings of Light foming in

& Gistant area of space.... Then cut of the new hole hundreds of Third Stace Navigators race towara him at tremandous speeds. They fly and hit acainst his head bet esnecially his eves. Paul's head has expanded new so the Navicators appear quite small. They hit and chew and puncture Paul's eyes -~ swarming in and out of the deep blue iris and lichter blue areas —- fluid and bleod flow in cark streams cut into space, Paul's screams are fire and water and earth and air ocening from his mouth, 7 ,

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TNT, JFSSICA'S ROCM - SIRTCH TARR - NIGIT

In the darkness Alia turns to Jessica, their noses still blecding, their bodies wracked in pain,

more, The Guild is behind everything. It's

not. finished yet.... I'm net forred,

PAUL'S MENTAL, TMAGE

TRE, MAKER ROOM ~ STETCH TABR ~ NIGHT Paul lies on the stone floor. His body ouivers slightly.

A small rushing SOUND comes from it. shake as in an earthquake.

Fremen ¢ come out of roams $ —~ the rock shaking violently.

TNT. JESSICA'S ROCM - SIEICH TABR - NIGAT

Alia and Jessica cling to each other.

Stars appear to move —- to fall in the distance as Pail moves toward the golden tunnel above.

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The Fedaykin look at each other, the rock under their feet shaking. Deep rurbling SOUND in the distance and a WIND begins to moan.

The ground | is rumbling. " Suddenly several rock cbelisks EXPLODE and shatter, amd the weirding way robots in a row EXPLODE or catch FIRE,

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8/27/82 DUNE 103, INT, LMPEROR'S SPACE SHIP ~ SPACE The Reverend Mother Netan Mohiam is on the floor, bleeding from the nose and weak fran pain. The Emperor looks on in horror. PAUL'S MENTAL TMAGE

‘he stars fall to a white hot blur. ‘The Navigators burn and dive

away, unable to follow Paul into the light. Paul's awareness enters

the golden tunnel. Paul passes through it and enters a Moonlight Sonata golden water world where surging water droplets stretch into - the spiritual light and dissolve inte tan thousand angels,

Paul's face, now perfect, turns to gold as it moves through the golden world,

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DVT. MAKER ROOM ~ STEICH TABR ~ NIGHT

Paul lies unconscious on the rock floor, Chani, Jessica and Alia are

Chani picks up the cup of Water of Life and looks at the deeo blue liquid. She takes one drop on her finger and moves it toward Paul's face,

Chani holds the drop below Paul's nose. The nose quivers. She

. touches the drop to his lip. Paul suddenly draws in a long, sobbing

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breath. His eyes fly cpen.

He reaches down and picks we the cup and drinks it all.

te grabs Jessica. Alia steps back smiling.

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Suddanly Jessica's face tums into the old Frenen Reverend Mother Ramallo's face, then all goes dark and SPARKS fly and rirgs of lights pulsate °

Jessica's eyeS snap open and she stares at Paul.

Paul furns to the narrow slot doorway in the darkness. Feet move and

walk away. Lea eo tee PALL

The Fedaykin have heard.... The story will

spread as fire across the land.... Muad'Dib

is not as other men... there can be no

further doubt.

T've seen the NOW.... The space above f Arrakis is filled with Guild ships. The ; Emperor is there... the Baron... every great 7 OE. Bouse of the Inperium waits above us with ( its raiders. The Guild will cail the q hour... they think! Mother... we mst | change a large quantity of water... we need a catalyst.... And Chani, send a scout force to find a pre-spice mss. Mother... do you understand what will happen if changed water is poured onto a pre-spice mass?

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Paul stands with Stilgar in front of hundreds of Fremen warriors, who whisper and look in awe at Paul.

EXT, DEEP DESERT ~ nAY

An elaborate colored smcke signal EXPLODES in the air. A Fremen sees it in the distance and disappears into the rock. Ke returns and shoots up ANOTHER exoloding smoke signal which hangs heautifuily in the dark atmosphere of Arrakis.

EXT, ROCK OUTCROPPING -— DEEP DESERT — DAY

A sietch door opens and Frenen warriors stream out.

A WIND comes up and moves a smoke signal ~——- distorts it —~ and blows it away «

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We want an opening through the entire Shield Wall there...

And Stilgaxc?

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STILCAR

PAUL

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Usul.., We have wormsign, the likes of which even God has never seen.

Thousands of Freven are rurming, planting thumpers as they go.

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Everywhere ripples appear and worns are surfacing. . Thousands of Fremen area running, positioning themselves to moamt and

Dust clouds grow faster and the speed of the WIND increases.

EXT, SAMDALKAR SHIPS - DESER? -~ DAY

Sand © particles hit at a rock outcropping and up aie they sound ike giant / warrior drummers pounding before battle,

Suddenly shove come hundreds of SCREAMING space ships aocmnLng down

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TNT. HARKONNEN 'THOPTER - BAY Tn one ‘thopter sits the Baron Harkonnen., He is flown down to the Emperor's ship. Eat. DESERT — DAY The storm is howling now. Sand blests against rock and rips pieces away, INT, STEEL TENT ~ EMPEROR'S SPACE SHIP -~- DAY

The Emperor is silent as the Baron is brought in to stand down below in front of him. The Baron is fighting to contain his fear because

RABRAN'S HEAD SITS ALL, BLOODY ON THE FLOOR in front of him, Finally —

the Emperor speaks.

| ‘Alia is + brought in by a |Sardaukar soldier. She is smiling,

Tt heard « you steaking. I wasn’t captured.... I allcwed myseif to be taken. Poor Fmoeror, I'm afraid my brother won't be very pleased with you. .

FMPEROR ' Jo? Silencel... I do net court your brother's pleasure. Tell this win who your brother _ . isl } C ‘ ALIA a ty ~ BARON What? Suddenly the Reverend Mother looks horrified and grabs her throat. REVEREND MOTHER (struggling, speaking " as if possessed...) ‘ There's more to the story... Ha ha ha, 5 (now she gets her own voice back) f Kill this child!! She's an abemination!! ~ {points to Alia, who “ is smiling at her) 4 Get out of my mind!!! "

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(laughs) {to Gurney and Stilcar) Alia keeps pace with the storm,

Gurney and Stilgar don't understand, Suddenly enormous dust clouds and LIGHTNING sweep up over the Shield Wall,

Gurney gives a hand signal and TWENTY EXPLOSIONS of. hydrogen bonb

intensity go off in a row, cutting a hoge gorge through the width of

the massive Shield Wall. - EXT, ARRAKEEN - DAY

As the EXPLOSIONS go off, a WIND howls, destroying mich of Arrakeen

and covering the rest with tons of sand. Sand rips at the Palace and the Emperor's ship.

INT, STEEL TENT — EMPEROR'S SPACE SHIP — DAY

Alia smiles as they HEAR the tremendous roaring, atamnic screams of the

_ explosions. ALIA My brother is coming... with many Fremen warriors. EMPEROR

He will meet one million, five hundred thousand Sardaukar warriors.

The Emperor moves back aghast. A Sardaukar mashes in.

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thrusts her away and doubles over, his eyes bulging out. Alia shows him the tiny needle she holds in her hand.

He collapses. His suspensors hold him floating inches off the floor. His face is turing dark grey blue and his tongue swells in his death threes, Suddeniy the wall behind them is completely blown away by a

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Majesty! Into the ship!

The Emperor noves quickly away with the dazed Reverend Mother and the others, but he continues to stare in fear at the smiling eyes of Alia. A door is shut suddenly and Alia is alone. She pulls out her erysknife and with a blood-curdling CRY she leaps out to join the battle,

EXT, SHIELD WALL — ARRAKEEN — DAY

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Alia moves among dying Sardaukar and cuts their throats.

EAT. STEEL TENT ~ LANDING FIELD ~ ARPAKEFN ~ DAY

A thousand Fremen battle Sardaukar outside the Emperor's tent. Th

soon overpower them and rush into the giant steel structure,

EXT, LANDING FIELD ~- ARRAKEEN ~ DAY

The entire airfield is now filled with wild worms, Fremen, and dead or dying fardaukar.

The Emperor stands in a very dark room looking out on a vast. dark sea of destruction. ‘There is a horrible RUMBLING frem his broken space 4 ship. In the half light we see a BEAUTIFUL GIRL. She turns to the y Emoeror, i TRULAN 5 Father?... What will you do? - . we ee ee ee ee fee a eet emma osteo. aE DISSOLVE TO: : E*

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Paul tums. Gumey and several quards bring in the Prperor, Irulan, the Reverend Mothor, Sardaukar generals, Guildsmen, Feyd and ‘Thofir, The Fodaykin and Fremen troops line the walls.

Paul moves .to the group surrounding the Emperor. His eyes meet Feyd's —~ Fey@ gives him an evil smile.

Paul turns and looks at. the Engeror, who stares back defiantly. Paul moves his gaze to Inilan, who lowers her eyes.

The Experor’s eyes flare. Jessica looks at Chani, who is confused and Inuct.

Gumey, aniling sadly, makes a gesture to Thufir, who looks very old and bewildered. His rheumy eyes peer at Paul as they come face to

face. The Erperor seems strangely tense at this mament. Paul notices r this. He looks to one of Thufir's trembling hands,

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He turns his back on him, facing the bull above the mantle.

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ae His head lolls back and he looks up to Paul urgently.

Paul holds it to his lips which barely possess the strength to kiss © it. Then his face spreads into a weary anile.

His breath escapes him and he is dead.

The guards do as they are instructed.

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| Experor Shadam IV... there is a Guild Heighliner above us containing many of the Great Bouses of tha Landsraad.... SEND THEM HOME!

GUILDSMAN #2. Stop your - speaking! !

More Guildsmen cone in now and group around the original two. Same tanked Guildsmen follow in locking around. Paul turns to them... pauses, . PAUL a (to the Gaildsmen) : You have sane idea of what I would do but I Will tell it to one who has never been seen... one who hides high in the Heighliner control rocms. He deserves to hear it ; first. - -

No!

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Suddenly we are in the Heighliner contrel room, near the floor in the ‘chemical spills. Woe rove up into the orange gas. The Third Stage Navigators present here start MOANING and SHRIEKING. They swim off and cower in a corner, We move higher. THUNDERING begins to shake the Heighliner and the meaning grows louder.

ere : . PAUL {V.0.)} Where are you.... Let m@ see you or there will be no spice,

We move into very thick gas and there is a ROARING of gas through heavy gigantic pipes. Suddenly we see the Fourth Stage Navigator. He is five hundred feet long. Pasty white. The head of a Third Stage—— Tavigator... the body of a white wom.

PAUL {V.0.) There...

The Fourth Stage Navigator MOANS horribly and his body swishes. Pipes wrench apart. Gas spews and EXPLOOES cut,

The MOAN is now overpowering and the pipes shooting cas into the mouth bend and break cut and tons of heavy tubing begin to sag and fall the two thousand feet to the floor below. The giant Navigator MOANS again and flips violently.

283. ENT. GREAT HALL - ARRAKEEN PALACE - DAY

The Giildsmen in the room are MOANING and SCREAMING and swarming out the doorway -- disappearing. The Experor and ali are amazed and frightened. ‘here is a long hush. ‘The old Reverend Mother then turns and glares at Jessica,

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The Fedaykin puts it on the floor,

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Paul smiles, circling still. Suddenly, Feyd leaps, his blade jabbing savagely outward, but Paul easily evades it, moving away, They begin “to circle again,

He makes another pass at Paul that cores dangerously close, but again, Paul is away, a sinile frozen on his faoe.

don't you speak? Ah, you just smile, Tell me, has your study ylelded anything?

Paul breaks his silence.

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{smi ling) Who is the little one? A pet, perhaps? Will she deserve my special attentions?

Trulan locks aver to Chani, an uncomfortable curiosity in her eyes. Paul jabs cut, his crysknife slashing. Feyd grabs his ann, and Paul his, tha two men locked in a straining clinch. Feyd presses his right hip closer and closer to Paul's body. Paul strains to keep it away, Suddenly, the gom jabbar flips out of Feyd’s girdle, but on the left side, and he lunges powerfully with it at Paul, who just barely misses taking it in his skin. He throws Feyd back, but not before Feyd's

feet strike out, sending Paul to the floor. Feyd leaps

onto him,

Treachery within treachery within treachery.

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Ah, you see it now. It's your death. ft'll

stop your muscles, My blade will finish - you. There’ll never be a trace ieft to detect, You're slowing....

Suddenly, Paul, with lightning swiftness, undulled by the drug, pushes

Feyd up and over. He is on top of him in a flash.

FEYD {conT" >) {frightened now) You... YOu...

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Paul's crysknife flashes up, thrusting upward through Feyd's jaw.

Feyd's reuth opens as the knife continues up through his tongue and through to his brain,” Feyd's eyes go wild, then glaze over as he jerks “dead on the Floor. Paul slowly gets to his feet, breathing ‘heavily. Anger still seething in him, Paul issues a SOUND — a loud, horrible, powerful sound, and Feyd's internal organs rupture and the

stone floor under in oracks ooen. The Fedavkin smile. : "EEDAYKIN 33

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Everyone stares in disbelief, Pal looks to the Emoeror.

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You will sit a throne on Selusa Secundus, your prison planet. Either that or you will die. ;

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The Emperor is still. Paul moves to Chani.

PAUL (CONT'D)

{to Chani} The Princess will have no more of me than my name... no child of mine or touch nor softness of glance... nor instant of desire.... This is my pranise to you...

{whispering} -..ly love.

Paul iuxns back to the others.

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Jessica turns to Chandi and whispers to her.

Paul suddenly lecks up.

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Reverend Mother) - "Cod created Arcakis to train the faithful.” One cannot: go against. the word of Gos -

Everyone in the room stares at him soundléssiy. Alia raDGis out ‘loud | with sey -. .

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She gives a small handsignal and the Fremen drummers pound out three powerful hits.