File:Frank Herbert's Dune - Trailer-Promo Compilation (2000 Sci Fi Channel TV Miniseries)

A collection of promos for the December 3, 2000 premiere of the Sci Fi TV miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune.

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Frank Herbert's Dune is a three-part science fiction television miniseries based on the 1965 titular novel by Frank Herbert. It was written and directed by John Harrison. The ensemble cast includes Alec Newman as Paul Atreides, William Hurt as Duke Leto, and Saskia Reeves as Lady Jessica, as well as James Watson, P. H. Moriarty, Ian McNeice, and Giancarlo Giannini.

The series was produced by New Amsterdam Entertainment, Blixa Film Produktion and Hallmark Entertainment. It was first broadcast in the United States on December 3, 2000, on the Sci Fi Channel. It was released on DVD in 2001, with an extended director's cut appearing in 2002.

A 2003 sequel miniseries called Frank Herbert's Children of Dune continues the story, adapting the second and third novels in the series (1969's Dune Messiah and its 1976 sequel Children of Dune). The miniseries are two of the three highest-rated programs ever to be broadcast on the Sci Fi Channel.

Frank Herbert's Dune won two Emmy Awards in 2001 for Outstanding Cinematography and Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a miniseries or movie, and was nominated for a third Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing. The series was also praised by several critics, including Kim Newman.

The miniseries was shot in Univisium (2.00:1) aspect ratio, although it was broadcast in 1.78:1.


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