Dune R2 PAL uncut/extended version?

I've noticed a few copies of what appears to be an official "extended"
cut version of David Lynch's "Dune" that's out on R2 Pal dvd. It appears
it's not quite the old tv version but it's far longer then the original
theatrical release and it looks like it's completely in anamorphic
widescreen with a new DD 5.1 soundtrack. It also has a few decent extras
including a new "making of" feature.

Can anyone shed some light on if this simply the old tv cut or if it is
a "new" extended cut that differs from previous versions? I remember
some effects on the tv cut's scenes being unfinished such as some
actor's eyes not being correctly colored and so on. Is this still the
case? Are the extra scenes originally in the tv cut over matted from the
fullscreen broadcast or did they go back and use the original scenes and
properly matt them in accordance with the rest of the film? What the
video quality like compared to previous home video releases? And who
good is the newly "remastered" soundtrack?

Thanks in advance,

T.B.

 

It is the theatrical cut, with a very nice transfer. I think the extra time
some sites may mention is the doco included.

 

The disc you're referring to is the theatrical cut of the film. The
longer TV version was also previously released on DVD in R2, in pan &
scan because that is the only format the TV cut exists in (it was edited
together after the video transfer).

 

We have a full review of this new release of Dune Special Edition (from
Sanctuary) here:

http://www.dvddebate.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4155



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There is also an NTSC jap R 2 version in stereo.
Someone has told me the pal r2 version is not in stereo even tho the
box says it is.

 

You go much easier than the video transfer than I would. Your review's
comment about the "stunning sharpness and detail" is rather perplexing,
as that is not what I see on the disc at all. The picture is rather soft
and heavily filtered, destroying textural detail in the image.

I own a lot of different copies of this movie, summarized here:

http://www.mindspring.com/~dunestuff/#Video

The German "Perfect Collection" disc looks significantly better than the
UK "Special Edition", though the English 5.1 track is a disaster.