History Creator / AlejandroJodorowsky

Jodorowsky was originally slated to be the director for the first film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', though he had not read it before purportedly receiving a MissionFromGod in a dream to film it. Nevertheless, he was apparently enthusiastic enough to read ''Dune'' in one setting upon awakening. He had also contracted Creator/SalvadorDali to play Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV (for a fee of $100,000 per minute of screentime) and Creator/OrsonWelles (who only agreed to the film on the terms that his favorite chef prepare all his meals) as Baron Harkonnen, with ''[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side of the Moon]]''-era Music/PinkFloyd providing some of the soundtrack. As he had already spent nearly a third of the budget without shooting a thing, the producer decided to replace him. A feature-length documentary, ''Film/JodorowskysDune'', goes more in depth about the plans for the film.

** The whole story of his ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' adaptation project. In fact, without the film and its collapse, the visual effects team that made ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' (especially Creator/HRGiger, Dan O'Bannon and Creator/{{Moebius}}) would likely never have assembled, and modern science fiction on film would look ''a lot different''.

Jodorowsky was originally slated to be the director for the first film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Dune}}''. His version would have been 10-14 hours long, and borne only a tangential resemblance to the book, having not read it before purportedly receiving a MissionFromGod in a dream to film it. Nevertheless, he was apparently enthusiastic enough to read ''Dune'' in one setting upon awakening. He had also contracted Creator/SalvadorDali to play Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV (for a fee of $100,000 per minute of screentime) and Creator/OrsonWelles (who only agreed to the film on the terms that his favorite chef prepare all his meals) as Baron Harkonnen, with ''[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side of the Moon]]''-era Music/PinkFloyd providing some of the soundtrack. As he had already spent nearly a third of the budget without shooting a thing, the producer decided to replace him. A feature-length documentary, ''Film/JodorowskysDune'', goes more in depth about the plans for the film.

Jodorowsky was originally slated to be the director for the first film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Dune}}''. His version would have been 10-14 hours long, and borne only a tangential resemblance to the book, having not read it before purportedly having received a MissionFromGod in a dream to film it. Nevertheless, he was apparently enthusiastic enough to read ''Dune'' in one setting upon awakening. He had also contracted Creator/SalvadorDali to play Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV (for a fee of $100,000 per minute of screentime) and Creator/OrsonWelles (who only agreed to the film on the terms that his favorite chef prepare all his meals) as Baron Harkonnen, with ''[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side of the Moon]]''-era Music/PinkFloyd providing some of the soundtrack. As he had already spent nearly a third of the budget without shooting a thing, the producer decided to replace him. A feature-length documentary, ''Film/JodorowskysDune'', goes more in depth about the plans for the film.

Jodorowsky was originally slated to be the director for the first film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Dune}}''. His version would have been 10-14 hours long, and borne only a tangential resemblance to the book; it was instead largely going to be {{based on a dream}} he had which he later discovered was similar to the plot of the first novel. He had also contracted Creator/SalvadorDali to play Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV (for a fee of $100,000 per minute of screentime) and Creator/OrsonWelles (who only agreed to the film on the terms that his favorite chef prepare all his meals) as Baron Harkonnen, with ''[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Dark Side of the Moon]]''-era Music/PinkFloyd providing some of the soundtrack. As he had already spent nearly a third of the budget without shooting a thing, the producer decided to replace him. A feature-length documentary, ''Film/JodorowskysDune'', goes more in depth about the plans for the film.