What's the Difference between Dune the Book and Dune (part 1) the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Paul Atreides
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Paul Atreides
Portrayed by: Timothée Chalamet
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Lady Jessica
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Lady Jessica
Portrayed by: Rebecca Fergusoon
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Gurney Halleck
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Gurney Halleck
Portrayed by: Josh Brolin
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Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
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Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Portrayed by: Stellan Skarsgård
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Glossu Rabban
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Glossu Rabban
Portrayed by: Dave Bautista
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Feyd Rautha
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This Character does not appear.
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Thufir Hawat
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Thufir Hawat
Portrayed by: Stephen McKinley Henderson
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Chani
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Chani
Portrayed by: Zendaya
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Piter De Vries
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Piter De Vries
Portrayed by: David Dastmalchian
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Dr. Wellington Yueh
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Dr. Wellington Yueh
Portrayed by: Chang Chen
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Dr. Liet-Kynes
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Dr. Liet-Kynes
Portrayed by: Sharon Duncan-Brewster
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Duncan Idaho
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Duncan Idaho
Portrayed by: Jason Momoa
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Stilgar
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Stilgar
Portrayed by: Javier Bardem
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Dune (part 1) Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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Paul tells his mother about his dreams.
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Paul tells Duncan about his dreams. |
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Paul is rebuked by his father for wanting to observe Guild navigators.
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Paul asks his father to travel with Duncan Idaho to Arrakis on the advance mission. His father rebukes him.
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The Reverend Mother questions Paul about the Truthsayer drug and tells him how men who have tried to take it have all died.
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She only tests him with the box of pain. |
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Lady Jessica reads a warning from Lady Fenring about trap set for Paul. Paul stops a hunter seeker from killing him and Shadout Mapes.
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Lady Jessica does not get a warning. Paul does stop the hunter-seeker.
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This does not happen.
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The Reverend Mother demands that Baron Harkonnen spare the life of Jessica and Paul. |
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The carryall never shows up to carry away the harvester due to sabotage at another location. Paul stays in the ornithopter during the rescue. Several men are left behind during the rescue; they are Fremen who were observing the spice harvesting and simply walked away from the worm.
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While the Duke, Paul and Liet-Kynes are on a tour of spice harvesting, they rescue a harvester crew when their carryall malfunctions and is unable to respond when a worm threatens the harvester. Paul is distracted by the effects of the spice on the surface of the sand when directing rescue efforts on the desert surface and has to be brought back to the Duke's ornithopter by Gurney Hallack. No Fremen were on the harvester.
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The Duke hosts a dinner with some of the locals. One of the female guests attempts to seduce Paul; it does not work.
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This does not happen. |
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The Duke sent a suicide squad to Gendi Prime to destroy the Baron's supply of spice. The Atreides also hid their private supply of nuclear weapons. Nukes are banned in warfare against humans.
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Nothing about these details in the film.
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The Atreides solders (including Duncan) have trouble adjusting to Dune and have discipline problems due to missing their homes and families on Caladan. Jessica lectures Hawat in his failings.
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This does not happen and there are no discipline problems among the Atreides. |
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When the Harkonnens attack, some the Atreides flee to caves where they are sealed in (to their deaths) by mortars.
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Most of the Atreides are killed fighting within the shield wall.
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While hiding in the desert, Paul confronts his mother with the knowledge that she is Baron Harkonnen's own daughter and pregnant with the Duke's daughter.
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This does not happen. |
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Liet-Kynes' father initiated a Fremen program to make Dune more habitable long after spice mining started.
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Liet-Kynes says that spice mining interrupted Fremen efforts to modify Dune's climate.
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After taking control of Dune, the Baron tells Rabban to squeeze the planet for as much spice as possible to recover the enormous price of transportation of their army to Dune. He tells Rabban to not exterminate the local population.
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The Baron tells Rabban to kill all of the Fremen. |
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Liet-Kynes dies after he is captured and the Baron orders him to be left in the desert with a damaged still-suit
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Liet Kynes is killed by Sardaukar while she is attempting to lure and hook onto a sandworm to catch a ride to the edge of the desert.
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Jamis and Paul duel without still-suits while sheltered in sietch. The Fremen think Paul is toying with Jamis during the duel as he is used to fighting shielded opponents that require a slow blade. Chani gives Paul advice on how to defeat Jamis.
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Chani gives Paul a crysknife and wishes him an honorable death. They fight while in still-suits. The Fremen think Paul is toying with Jamis, but it is because he has never killed anyone before. |
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Jessica only seeks sanctuary with the Fremen.
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Jessica begs Stilgar to get Paul off-world, Paul refuses.
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The Baron obtains Sardauker from the Emperor and clothes them in Harkonnen uniforms to hide the fact that the Emperor is siding with the Harkonnens against Duke Leto. The Sardauker still behave as themselves and make no attempt to hide their fighting technique or disrespect for the Baron. |
The Sardauker are in their own uniforms and armor during the attack on House Atreides. |