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Raffaella De Laurentiis (born 28 June 1952 [1]) is an Italian film producer. Films that she has produced include Conan the Barbarian, [2] Conan the Destroyer, [2] Dune, Prancer, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, all films in the Dragonheart series, The Forbidden Kingdom and Kull the Conqueror.
Jan 9, 2024 · Producer Raffaella De Laurentiis will be the Chairperson of the Festival along with director Michelle Danner who will be the President of the “Los Angeles Italia – Film, Fashion and Art Festival”.
Kyle MacLachlan (Paul Atreides), Raffaella De Laurentiis (Producer), Golda Oppenheim (Production Supervisor), Freddie Francis (Cinematographer) discuss Rafae...
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- A Masterpiece in Disarray – The David Lynch Director’s Cut
By Scott Collura
Updated: Sep 27, 2023 11:20 pm
Posted: Sep 27, 2023 11:17 pm
These days, the making-of books about our favorite movies and TV shows are often not much more than glorified press notes, studio-sanctioned marketing beats that don’t come close to telling the real story of what happened behind the scenes.
But every once in a while, a no-holds-barred account still surfaces. And that’s where the new book about David Lynch’s Dune comes in, which at 560 pages seemingly has the scoop on everything that went into making the infamous sci-fi spectacle that Lynch still regards as a painful experience. Though infamous might not be the right word, as it turns out…
Written by Max Evry, who happens to also be a buddy of mine, A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune - An Oral History features some 50 interviews in total, many of them new and with people who worked on all facets of the film. (There’s even a “legacy” section that features modern-day critics looking back at the 1984 picture, including a few words from me, so consider this a disclaimer!)
For years after Dune, David Lynch told the press he wished to go back and take a second pass to restore the sci-fi epic to its proper length. Although a three-hour extended cut was manufactured by Universal Television, it was without Lynch and producer Raffaella De Laurentiis’s involvement.
CRAIG CAMPOBASSO (Production Office Assistant): Universal asked him to do the extended cut while he was working on Wild at Heart or whatever. He said, “I would really love to do that. Can you wait for me?” They said, “No. We’ll go ahead and do it anyway.”
RAFFAELLA DE LAURENTIIS (Producer): They contacted me and I spoke to David, and David was willing to do it. He said he would do it, and then they didn’t want to pay him. Anything. He said, “Then I’m not going to do it.” Then none of us did it. None of us got involved, and they did their own thing.
CRAIG CAMPOBASSO (Production Office Assistant): He said, “Then you take my name off the movie.” That’s why it says, “Directed by Alan Smithee.”
Lynch said, “Then you take my name off the movie.”
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Aug 25, 2023 · RAFFAELLA DE LAURENTIIS (Producer): Then we were flying back from New York to LA, and she was on the plane with us. SEAN YOUNG (Actor, "Chani"): David Lynch and Raffaella were on the plane,...
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Raffaella De Laurentiis was born on 28 June 1954 in Italy. She is a producer and production manager, known for Dune (1984), DragonHeart (1996) and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004).
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Jul 30, 2016 · Paul Smith talks about how his time on Dune lead to his role in Red Sonja thanks to Raffaella De Laurentiis.Interview taken from "Paul Smith: The Reddest Her...
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