Dune Scripts

Jodorowsky's Dune

Interested in learning about Jodorowsky's script for Dune? Please visit Jodorowsky's Dune - Uncovered

Frank Herbert's Dune Mini-series

The scripts from the 3 part mini-series, written by John Harrison.

David Lynch

1st Draft

The first draft of Dune, written by David Lynch, Christopher De Vore and Eric Bergren (the script writers for The Elephant Man) is 125 pages long, and is very different from the final film, not least as in this draft the entire movie covers just the first third of the novel! This script was converted into digital format by this site, and it is available to download exclusively here.

2nd Draft

Here is the Second Draft of the script for the film, written by David Lynch on May 29, 1982. This script was converted into digital format by this site, and it is available to download exclusively here.

5th Draft (Revised)

Here is the Revised Fifth Draft of the script for the film, written by David Lynch on August 27, 1982. This script was converted into digital format by this site, and it is available to download exclusively here.

6th Draft

Here is the Sixth Draft of the script for the film, written by David Lynch on December 9, 1982. This script was converted into digital format by this site, and it is available to download exclusively here.

7th Draft

Here is the Seventh Draft of the script for the film, written by David Lynch on December 9, 1983. The script is available in two formats, a PDF and an HTML version.

Arthur P. Jacobs

Joe Ford & Bob Greenhut

On 31 March 1972 Joe Ford & Bob Greenhut completed a 38 page Expanded Screen Treatment of Dune for Arthur P. Jacobs.