Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Documentary Jodorowsky's Dune

Sony Pictures Classics announced today that it has acquired the North American distribution rights to director Frank Pavich's documentary Jodorowsky's Dune. The documentary was screened in the Director's Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.

Jodorowsky's Dune chronicles the legendary Chilean director's mid-1970 incredibly ambitious attempt to adapt Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel Dune. The project was to star Mick Jagger, Orson Welles, Salvador Dali, and David Carradine, and have an elaborate soundtrack by Pink Floyd.

Director Pavich said: "To have my first film distributed by Sony Pictures Classics is a dream come true. I'm incredibly excited to know that we will be working alongside the company that so fully supported such great documentaries like Crumb and Searching for Sugar Man. Sony Pictures Classics has seen that, even though this is a documentary about a never-completed film, it is not a story about failure. It's a story about ambition and how the power of art can effectively change the world".

The following films directed by Mr. Jodorowsky are currently available on Blu-ray in the United States: El Topo, Santa Sangre, and The Holy Mountain.