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Dune: Part Two premiered at Quebec palliative care home to fulfil man's dying wish (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A man from Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Que., had an almost impossible final wish when he knew he was at the end of his life. The movie buff said he would like to see the film Dune: Part Two, which was set to be released on March 1, before he died.

"Denis Villeneuve and his wife Tanya, who is a producer, said, 'OK, we could get him to come to Los Angeles.'

Realizing that the man would not be able to go to the premiere, Villeneuve decided to send the movie directly to the municipality of Saguenay. Villeneuve's assistant flew down to Quebec with the filmmaker's laptop.

The screening took place more than a month and a half before its worldwide release.

Too weak, the film buff fell asleep before the end of the movie and died later.

"[Villeneuve and Lapointe] said, 'It's for him, it's for that man that we make films, it's for the guy who said before he died, I want to see that film,'" she said.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

That's super nice. But whoever wrote this was grinning

the film buff fell asleep before the end of the movie and died later.