That image is priceless! The movie was so bad, so long ago, though, how many will remember the reason Harkonnen required his anti-grav apparatus?
Now excuse me... I have to read my obligatory 2 pages of Eco's Focult's Pendulum - I will fall asleep in short order.
Trajan88
Don't ask me. Dune is the only movie I fell asleep watching in the theatre.
"Remember" is a wrong word in this context -- the real reason was only disclosed in the "prequel" series... he was intentionally infected with a venerial disease by Reverend Mother Mohiam while the Baron was sexually assulting her. The uncurable disease caused him to become bloated and physically weak, to the point he could no longer walk without assistance.