Question: What year was Virginia G. Madsen cast in the American epic science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch?

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Jim Sturgess: James Anthony Sturgess (born 16 May 1981) is an English actor and singer-songwriter.  His breakthrough role was appearing as Jude in the musical romance drama film "Across the Universe" (2007).  In 2008, he played the male lead role of Ben Campbell in "21".  In 2009, he played Gavin Kossef in the crime drama "Crossing Over", appearing with Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd.  In 2010, Sturgess starred in the film, "The Way Back", directed by Peter Weir.  Sturgess co-starred in the epic science fiction film "Cloud Atlas", which began filming in September 2011 and was released in October 2012.

Avatar 3: Avatar 3 is an upcoming American epic science fiction film directed, produced, co-written, and co-edited by James Cameron.  It is the second of four planned sequels to his 2009 film "Avatar", and will be a follow-up to 2020's "Avatar 2".  Cameron is producing the film with Jon Landau, with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver originally announced as his co-writers; it was later announced that Cameron, Jaffa, Silver, Josh Friedman, and Shane Salerno took a part in the writing process of all sequels before being attributed separate scripts, making the eventual writing credits unclear.  Cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, Joel David Moore, C. C. H. Pounder, and Matt Gerald are all expected to return from the first two movies.

Interstellar (film): Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film directed, co-written and co-produced by Christopher Nolan.  The movie stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Casey Affleck, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow and Michael Caine.  Set in a dystopian future where humanity is struggling to survive, it follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity.

Dune (film): Dune is a 1984 American epic science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name.  The film stars Kyle MacLachlan as young nobleman Paul Atreides, and includes an ensemble of well-known American and European actors in supporting roles.  It was filmed at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City and included a soundtrack by the rock band Toto, as well as Brian Eno.

Virginia Madsen: Virginia G. Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress and producer.  She made her film debut in "Class" (1983), which was filmed in her native Chicago.  She soon moved to Los Angeles.  In 1984, David Lynch cast her in the science fiction film "Dune" as Princess Irulan.  Madsen was then cast in a series of successful teen movies, including "Electric Dreams" (1984), "Modern Girls" (1986), and "Fire with Fire" (1986).

Dune (novel): Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in "Analog" magazine.  It tied with Roger Zelazny's "This Immortal" for the Hugo Award in 1966, and it won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel.  It is the first installment of the "Dune" saga, and in 2003 was cited as the world's best-selling science fiction novel.

Ad Astra (film): Ad Astra is an upcoming American epic science fiction thriller film directed by James Gray and written by Ethan Gross.  The film will star Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland and Jamie Kennedy.

Avatar (2009 film): Avatar, marketed as James Cameron's Avatar, is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron, and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver.  The film is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the mineral unobtanium, a room-temperature superconductor.  The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi – a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora.  The film's title refers to a genetically engineered Na'vi body with the mind of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora.

War of the Worlds – The True Story: War of the Worlds – The True Story is a 2012 full reboot of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds based on English writer H. G. Wells's Epic Science fiction novel "The War of the Worlds".  A documentary-style drama directed by Timothy Hines, which revisits Wells' novel, portraying the events of the book as historical, through the documented recollections of a survivor of the Martian war.

Avatar 2: Avatar 2 is an upcoming 2020 American epic science fiction film directed, produced, co-written, and co-edited by James Cameron, and the first of four planned sequels to his 2009 film "Avatar".  Cameron is producing the film with Jon Landau, with Josh Friedman originally announced as sole co-writer; it was later announced that Cameron, Friedman, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Shane Salerno took a part in the writing process of all sequels before being attributed separate scripts, making the eventual writing credits unclear.  Cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, Joel David Moore, C. C. H. Pounder, and Matt Gerald are all expected to return.

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Answer: 1984