Plot
A troubled boy dives into a wonderous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book.
Release Year: 1984
Rating: 7.4/10 (40,920 voted)
Critic's Score: 46/100
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach
Storyline Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he "borrows" the book and begins to read it in the school attic where he is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction.
Writers: Wolfgang Petersen, Herman Weigel
Cast: Barret Oliver
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Bastian
Gerald McRaney
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Bastian's Father
Drum Garrett
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1st Bully
Darryl Cooksey
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2nd Bully
Nicholas Gilbert
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3rd Bully
Thomas Hill
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Carl Conrad Coreander
Deep Roy
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Teeny Weeny
Tilo Prückner
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Night Hob
Moses Gunn
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Cairon
Noah Hathaway
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Atreyu
Alan Oppenheimer
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Rockbiter
/
Falkor
/
G'mork
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Narrator
(voice)
Sydney Bromley
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Engywook
Patricia Hayes
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Urgl
Tami Stronach
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The Childlike Empress
/
Southern Oracle
Taglines:
A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!
Release Date: 20 July 1984
Filming Locations: Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany
Box Office Details
Budget: $27,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $4,325,823
(USA)
(22 July 1984)
(950 Screens)
Gross: $100,000,000
(Worldwide)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
(international version)
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The theme song was sang by Limahl, who was the lead singer of the pop band Kajagoogoo.
Goofs:
Continuity:
Toward the end of the movie while she is speaking with Atreyu, the middle two rows of beads in the head piece that the child-like empress is wearing, change position between closer together and further apart from 81:00 to 85:00 on the DVD.
Quotes: Rock Biter:
Where-where-where I come from in the North, we used to have exquisite gourmet rocks. Only now... now, they're all gone. Night Hob:
I know how it happened. Rock Biter:
Oh, I - I *swear* it wasn't me! Night Hob:
Oh, heck, no!
User Review
My life changed that autumn afternoon...
Rating:
The Neverending story is by far the best "Fantasy" film ever made and I
doubt that it will ever be topped. I saw this movie with my dad one cold
autumn afternoon, and my life changed forever that day. This movie taught
me
that fantastic places and wonderful creatures really do exist. You only
have
to want them to. Even today, aged 23, working in the computer industry, I
find myself slipping in the Neverending Story soundtrack in my CD player
and
dreaming away to Fantasia...
This movie the most beautiful and touching movies ever created. It's an
example of a timeless story, told with wonderful creatures and dazzling
vistas of the land of Fantasia. The amazing and perfect soundtrack help
capture your heart and won't let go until the end credits fill the screen.
At which time you notice that you've been crying for the last ½ hour. I
consider myself extremely lucky that this wonderful movie was shown to me
at
such a young age, telling me that the world is what you make of
it.
And luckily, this September I can watch it all on DVD!!
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