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Overview

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7.4/10   21,630 votes
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Director:
Wolfgang Petersen
Writers:
Wolfgang Petersen (screenplay) &
Herman Weigel (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 July 1984 (USA) more
Tagline:
A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!
Plot:
A troubled boy dives into a wonderous fantasy world through the pages of a mysterious book. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 7 nominations more
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(23 articles)
Neverending Story Carries On
 (From EmpireOnline. 18 June 2009, 12:34 AM, PDT)

Marshall talks 'Jurassic 4', 'Neverending Story' Remake
 (From CinemaSpy. 17 June 2009, 12:15 PM, PDT)

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Great fantasy film! more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The NeverEnding Story (UK) (USA)
The Neverending Story (International: English title)
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Runtime:
102 min | 94 min (international version)
Country:
West Germany | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Trivia:
The name of the mystical land in (the English translation of) the original novel was Fantastica, not Fantasia, but the original German name Phantįsien translates more accurately into English as Fantasia. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Atreyu is in the Swamps of Sadness with his horse, the horse sinks because it gives into the sadness, but Atreyu doesn't sink, even though he is crying and sad that his friend has died. Though not properly shown in the movie, the book explains how AURYN is protecting him. (His eventual near-sinking at the end of the scene, which never occurred in the book, is due to the plot changes that were made for the movie.) more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Bastian's Father: Good morning, Bastian.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Splendor (1989) more
Soundtrack:
The Neverending Story more

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What name does Bastian scream out the window towards the end of the movie?
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29 out of 36 people found the following comment useful:-
Great fantasy film!, 8 July 2004
9/10
Author: Thomas Jolliffe (supertom-3) from Marlow, England

One of the best kids fantasy films of the 80's. This is a great films about troubled young boy Bastien who escapes some pursuing bullies in an old book shop finding a story. As he reads this story alone, in hiding, he becomes enraptured in it and soon begins to feel more than a reader but involved in the story and is sucked into the world of Fantasia.

Now, does the film have the important elements of a fantasy yarn? Yep it sure does. It looks great it has strange creatures and wonderful landscapes and it's fair share of adventure. The book bastien read centres around Artreyu a young warrior who is the only hope of saving Fantasia from the evil that is "the Nothing" which is what it's name suggest and will turn Fantasia into nothing.

I had never watched this until recently when purely by chance it was on TV and had a good write up (ah the power of movie critics!) so I thought that as a lover of fantasy, I would watch it. Glad I did people, glad I did. It takes you back to feelings of childhood and captures the imagination. Wolfgang Peterson, who didn't particularly impress me in recent flop Troy, directs preceedings with class and control. There are some good young actors too. ****

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