The Neverending Story (1984)
- Starring:
- Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, (more)
- Director(s):
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family & Kids, Foreign
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Wolfgang Petersen adapted Michael Ende's children's story for this charming fantasy film that spawned several sequels. Bastian (Barret Oliver) is dealing with his mother's recent death. His father (Gerald McRaney) is an imperious sort who continually lambastes Bastian for daydreaming and falling behind in school. On top of his father's badgering, he has to contend with a bunch of school bullies waiting for him in the schoolyard. One day he decides to play hooky and walks into a strange bookstore, where in the attic, he discovers a book called "The Neverending Story". As Bastian reads the book, he's enveloped in the unfolding tale. A sickly child-like empress (Tami Stronach) from a land called Fantasia is concerned about who will take over the land if she dies. She decides it is best for Fantasia if she remains alive, so she dispatches a young warrior named Atreju (Noah Hathaway) to find a cure for the empress's malady. It turns out the land is consumed with a plague called The Nothing, generated by blighted dreams and hopeless fantasies. As Atreju continues onward to search for a cure for The Nothing, he encounters an assortment of strange creatures. Bastian is so consumed with the tale that he finds himself catapulted into the land of Fantasia himself. Atreju realizes that the only way to save the land from its blight is with the help of this strange earth boy, Bastian. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 92 mins
Complete Cast:
- Noah Hathaway - Atreyu
- Tami Stronach - Childlike empress
- Patricia Hayes - Urgl
- Gerald McRaney - Bastian's Father
- Thomas Hill - Koreander
- Darryl Cooksey - Bully
- Drum Garrett - Bully
- Barret Oliver - Bastian
- Moses Gunn - Cairon
- Sydney Bromley - Engywook
- Deep Roy - Teeny Weeny
- Tilo Prückner - Night Hob
- Alan Oppenheimer - Falkor
- Nicholas Gilbert - Bully
- Director(s):
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Writer(s):
- Herman Weigel, Wolfgang Petersen
- Producer(s):
- Mark Damon, Bernd Eichinger, John W. Hyde
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Child Classic, Excellent For Children, Mild Violence)
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family & Kids, Foreign
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