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    The NeverEnding Story

    Poster of the movie The NeverEnding Story
    1984     Fantasy adventure    
    Germany
    1h 34min
    PG
    G
    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
    PG
    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
    G
    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
    PG
    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
    PG
    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
    G
    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
    G
    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.

    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.

    Directed byWolfgang Petersen
    Written byWolfgang Petersen, Michael Ende
    CompanyWarner Bros.Warner Bros.Warner Bros.

    Starring

    Noah Hathaway
    Barret Oliver
    Moses Gunn
    Patricia Hayes
    Gerald McRaney
    Thomas Hill
    Tami Stronach
    Chris Eastman
    Darryl Cooksey
    Nicholas Gilbert
    Deep Roy
    Tilo Prückner
    Alan Oppenheimer
    Sydney Bromley
    Beth Anderson
    Dee Harris
    Frank Lenart
    Limahl
    Heinz Reincke
    Silvia Seidel

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