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THE NEVERENDING STORY

(Die unendliche Geschichte)
A film directed by Wolfgang Petersen
1984 - 102 minutes - Color - Dolby - 2.35

SYNOPSIS

In  director  Wolfgang  Petersen's charming fantasy, Bastian, a lonely
schoolboy alienated from his father  and  bullied  by  his  classmates,
retreats  to  an  attic  where he becomes engrossed in a book entitled
The Neverending  Story.   It   is   the   tale   of   a   magical   kingdom
appropriately  named  Fantasia,  since  it  is  a  world  born  of human
fantasies. However,   as   humanity   loses   faith   in   the   power   of
imagination,  the  once-thriving  Fantasia  is being destroyed by great
storms of Nothingness.  Dangerously  ill  herself,  Fantasia's  youthful
empress  sends  the young warrior Atreju on a quest to find a cure for
the kingdom. After encountering flying dragons, swamp monsters and a vast assortment  of   other   strange   creatures,   the   young   hero discovers  that  only  a  human boy can save Fantasia, at which point
Bastian is drawn, literally, into the pages of the story.

MAIN CAST

Barret Oliver
Gerald McRaney
Drum Garrett
Darryl Cooksey
Nicholas Gilbert
Thomas Hill
Deep Roy
Tilo Prückner
Moses Gunn
Noah Hathaway
Alan Oppenheimer
Sydney Bromley
Patricia Hayes
Tami Stronach
Bastian
Bastian's Father
1st Bully
2nd Bully
3rd Bully
Carl Conrad Coreander
Teeny Weeny
Night Hob
Cairon
Atreyu
Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Na...
Engywook
Urgl
The Childlike Empress

ALSO KNOWN AS

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RELEASE DATES

West Germany Release Date: April 06, 1984
US Release Date: July 20, 1984
UK Release Date: April 04, 1985

PRODUCTION

Neue Constantin Film
Bavaria Studios
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Warner Bros.
Producers Sales Organization
Bavaria Film
Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion

DISTRIBUTORS

Neue Constantin Film (West Germany)
Warner Bros. (USA)

BOX-OFFICE

Budget
$27,000,000

Worldwide Box-Office
$100,000,000