The NeverEnding Story (film)

The NeverEnding Story German Die unendliche Geschichte is a 1984 West German English language epic fantasy film based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ende, about a boy who reads a magical book that tells a story of a young warrior whose task is to stop a dark storm called the Nothing from engulfing a fantasy world. The film was produced by Bernd Eichinger and Dieter Giessler and directed and cowritten by Wolfgang Petersen his first Englishlanguage film and starred Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, Moses Gunn, Thomas Hill and Alan Oppenheimer as the voices of both Falkor and Gmork. At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film produced outside the USA or the USSR. The film was later followed by two sequels.

Bastian Balthazar Bux Barret Oliver is a shy and friendless bibliophile teenager, teased by bullies from school. During one trip to school, he hides from the bullies in a bookstore, interrupting the grumpy bookseller, Mr. Coreander Thomas Hill. Bastian asks about one of the books he sees, but Mr. Coreander advises against it. His curiosity piqued, Bastian seizes the book, leaving a note promising to return it, and hides in the schools attic to read. The book describes the world of Fantasia slowly being devoured by a force called The Nothing. Fantasias ruler, the Childlike Empress Tami Stronach, has fallen ill, and Atreyu Noah Hathaway is tasked to discover the cure, believing that once the Empress is well, the Nothing will no longer be a threat. Atreyu is given a medallion named the AURYN that can guide and protect him in the quest. As Atreyu sets out, the Nothing summons Gmork voiced by Alan Oppenheimer, a werewolf, to kill Atreyu.Atreyus quest directs him to the advisor Morla the Ancient One in the Swamps of Sadness. Though the AURYN protects Atreyu, his beloved horse Artax is lost to the swamp, and he continues alone. Later, Atreyu is surprised by the sudden appearance of Morla, a giant tortoise. Bastian, reading, is also surprised and lets out a scream, which Atreyu and Morla appear to hear. Morla does not have the answers Atreyu seeks, but directs him to the Southern Oracle, ten thousand miles distant. Atreyu succumbs to exhaustion trying to escape the Swamps but is saved by the luckdragon Falkor voiced by Alan Oppenheimer. Falkor takes him to the home of two gnomes that live near the entrance to the Oracle. The gnomes explain that Atreyu will face various trials before reaching the Oracle. Atreyu proceeds to enter the Oracle, and is perplexed when one second trial, a mirror that shows the viewers true self, reveals a boy which Bastian recognizes as himself. Bastian throws the book aside, but after catching his breath, continues to read. Atreyu eventually meet

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