The NeverEnding Story (1984)

Awards
- 5 wins & 9 nominations total

Videos13

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Neverending Story: Rock Eater (Blu-Ray)

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Neverending Story: First Gate (Blu-Ray)

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Neverending Story: Morla (Blu-Ray)

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Noah Hathaway

Atreyu

Barret Oliver

Bastian

Tami Stronach

The Childlike Empress

Gerald McRaney

Bastian's Father

Chris Eastman

1st Bully
(as Drum Garrett)

Darryl Cooksey

2nd Bully

Nicholas Gilbert

3rd Bully

Thomas Hill

Carl Conrad Coreander

Deep Roy

Teeny Weeny

Tilo Prückner

Night Hob

Moses Gunn

Cairon

Sydney Bromley

Engywook

Patricia Hayes

Urgl

Beth Anderson

The 2nd Balladeer
(voice)
(uncredited)

Donald Arthur

School's Caretaker
(uncredited)

Willie Coppen

Fantasia Inhabitant
(uncredited)

Bernd Eichinger

Man next to Man Who Drops Milk
(uncredited)

Dee Harris

The Balladeers' Lead Guitarist
(uncredited)

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Trivia
With a budget of 50 million Deutsche Mark (about $27,000,000), this was the most expensive film ever produced in Germany at the time.

Goofs
In the scene where Falcor delivers Atreyu to Engywook & Urgl, Atreyu is clearly much larger than the small, old couple. Later, when Engywook and Urgl are standing on/near Falcor they they are about the same size as Atreyu in relation to Falcor.

Quotes
Rock Biter: They look like big, good, strong hands, don't they? I always thought that's what they were.

Alternate versions
The Warner Bros. Pictures logo and it's closing Saul Bass variant are both plastered with the 1992 variant in the DVD version, and 2003 variant in the Blu-ray version.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: The Neverending Story/The Last Starfighter/Electric Dreams/That Sinking Feeling (1984)

Soundtracks
The Neverending Story
Music by Giorgio Moroder
Lyrics by Keith Forsey
Performed by Limahl Feat. Beth Anderson (uncredited)
Guitar solo Dee Harris (uncredited)
Courtesy of EMI Records, Ltd.

The NeverEnding Story is one of my all time favourite movies, it is just so magical. The music is brilliant, and the story is a magical, simple and effective one. The scenery, sets and costumes were visually a feast to the eyes, just gorgeous to look at, and if it didn't get any awards for best art direction, then that is a massive shame, because it was so beautiful to watch. Falcor was a fantastic character, a very warm and loving character, that you just have to love. I have to admit though, Gmork is very scary. The acting is fantastic, Barret Oliver very spirited as Bastian, and Noah Hathaway born to play Atreyu. And Tami Stromach as the Childlike Empress has a small but wholly relevant role in the film. This film is practically perfect in every way and has a wonderful message, don't miss it! The second film's okay, but the third one is god awful and should be in the bottom 100. 10/10 for this though. Bethany Cox