Nicholas Pickard, Christian Bale, Christopher Lee, Timothy Bottoms, Susannah York
After a young boy sets a spirit free from a bottle, he is flown to join his father, the king, in the land of Faraway. He learns that an evil knight has kidnapped the children of the kingdom and only h...( read more
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It is made out to be as great as "The Neverending Story" but is very low budget. The set pieces and creature designs aren't anything grand. It has a song-singing Gnome, a giant furry wookiee creature and children which turn into butterflies. It has a European flavor to it all. L...( read more)
I guess it was better when I was younger. Now it's more the play of a young Christian Bale that's worth a look.
Awful!! Completely awful! This book was my child-hood favourite and I never ever imagined someone could manage to make this beautiful story feel so utterly ridiculous... Soooooo disappointing!!!!
A story by a Swedish author that takes place in Stockholm...but with english speaking actors like Christian Bale...and then dubbed into Swedish. Very strange!
My father read this aloud for to me when I was a kid, and I still remember the bikeride up the hill to see this in the cinema.
Perhaps I should leave this with the fond memories and not watch it again?
The only non-swedish adaptation I've seen of a Astrid Lindgren book that is'nt crap.
I love this movie! I saw when I was a little girl and yesterday I saw it togheter with my two sons. I remember that I fell in love with Jum-Jum (Christian Bale) as a girl and I dreamed that he would come and take me away on the horse Miramis... girl dreams... :-D
The book is a...( read more)
So pathetic it's funny!
"Hello, my name is Mi-Mi... and these are my sheep"
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I've always loved this movie, from the moment it came out.... Now I'm 25 and I can still lose myself in the magick! :)
It's also nice to see that Christian Bale has gone so far in his career! :)
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