Alan Oppenheimer, Barret Oliver, Deep Roy

A sensitive little boy, still grieving for his mother, finds respite in a book which chronicles the plight of Fantasia, a magical land created by the dreams and imagination of humankind, now threatene...( read more  read more... )d with destruction by The Nothing, a shapeless, ominous force created by human despair.

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PG, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen

Release Date: July 20, 1984

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DVD Release Date: September 4, 2001

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  • March 3, 2009
    Good old childhood kiddie flashback goin on in my brain right now...I remember the giant white flying dog-looking-thing. Good times.
  • December 28, 2008
    OMG these movies were so creepy! That flying thing freaked me out.
  • June 25, 2008
    dont like this flm ne more but i did wen i was young
  • April 29, 2008
    classic fantasy
  • March 28, 2008
    Chased by school bullies, reprimanded by his father for daydreaming too much Bastian is lost in his own world. Bastian escapes school bullies one rainy day by hiding in an old used book store. After explaining his predicament to the old clerk Bastian notices a large leather bound...( read more) book with a symbol of two snakes intertwined into an emblem. Soon after the clerk warns Bastian that this book is not for him Bastian, rushes away with it "borrowing" it, while the clerk is in another room. Taking refuge in the attic of his school Bastian opens the book, and a world of fantasy. Learning that the wonderous, beautiful land of Fantasia is being destroyed by a terrible "Nothing" Bastian is taken deeper into the story. Soon discovering the ChildLike Empress is deathly ill, the cause; she needs a new name. A young warrior named Atreyu is called and Bastian follows his adventures, unknowing that he, himself is slowly being written into the mysterious book. Soon realizing that he is now written in the book Bastian realizes that the only one who can save Fantasia is him.
  • November 7, 2009
    One of the best 80's films...sensible boy trying to get over his mums death by escaping into a world of fantasy.
  • November 5, 2009
    Wooooow! Un super super clasico!
    Me encantó!
  • November 1, 2009
    This use to be my all time favourite film! I loved this as a young child. The big white dog (totally want one!). Althouh for now to watch the special effects are poor, for its time and still considered even now as a classic. Brilliant childrens fanatasy film!
  • October 29, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • October 29, 2009
    Will love to watch it

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  • galorillosa
    October 21, 2009
    I loved the movie as a child and I want my son to see it and the sequels. Sort of fantasy but with a story.
  • cornelijewallk
    August 24, 2007
    never end the story of the life and sing the song from this film
  • holdenboltbabe
    July 13, 2007
    I love the Never Ending Story! It's my life. I love it! Atreyu is my fave character. The Never Ending Story gave me my imagination back. I, too, are a writer. I LUV IT!
  • SeleneBlack
    May 23, 2007
    I loved the movie (1) and the book.
    goodgrlviahell: it doesn't say the movie is never ending, if you pay attention will guess it's saying the thing which has no end is the fact that there is always someone else reading a book which talks about you: Bastian reads the adventures about Atreyu and you read their adventures: there has to be someone who reads about you... That's what the books says and it's about philosophy. if you don't understands something or has no idea about a film, good, but don't say anything cause u know nothing.
  • sarahthedramaqueen
    May 7, 2007
    i love this film
  • jerswintgirl
    May 1, 2007
    this film is part of my childhood
  • Joeyrule111
    April 9, 2007
    both of u r *******
  • CexCells
    March 14, 2007
    Oh, my god.
    that's a dragon?
    IT LOOKS LIKE A FRIGGEN PINK DILDO!
  • hollisterchickbirdie
    July 6, 2006
    so gay so gay SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GAY!!!!!!!and that luck dragon looked like a pink weiner dog!!!!!!!!!!!

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