While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.
Noah Hathaway
as Atreyu
Barret Oliver
as Bastian
Tami Stronach
as The Childlike Empress
Alan Oppenheimer
as Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)
Sydney Bromley
as Engywook
Patricia Hayes
as Urgl
Moses Gunn
as Cairon - Empress' Servant
Frank Lenart
as Teeny Weeny / Night Hob (voice)
Robert Jadah
as Morla the Ancient One (voice)
Gerald McRaney
as Bastian's Father
CinemaSerf
I remember seeing this film when I was young - spurred on by the Limahl theme song that was in the charts at the time, and rather enjoying it. Based on just the first half of Michael Ende's original novel, it's a gentle fantasy tale of a young boy - "Bastian" (Barret Oliver) - who is being bullied b...
r96sk
A fantasy flick of real quality! I got to watch this at the cinema thanks to its release as part of its 40th anniversary, the second movie I've seen re-released on the big screen after <em>'Trainspotting'</em> back in May. That Danny Boyle flick from 1996 is great, as is this Wolfgang Petersen fe...