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The never-ending story
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Rediscover the film adaptation of the famous film thanks to this superb The Never Ending Story Poster which will take you on a journey into the world of Fantasia!
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Description of this Poster The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story (German: Die unendliche Geschichte) is a 1984 German fantasy film, co-written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen (in his first English-language film), and based on the 1979 novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende. It was produced by Bernd Eichinger and Dieter Giessler, and stars Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney and Moses Gunn, with Alan Oppenheimer providing the voices of Falkor and Gmork (as well as other characters). The film follows a boy who finds a magical book telling the story of a young warrior tasked with stopping the Nothing, a dark force, from swallowing up the wondrous world of Fantasia.
At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film produced outside of the United States or the Soviet Union. This is the first film in The NeverEnding Story series, which only adapts the first half of the book and therefore does not convey the message of the title as it was portrayed in the novel. The second half of the book was later used as a rough basis for the second film, The Neverending Story II (1990). The third film, The Neverending Story III (1994), has an original plot that is not based on the book.
Bastian Bux, 10, is a shy and excluded bibliophile who lives with his widowed father. One day, on the way to school, Bastian is chased by bullies but escapes by hiding in a bookstore, annoying the bookseller, Mr. Coreander. Bastian's interest in books leads him to ask about the one Mr. Coreander is reading, but the bookseller advises him against reading it, saying it is not a story. safe" like ordinary books. His curiosity piqued, Bastian secretly takes the book, titled The Neverending Story, leaving a note promising to return it, and hides in the school attic to read it.
The book describes the fantasy world of Fantasia which is slowly being devoured by a malevolent force called "The Nothing". The Childish Empress, who rules Fantasia, has fallen ill, and the young warrior Atreyu is tasked with discovering a cure, as he believes that once the Empress recovers, the Nothing will no longer be a threat. Atreyu is given a medallion called Auryn which can guide and protect him on his quest. As Atreyu sets off, the Nothing summons a vicious and highly intelligent wolf-like creature named Gmork and sends it to kill Atreyu.
Atreyu's quest directs him to the giant, turtle-like advisor Morla the Elder in the Swamps of Sorrow. Although the Auryn protects Atreyu, his beloved horse Artax is lost in the swamp, and he continues alone. Morla, who is allergic to youth, cannot help Atreyu, but reluctantly directs him to the Southern Oracle, ten thousand miles away. Gmork closes in as Atreyu succumbs to exhaustion trying to escape the swamps, but is narrowly saved by the lucky dragon Falkor. Falkor takes him to two gnomes who live near the gates of the Southern Oracle. Atreyu passes through the first door, but is perplexed when the second door – a mirror that shows the viewer's true self – reveals a boy who Bastian recognizes as himself. Atreyu eventually meets the Oracle of the South, who tells him that the only way to save the Empress is to find a human child who lives beyond the borders of Fantasia to give her a new name. Atreyu and Falkor flee, while Nothing consumes the Southern Oracle.
In his escape, Atreyu is thrown from Falkor's back into the Sea of Possibilities, thus losing the Auryn. He wakes up on the shore of abandoned ruins, where he finds several murals depicting his adventure, including one of Gmork. Gmork then reveals himself and explains that Fantasia represents humanity's imagination and is therefore limitless, while Nothing is a manifestation of the loss of hopes and dreams. Atreyu fights and kills Gmork, while the Nothing begins to consume the ruins.
Falkor manages to recover the Auryn and save Atreyu. The two find themselves in a void where only small fragments of Fantasia remain, fearing they have failed, until they spot the Empress's Ivory Tower among the fragments. Inside, Atreyu apologizes for failing the Empress, but she assures him that he managed to bring back a human child who followed his quest - Bastian. She then explains that just as Bastian follows Atreyu's story, "others" follow Bastian's, making him part of the Neverending Story. As Nothing begins to consume the Tower, the Empress explains that Bastian must speak his new name to save Fantasia. Not believing he was incorporated into the story, he denies that these events actually happened. He relents after the Empress directly begs him to say her new name, running to the attic window to shout "Moon Child".
Bastian wakes up with the Empress, who presents him with a grain of sand - the only remnant of Fantasia. The Empress tells Bastian that he has the power to bring back Fantasia through his imagination. Bastian recreates Fantasia and flies on Falkor's back to see the land and its people restored, including Atreyu and Artax. When Falkor asks what his next wish will be, Bastian takes him to the real world to chase away the school bullies. The film says that Bastian has had many other wishes and adventures, "but that's another story."
