A lonely and grieving little boy named Bastian(Barret Oliver) is only living with his father(Gerard McRaney)but his mother has deceased.Bastian is being bullied by a trio of nasty group of scholars.He seeks refugee in the library where by bookkeeper is given a rare book .Thus, he enters the marvellous world of Fantasia through the ¨Neverending story¨book.There,a young warrior named Atreyu( Noah Hathaway) must to save the magic world of Fantasia and the princess(Tami)threatened for the destruction by the advance of Nothing that will eventually wipe out all the things.He's solely helped by a human being,Bastian.
The story is an enjoyable fairy tale with great charm from the original novel by Michael Ende,trying to incorporate too much dreamland with fantastic beings like a rapid snail,a giant turtle,a large flying white dog ,among others weird and bizarre creatures .They have been made by big puppets and no by computer generator effects but at the time hadn't invented. The visual beauty of the impressive scenarios give the movie a real sense of wonder.The production design and sets are visually rousing and appealing.The film contains an agreeable moral message about reading books.It's followed by two sequels,the first titled¨The Neverending story : the next chapter(George Miller)¨starred by Jonathan Brandis(recently committed suicide) as Bastian and the third part titled: ¨Escape from fantasia¨(directed by Peter McDonald)with Jason James Ritcher. Besides followed by a Television cartoon movies.The motion picture is wonderfully directed by Wolgang Petersen.
The story is an enjoyable fairy tale with great charm from the original novel by Michael Ende,trying to incorporate too much dreamland with fantastic beings like a rapid snail,a giant turtle,a large flying white dog ,among others weird and bizarre creatures .They have been made by big puppets and no by computer generator effects but at the time hadn't invented. The visual beauty of the impressive scenarios give the movie a real sense of wonder.The production design and sets are visually rousing and appealing.The film contains an agreeable moral message about reading books.It's followed by two sequels,the first titled¨The Neverending story : the next chapter(George Miller)¨starred by Jonathan Brandis(recently committed suicide) as Bastian and the third part titled: ¨Escape from fantasia¨(directed by Peter McDonald)with Jason James Ritcher. Besides followed by a Television cartoon movies.The motion picture is wonderfully directed by Wolgang Petersen.