The NeverEnding Story () is a 1984 English-language West German fantasy movie co-written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It is based on the 1979 novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende.
It stars Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Patricia Hayes, Sydney Bromley, Gerald McRaney and Moses Gunn, with Alan Oppenheimer. It is about a boy finds a magical book about a young warrior who is given the job of stopping the Nothing, a dark force, from destroying the wonderland world of Fantasia.
When the movie came out, it was the most expensive movie produced outside the United States or the Soviet Union. The movie was the first in The NeverEnding Story movie series. Two more movies were made, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990) and The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994).
The NeverEnding Story theme song was recorded by Limahl.
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1980s family movies
1984 fantasy movies
American family movies
American fantasy movies
German family movies
German fantasy movies
Movies based on books
Movies directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Warner Bros. movies
Movies set in Washington (state)