The Neverending Story

Sunday, March 14 at 6:00 pm

Film is $5.00

Rated PG

Box Office opens 30 minutes prior to screening

A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!

The NeverEnding Story (1984) is a  fantasy film based on the German novel of the same name by Michael Ende. The film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starred Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway and Tami Stronach. Bastian (Oliver) is dealing with his mother’s recent death. His father (McRaney) is an imperious sort who continually lambastes Bastian for daydreaming and falling behind in school. On top of his father’s badgering, he has to contend with a bunch of school bullies waiting for him in the schoolyard. One day he decides to play hooky and walks into a strange bookstore, where in the attic, he discovers a book called “The Neverending Story”. As Bastian reads the book, he’s enveloped in the unfolding tale. A sickly child-like empress (Stronach) from a land called Fantasia is concerned about who will take over the land if she dies. She decides it is best for Fantasia if she remains alive, so she dispatches a young warrior named Atreju (Hathaway) to find a cure for the empress’s malady. It turns out the land is consumed with a plague called The Nothing, generated by blighted dreams and hopeless fantasies. As Atreju continues onward to search for a cure for The Nothing, he encounters an assortment of strange creatures. Bastian is so consumed with the tale that he finds himself catapulted into the land of Fantasia himself.

At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film produced outside of the United States or the USSR.