GENRE: Adventure / Family / Fantasy
RUNNING TIME: 1:42
STARRING: Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, Sydney Bromley, Patricia Hayes, Gerald McRaney, Moses Gunn, Thomas Hill
DIRECTOR: Wolfgang Petersen
PRODUCER(S): Bernd Eichinger, Dieter Geissler & Bernd Schaefers
WRITER(S): Herman Weigel, Wolfgang Petersen & Robert Easton
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: On his way to school, Bastian (Barret Oliver) ducks into a bookstore to avoid bullies. Sneaking away with a book called "The Neverending Story," Bastian begins reading it in the school attic. The novel is about Fantasia, a fantasy land threatened by "The Nothing," a darkness that destroys everything it touches. The kingdom needs the help of a human child to survive. When Bastian reads a description of himself in the book, he begins to wonder if Fantasia is real and needs him to survive.