Post by Tetra Master on Nov 7, 2007 0:55:24 GMT 8
I bet that most people here remember this old fantasy movie... "The Never Ending Story"
I've been dying searching for this download but I couldn't find any~ and the most nicest if I can get my hand on the DVD~
but...is it possible to find it saround the CD/DVD/VCD shop nowadays? I am not into online buy, I dun even have a credit card to buy one lol
I love this movie...this movie is the one that actually make me interest to draw all the fantasies characters. It all starts from the book...lol ^.^...last time I saw the movie is 3 years ago on channel 1 RTM...
here's the summary from the novel[/u]
The book centres on a boy, Bastian Balthazar Bux, who meets a mysterious man who owns a small antique bookstore and steals a book called The Neverending Story. Bastian reads it.
The book begins in Fantastica when a "will-o'-the-wisp" goes to ask the Childlike Empress for help against the Nothing, which is spreading over the land. The Empress herself is ill, which is believed to be the cause of the Nothing; she sends a warrior named Atreyu to find a cure for her. In doing so, Atreyu meets characters such as Ygramul, Uyulala, and the gnomes Urgl and Engywook. Atreyu also meets Falkor, the luckdragon, who helps him on his quest. After Falkor accidentally drops Atreyu in Spook City, Atreyu meets Gmork the werewolf, who has been following Atreyu since the early days of his quest, intending to kill him. G'mork soon dies; Falkor and Atreyu leave Spook City to find the Ivory Tower, where the Childlike Empress lives. The Childlike Empress reveals that the only thing that can save Fantastica is a human child, who must give her a new name to start again the cycle of life in Fantastica. Bastian comes to Fantastica by naming the Empress 'Moon Child'; she asks him to help re-build Fantastica with his imagination and he subsequently has many adventures of his own in his new world. With the help of the AURYN, a Gem that links him to the Empress and gives him power over all the inhabitants of Fantastica, Bastian explores the Desert of Colours, battles the evil Xayide, and meets the three Deep Thinkers. Bastian becomes friends with Atreyu, although their rivalry leads to a fight in which Atreyu is injured. Bastian thereafter is corrupted by Xayide, who drives him to a lust for power. He is defeated in his attempt to start a coup d'etat against the Childlike Empress. Eventually, Bastian and Atreyu reunite and Bastian soon returns home. He decides to return the book to its owner, Carl Conrad Coreander, but the book disappears after Bastian returns from Fantastica. He explains this to Carl Conrad Coreander, who is interested in Bastian's adventures and wants to keep in touch to talk about them.
And Summary for movie[/u]
(almost the same...it's starts to end)
The story of the book starts with fantastic creatures in the world of Fantasia discovering that a strange force called "The Nothing" is starting to take over their world and make things disappear. The group consists of Teeny Weeny and his racing snail, a Nighthob and his "stupid" bat, and a giant Rockbiter. They make their way to see the Empress of Fantasia at the Ivory Tower and ask her for help. Unfortunately, the Empress is deathly ill. The Empress has summoned a great warrior from a tribe of the Plains People named "Atreyu." Atreyu (Noah Hathaway) arrives, and is given a magical medallion called the Auryn, which acts as both a guide and a symbol of the Empress' authority in requesting assistance. Atreyu begins his journey with his horse, Artax.
The Nothing has summoned a wolf-vampire called the Gmork to kill Atreyu during his journey. Atreyu is trudging through the Swamps of Sadness in an effort to find Morla, a wise being who can assist him. On his way through the swamps, Artax is overcome by depression and sadness, and begins to sink to his doom. Artax drowns in the swamps, leaving Atreyu heartbroken and alone. He finds Morla, a giant turtle-like creature. After reading a description of Morla in the book, Bastian screams - a scream which is then heard quite clearly by both Morla and Atreyu, who look around the swamp in confusion.
Morla claims not to know how to help the Empress, but to know who would know: The Southern Oracle. Atreyu leaves Morla and continues through the swamps. He lets the sadness take him and starts to sink. The Gmork is nearly upon him at this point, but Atreyu escapes when a flying white creature swoops down from the sky and picks him up just before he passes out. Atreyu awakens and finds his life was saved by Falkor, a flying luckdragon who resembles a dragon but has a canine head. Falkor has flown Atreyu almost all of the way to the Southern Oracle. Falkor's caretakers - two old gnomes named Engywook and Urgl - give Atreyu advice on crossing the last lengths to the Southern Oracle.
Falkor the luckdragonAtreyu must first pass by the Sphinxes. Those who cross with fear at heart will be killed by the Sphinxes. He makes a mad dash for the other side and avoids the Sphinxes' attacks. He then trudges through a snowstorm to the Magic Mirror Gate, where he sees a true version of himself in the reflection - a version of himself designed to terrify him. When Atreyu looks into the mirror, he actually sees a young boy reading a book in a school.
Bastian reads this and realizes the book is describing himself. When Bastian continues reading, Atreyu walks into the mirror and crosses through. Finally, Atreyu reaches the Southern Oracle, whose two faces begin to crumble as they tell Atreyu what he must do: To save the Childlike Empress, he must give her a new name. The only person who can tell him this new name is a human child, who can only be found outside the boundaries of Fantasia. Atreyu runs back to Falkor, who then flies him around Fantasia looking for its boundaries so he can find a human child.
Atreyu falls off Falkor into the Sea of Possibilities and loses the Auryn. He awakens on a beach with the Nothing not far away. Atreyu walks in sorrow to a stone garden not far away. He briefly encounters the Rockbiter, who reveals his friends were taken by the Nothing and decides he will be taken too. On the walls, Atreyu sees a pictoral story of himself, from his moments at the Ivory Tower to the present. Atreyu then meets the Gmork, who explains that he is the "servant of the power behind the Nothing." The Gmork does not recognize Atreyu, as he never saw the boy up close, and Atreyu is no longer wearing the Auryn. Gmork tells him that Fantasia is actually the dream world of human beings. Because thoughts and dreams have no boundaries, neither does Fantasia. The Nothing is a product of human apathy and despair, which "eat away" the dreams and goals of humanity. Only one brave young boy could have saved Fantasia - a warrior named Atreyu, whom Gmork lost after tracking him to the Swamps of Sadness. Atreyu reveals his identity and picks up a sharp slab of stone, challenging Gmork to a battle. Gmork charges Atreyu and slashes him, but is impaled on the stone. The Nothing begins to enter the area and tear the world apart; Falkor arrives at the last moment and saves him with the Auryn.
The Childlike Empress and AtreyuFalkor and Atreyu are flying around the emptiness of space, as the rest of Fantasia is gone. With the guide of the Auryn, they fly back to the Ivory Tower. Atreyu goes inside the tower and comes face to face with The Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach). The Empress tells him that he has not failed, and has indeed brought a human child with him. The Empress begins to tell of the human child, who escaped bullies in a bookstore, then accompanied Atreyu on his journey all along.
As Bastian reads the story of Atreyu's journey, he realizes the book is aware of his presence. The Empress reiterates that all Fantasia needs is for the human child to give her a new name. As the Ivory Tower starts to fall apart and Atreyu is knocked out in the ensuing chaos, the Empress tearfully addresses Bastian by name in the book's text. Torn between his father's insistence that he must live in the real world and the Empress's plea, Bastian finally runs to the nearest open window, and screams the name "Moonchild" out into the night.
Bastian then appears standing with the Empress, who says that all of Fantasia was destroyed by The Nothing, whereas Bastian's bravery helped one grain of sand from the dream survive. With this one grain of sand, Bastian can rebuild the entire world through wishes and imagination.
I've been dying searching for this download but I couldn't find any~ and the most nicest if I can get my hand on the DVD~
but...is it possible to find it saround the CD/DVD/VCD shop nowadays? I am not into online buy, I dun even have a credit card to buy one lol
I love this movie...this movie is the one that actually make me interest to draw all the fantasies characters. It all starts from the book...lol ^.^...last time I saw the movie is 3 years ago on channel 1 RTM...
here's the summary from the novel[/u]
The book centres on a boy, Bastian Balthazar Bux, who meets a mysterious man who owns a small antique bookstore and steals a book called The Neverending Story. Bastian reads it.
The book begins in Fantastica when a "will-o'-the-wisp" goes to ask the Childlike Empress for help against the Nothing, which is spreading over the land. The Empress herself is ill, which is believed to be the cause of the Nothing; she sends a warrior named Atreyu to find a cure for her. In doing so, Atreyu meets characters such as Ygramul, Uyulala, and the gnomes Urgl and Engywook. Atreyu also meets Falkor, the luckdragon, who helps him on his quest. After Falkor accidentally drops Atreyu in Spook City, Atreyu meets Gmork the werewolf, who has been following Atreyu since the early days of his quest, intending to kill him. G'mork soon dies; Falkor and Atreyu leave Spook City to find the Ivory Tower, where the Childlike Empress lives. The Childlike Empress reveals that the only thing that can save Fantastica is a human child, who must give her a new name to start again the cycle of life in Fantastica. Bastian comes to Fantastica by naming the Empress 'Moon Child'; she asks him to help re-build Fantastica with his imagination and he subsequently has many adventures of his own in his new world. With the help of the AURYN, a Gem that links him to the Empress and gives him power over all the inhabitants of Fantastica, Bastian explores the Desert of Colours, battles the evil Xayide, and meets the three Deep Thinkers. Bastian becomes friends with Atreyu, although their rivalry leads to a fight in which Atreyu is injured. Bastian thereafter is corrupted by Xayide, who drives him to a lust for power. He is defeated in his attempt to start a coup d'etat against the Childlike Empress. Eventually, Bastian and Atreyu reunite and Bastian soon returns home. He decides to return the book to its owner, Carl Conrad Coreander, but the book disappears after Bastian returns from Fantastica. He explains this to Carl Conrad Coreander, who is interested in Bastian's adventures and wants to keep in touch to talk about them.
And Summary for movie[/u]
(almost the same...it's starts to end)
The story of the book starts with fantastic creatures in the world of Fantasia discovering that a strange force called "The Nothing" is starting to take over their world and make things disappear. The group consists of Teeny Weeny and his racing snail, a Nighthob and his "stupid" bat, and a giant Rockbiter. They make their way to see the Empress of Fantasia at the Ivory Tower and ask her for help. Unfortunately, the Empress is deathly ill. The Empress has summoned a great warrior from a tribe of the Plains People named "Atreyu." Atreyu (Noah Hathaway) arrives, and is given a magical medallion called the Auryn, which acts as both a guide and a symbol of the Empress' authority in requesting assistance. Atreyu begins his journey with his horse, Artax.
The Nothing has summoned a wolf-vampire called the Gmork to kill Atreyu during his journey. Atreyu is trudging through the Swamps of Sadness in an effort to find Morla, a wise being who can assist him. On his way through the swamps, Artax is overcome by depression and sadness, and begins to sink to his doom. Artax drowns in the swamps, leaving Atreyu heartbroken and alone. He finds Morla, a giant turtle-like creature. After reading a description of Morla in the book, Bastian screams - a scream which is then heard quite clearly by both Morla and Atreyu, who look around the swamp in confusion.
Morla claims not to know how to help the Empress, but to know who would know: The Southern Oracle. Atreyu leaves Morla and continues through the swamps. He lets the sadness take him and starts to sink. The Gmork is nearly upon him at this point, but Atreyu escapes when a flying white creature swoops down from the sky and picks him up just before he passes out. Atreyu awakens and finds his life was saved by Falkor, a flying luckdragon who resembles a dragon but has a canine head. Falkor has flown Atreyu almost all of the way to the Southern Oracle. Falkor's caretakers - two old gnomes named Engywook and Urgl - give Atreyu advice on crossing the last lengths to the Southern Oracle.
Falkor the luckdragonAtreyu must first pass by the Sphinxes. Those who cross with fear at heart will be killed by the Sphinxes. He makes a mad dash for the other side and avoids the Sphinxes' attacks. He then trudges through a snowstorm to the Magic Mirror Gate, where he sees a true version of himself in the reflection - a version of himself designed to terrify him. When Atreyu looks into the mirror, he actually sees a young boy reading a book in a school.
Bastian reads this and realizes the book is describing himself. When Bastian continues reading, Atreyu walks into the mirror and crosses through. Finally, Atreyu reaches the Southern Oracle, whose two faces begin to crumble as they tell Atreyu what he must do: To save the Childlike Empress, he must give her a new name. The only person who can tell him this new name is a human child, who can only be found outside the boundaries of Fantasia. Atreyu runs back to Falkor, who then flies him around Fantasia looking for its boundaries so he can find a human child.
Atreyu falls off Falkor into the Sea of Possibilities and loses the Auryn. He awakens on a beach with the Nothing not far away. Atreyu walks in sorrow to a stone garden not far away. He briefly encounters the Rockbiter, who reveals his friends were taken by the Nothing and decides he will be taken too. On the walls, Atreyu sees a pictoral story of himself, from his moments at the Ivory Tower to the present. Atreyu then meets the Gmork, who explains that he is the "servant of the power behind the Nothing." The Gmork does not recognize Atreyu, as he never saw the boy up close, and Atreyu is no longer wearing the Auryn. Gmork tells him that Fantasia is actually the dream world of human beings. Because thoughts and dreams have no boundaries, neither does Fantasia. The Nothing is a product of human apathy and despair, which "eat away" the dreams and goals of humanity. Only one brave young boy could have saved Fantasia - a warrior named Atreyu, whom Gmork lost after tracking him to the Swamps of Sadness. Atreyu reveals his identity and picks up a sharp slab of stone, challenging Gmork to a battle. Gmork charges Atreyu and slashes him, but is impaled on the stone. The Nothing begins to enter the area and tear the world apart; Falkor arrives at the last moment and saves him with the Auryn.
The Childlike Empress and AtreyuFalkor and Atreyu are flying around the emptiness of space, as the rest of Fantasia is gone. With the guide of the Auryn, they fly back to the Ivory Tower. Atreyu goes inside the tower and comes face to face with The Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach). The Empress tells him that he has not failed, and has indeed brought a human child with him. The Empress begins to tell of the human child, who escaped bullies in a bookstore, then accompanied Atreyu on his journey all along.
As Bastian reads the story of Atreyu's journey, he realizes the book is aware of his presence. The Empress reiterates that all Fantasia needs is for the human child to give her a new name. As the Ivory Tower starts to fall apart and Atreyu is knocked out in the ensuing chaos, the Empress tearfully addresses Bastian by name in the book's text. Torn between his father's insistence that he must live in the real world and the Empress's plea, Bastian finally runs to the nearest open window, and screams the name "Moonchild" out into the night.
Bastian then appears standing with the Empress, who says that all of Fantasia was destroyed by The Nothing, whereas Bastian's bravery helped one grain of sand from the dream survive. With this one grain of sand, Bastian can rebuild the entire world through wishes and imagination.