The NeverEnding Story III (1994)

Original title

Die unendliche Geschichte III - Rettung aus Phantásien

Directed by

Peter MacDonald

Genre

fantasy film, children's film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

G

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 429 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Bastian returns to Fantasia to stop a group of bullies from stealing the magical book. He is helped by the characters from the story when the bullies accidentally cause chaos in both worlds.

lightheartedchildlikewhimsicalsentimentalplayfulmildstraightforwardnostalgic

What happens

The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia (German: Die unendliche Geschichte III – Rettung aus Phantásien), also known as The NeverEnding Story III: Return to Fantasia, is a 1994 fantasy-adventure film directed by Peter MacDonald. It is the third and final film in the franchise. It stars Jason James Richter as Bastian Balthazar Bux, and Jack Black in an early role as school bully Slip. This film primarily used the characters from Michael Ende's novel The Neverending Story (1979), with the exception of Atreyu, who is absent from the film, and introduced a new storyline. It was an international co-production between the United States and Germany. It was a critical and commercial failure. The special creature effects were provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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