The Neverending Story

:This article is about the novel. For the 1984 motion picture article, see The Neverending Story (film).

Adaptations

Part One of The Neverending Story

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A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1984, directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Barret Oliver (as Bastian), Noah Hathaway (as Atreyu), Tami Stronach (as the childlike empress), Patricia Hayes (as the Urgl), Sydney Bromley (as the Engywook), Gerald McRaney (as Bastian's father), and Moses Gunn (as Cairon). It covered only the first half of the book, ending at the point where Bastian enters Fantasia. Michael Ende felt that this adaptation's content deviated so far from his book that he requested they either halt production or change the name; when they did neither, he sued them. He lost the case.http://www3.plala.or.jp/mig/me1-uk.html He did succeed in having his name removed from the opening credits, although his name does appear in the closing credits.

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1984 - Wolfgang Petersen - Barret Oliver - Noah Hathaway - Atreyu - Tami Stronach - Gerald McRaney

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The theme song to the film was composed by Giorgio Moroder with lyrics by Keith Forsey, and performed by Limahl, lead singer of Kajagoogoo.

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Giorgio Moroder - Keith Forsey - Limahl - Kajagoogoo

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Part Two of The Neverending Story

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', directed by George Miller and starring Jonathan Brandis, was released in 1990. It used a number of plot elements from the second half of Ende's novel, but told an essentially new tale.

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George Miller - Jonathan Brandis

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The Neverending Story III, starring Jason James Richter, Melody Kay and Jack Black, was released in 1994. This film was based only upon the characters from the Ende book, with a completely new story.

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The Neverending Story III - Jason James Richter - Melody Kay - Jack Black

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The Neverending Story has also inspired two television series.

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The 1996 animated series was focused on Bastian's further adventures in Fantasia (not the same as his further adventures in the book), while the live-action Tales from the Neverending Story retold the whole story as an ongoing series lasting 13 episodes.

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Animated series - Tales from the Neverending Story

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The Neverending Story has also been adapted to the dramatic play, ballet, and operatic mediums in Germany. The scores to both the opera and the ballet versions were composed by Siegfried Matthus.

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