The Neverending Story 3 - Salvation from Fantasies

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Movie
German title The Neverending Story 3 - Salvation from Fantasies
Original title The Neverending Story 3 - Salvation from Fantasies
Country of production Germany
original language English
Publishing year 1994
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
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Director Peter MacDonald
script Jeff Lieberman ,
Karin Howard
production Heinz Bibo ,
Dieter Geissler ,
Tim Hampton
music Peter Wolf
camera Robin Vidgeon
cut Michael Bradsell ,
Jim Roddan
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
The Neverending Story II - In Search of Fantasias

The Neverending Story 3 - Salvation from Fantasies is a German fantasy film by the director Peter MacDonald from 1994 . It is the third and the last part of the film series The Neverending Story . The world premiere took place on October 27, 1994 in Germany.

action

The Nasties , a school gang, terrorize the boy Bastian . As if that weren't enough, he finds it difficult to accept that his father will marry again and that he will also have a stepsister. He then takes refuge in the Neverending Story again . But when the nasties get hold of it, this means a threat to the whole of Fantasias , because they discover that they have influence over Fantasias and enjoy this power. Fantasy sinks into chaos. The childlike empress orders Bastian to stop the nasties . Bastian selects his best friends, including Fuchur , Engywuck and Urgl , to help him return to the human world. But when a young loach interferes in the magic, not only Bastian , but also his friends from Fantasia end up in the human world. In addition, these are still scattered and Bastian has to look for them first. But Bastian finds them all, and then they set out to end the evil work of the Nasties . But Bastian's future stepsister Nicole gets to the bottom of the matter.

background

  • The film only has titles and a few characters in common with the novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende .
  • It is the only film in the trilogy that was not shot in the Bavaria Filmstudios , but in the Babelsberg studio in Potsdam . Some of the characters, above all Fuchur and the characters from the Felsenbeißer family , which can still be admired today along with other props in the neighboring Babelsberg Film Park, have been optically revised for this film.
  • In terms of logic and continuity, the film takes no account of its two predecessors.
  • As in the second part, the cast was completely replaced. This time the role of Bastian is taken over by Jason James Richter , known from Free Willy . The Childlike Empress is played by Julie Cox .
  • As the leader of the Nasties , Jack Black has one of his first major roles here.
  • In contrast to its predecessors, the film takes place almost exclusively in the human world.
  • It is the only part of the film series that only appeared on DVD in Germany in 2012
  • The film features the song "Girly Girl" - the English version of Lucilectric's hit "Mädchen" - which the singer Luci van Org also sang herself.

Reviews

“The adventurous film only uses a few characters from Michael Ende's best-selling novel and puts them at the center of a noisy conversation full of trick effects. At most, a few lovingly drawn marginal figures and episodes make him likeable. "

- film service

Individual proof

  1. ↑ World premiere. Internet Movie Database , accessed August 30, 2018 .

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