La storia infinita

Titolo originale: Die unendliche Geschichte
Regia: Wolfgang Petersen
Anno: 1984
Origine: Germany
Generi: Avventura Fantasy Famiglia Dramma
Tag: based on novel or book | wolf | magic | fairy tale | horse | mythology | child hero | anthropomorphism | bully | school | creature | reading | book store | fantasy world | giant | gnome | quest | child protagonist | father son relationship | based on young adult novel | magical necklace |
Cast: Noah Hathaway Barret Oliver Tami Stronach Alan Oppenheimer Sydney Bromley Patricia Hayes Moses Gunn Frank Lenart Robert Jadah Gerald McRaney Tilo Prückner Deep Roy Chris Eastman Darryl Cooksey Nicholas Gilbert Thomas Hill Donald Arthur Bernd Eichinger Wolfgang Petersen Brian Wheeler Silvia Seidel Beth Andersen

Il piccolo Bastian che ha da poco perso la mamma, si rifugia nella soffitta della scuola a leggere un vecchio libro che si rivela magico; così Bastian “entra” nella storia e combatte contro il Nulla per difendere il mondo di Fantasia con l'aiuto di un drago volante e di un fanciullo guerriero. Suggestiva superproduzione tedesca, girata però in inglese, che all'epoca ottenne un grande successo grazie alla fiabesca vicenda del romanzo di Michael Ende (debitamente semplificata) e alla colonna sonora di Giorgio Moroder. Appassionante e non stucchevole.

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Michael Ende, the author of the book, was unhappy with this adaption of his story, and refused [...]	D
It is falsely believed that Koreander's bookstore was filmed at MacLeod's Books in Vancouver, B [...]	D
In the English translation of the original novel, the mystical land was Fantastica. The origina [...]	D
Tami Stronach said she auditioned three times for the Child-like Empress role: In San Francisco [...]	D
Atreyu is an ancient word which means "Bold Guardian".	D
Almost five million Germans watched the film during its initial release, a rare feat for a Germ [...]	D
The so-big limitations in FX and CGI at the time of the filming avoided to make a more accurate [...]	D
The title song by Limahl initially did poorly in the US. The song only became a hit in the US f [...]	D
The roles of Bastian, Atreyu and the Child-like Empress were recast for La storia infinita 2 (1 [...]	D
The title song was featured in the season three finale of Stranger Things (2016) when two of th [...]	D
The makeup team on the movie tried to paint Noah Hathaway green, just as Atreyu is in the book. [...]	D
Noah Hathaway was due to appear in the Broadway show "Chaplin" alongside Gene Kelly and Ann-Mar [...]	D
Based on the 1979 German fantasy novel, Die unendliche Geschichte (The NeverEnding Story), by M [...]	D
Contrary to a rumor, the horse that played Artax did not really die during the filming of the S [...]	D
With a budget of 50 million Deutsche Mark (about $27,000,000), this was the most expensive film [...]	D
After her role as the Childlike Empress, actress Tami Stronach did not have another acting cred [...]	D
According to the filmmakers, the rolling storm clouds were not meant to actually be The Nothing [...]	D
According to the book, the Childlike Empress' new name that Bastian screams into the night is " [...]	D
At the time of its release it was the most expensive film produced outside the United States an [...]	D
Tami Stronach was attending theatre classes in San Francisco when she got the audition to be Th [...]	D
The horse that played Artax was given to Noah Hathaway after filming wrapped. However, due to t [...]	D
The music editor Bob Hathaway is Noah Hathaway's father.	D
The movie only covers the first half of the original novel by Michael Ende (Bastian reading the [...]	D
When Warner Bros. passed on releasing Supergirl - La ragazza d'acciaio (1984), which was origin [...]	D
One of poet/writer J.R. Gabriel's favorite childhood movies. After leaving Upstate New York to [...]	D
Steven Spielberg helped with editing and marketing of the film to get it prepared for the Ameri [...]	D
The original Auryn for this film now hangs in an enclosed glass display in Steven Spielberg's o [...]	D
Falkor is actually a 43-foot long motorized creature with 6,000 plastic scales and pink feather [...]	D
"The Childlike Empress" was just child-"like". She has existed for as long as there have been s [...]	D
During a convention appearance at Dragoncon in 2010, Noah Hathaway revealed they used virtually [...]	D
The metalcore band Atreyu took their name from the film.	D
You can "ride" on Falcor's back on location at the Bavaria Filmpark Munich, Germany.	D
According to an article released by Der Spiegel in 1984, writer Michael Ende had hoped for this [...]	D
For the role of Teeny Weeny, Deep Roy's voice was dubbed by Frank Lenart.	D
Barret Oliver (Bastian) and Moses Gunn (Cairon) appeared in different episodes of Highway to He [...]	D
Atreyu is a warrior. Noah Hathaway was known for playing Boxey, the adopted son of the Colonial [...]	D
Harold Tichenor and Rolf Zehetbauer scouted the Hotel Europe in Vancouver, British Columbia to [...]	D
The Night Hob says a profanity in the opening scene where the Rockbiter appears running down al [...]	D
The aerial shot of the city in the final scene was filmed using a nose-mounted VistaVision came [...]	D
In Greek mythology, Atreyus was the father of Agamemnon and Menalaus. His name is also the basi [...]	D
Noah Hathaway now owns and operates a tattoo parlor in Los Angeles, California with his wife.	D
During the first Ivory Tower scene when the group of Fantasians are gathered together, if you l [...]	D
First acting role for Tami Stronach. She said in a 2017 interview that she quit acting after th [...]	D
Two scenes from the book were written in the script but ultimately scrapped due to special effe [...]	D
Most of the film was shot in Germany in the summer of 1983. It was Germany's hottest summer in [...]	D
The theme song was sung by Limahl, who was the lead singer of the pop band Kajagoogoo. When a s [...]	D
In the opening credits scene NeverEnding has both the N and the E capitalised, however during t [...]	D
The screenplay had no ending, which required Wolfgang Petersen and the production team had to c [...]	D
When he was cast as Atreyu, Noah Hathaway's skin was pale white and he was taken to a tan salon [...]	D
Tami Stronach lost both front teeth shortly before filming. She wore fake teeth, which caused h [...]	D
The German version does not feature the theme song, nor the techno-pop elements composed by Gio [...]	D
In 2009, Warner Bros., The Kennedy/Marshall Company and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way Producti [...]	D
Noah Hathaway almost lost an eye during the fight-scene versus Gmork. One of the claws on his g [...]	D
The debut English-language film of director Wolfgang Petersen.	D
Noah Hathaway was hurt twice during the making of the movie. While learning to ride a horse, hi [...]	D

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