Also Known As	The NeverEnding Story The NeverEnding Story The Neverending Story
Genre	Adventure :: Drama :: Fantasy
Date Released	6 April 1984
Production	Lluniau Lliw/4L Productions
Distribution	Channel 5 Television
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Trivia and Quotes

Trivia

Author Michael Ende decided that he was unhappy with the film`s version of his story, and refused to have his name placed in the opening credits. A small credit appears at the end with his name.

# # The nighthob says a profanity in the opening scene where the rockbiter appears running down all in its path. This profanity is often dubbed over by the grumble of the rockbiter`s scooter, so that it can be shown as a children`s film.

The film was partly shot in Germany in the summer of 1983. It was Germany`s hottest summer in 25 years.

The original Auryn for this film now hangs in an enclosed glass display in Steven Spielberg`s office.

Was the most expensive film ever produced in Germany at the time it was made.

Noah Hathaway was hurt twice during the making of the movie. During his horse riding training he was thrown off a horse which then stepped on him. Then during the shooting of the drowning sequence in the "swamp of sadness" his leg got caught on the elevator and he was pulled under water. He was unconscious by the time he was brought to the surface.

The Childlike Empress" wasn`t just child-"like". She was portrayed by Iranian born dancer Tami Stronach who was only 11 years old when the production started.

The film itself actually "ends" about halfway through the book.

The name of the mystical land in (the English translation of) the original novel was Fantastica, not Fantasia, but the original German name Phantįsien translates more accurately into English as Fantasia.

The theme song was sang by Limahl, who was the lead singer of the pop band Kajagoogoo.

The makeup team on the movie tried to paint Noah Hathaway green, just as Atreyu is in the book. "It wasn`t believable. I looked like fungi!" Hathaway said.

Noah Hathaway almost lost an eye during the fight-scene versus Gmork. One of the claws on his giant paws poked him in the face. The robot was also so heavy that he lost his breath as well when he was hit to the ground by it. They only made one shot due to the risk that he would get seriously wounded.

You can "ride" on Falcor`s back on location at the Bavaria Filmplatz Munich, Germany.

The name that Bastian screams almost indecipherable into the night is "Moonchild".

During filming in Germany, because it was an unusually hot summer one of the statues of the Ivory Tower actually melted. On other days, the crew were forced to shut down production because the blue backgrounds for the matte work refused to operate properly.

Falkore is actually a 43-foot long motorized creature with 6,000 plastic scales and pink feather-fur. His head his three feet tall and long, and has a long tongue in the mouth.

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