The Neverending Story III (1994)

User Rating:

2.7/10   

Director:

Peter MacDonald

Writers (WGA):

Michael Ende (characters)
Karin Howard (story)

Release Date:

27 October 1994 (Germany)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.

Plot Keywords:

Book | Bully | School Library | Good Versus Evil | Selfishness

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jason James Richter	...	Bastian Bux
Melody Kay	...	Nicole, Bastian's Stepsister
Jack Black	...	Slip, Leader of The Nasties
Carole Finn	...	Mookie - The Nasties
Ryan Bollman	...	Dog - The Nasties
Freddie Jones	...	Koreander, the Librarian
Julie Cox	...	The Childlike Empress
Moya Brady	...	Urgl, Female Gnome
Tony Robinson	...	Engywook, Male Gnome
Thomas Petruo	...	Bighead - Großkopf
Tracey Ellis	...	Jane Bux, Bastian's Stepmother
Kevin McNulty	...	Barney Bux, Bastian's Father
Nicole Parker	...	Coil - The Nasties
Adrien Dorval	...	Rage - The Nasties
Kaefan Shaw	...	Bark Troll - Borkentroll

Also Known As:

Die unendliche Geschichte III - Rettung aus Phantasien (Germany)
Neverending Story III: Return to Fantasia (UK)
The Neverending Story III: Escape from Fantasia

Runtime:

Germany:95 min | UK:100 min | USA:95 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Australia:G | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | UK:U | USA:G | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Cinevox Filmproduktion GmbH

Goofs:

Factual errors: Falcor arrives at a Chinese New Year festival, but the next day is Halloween. Chinese New Year is celebrated in January or February.

Quotes:

Dog - The Nasties: Why are you always dissing me man?
Slip, Leader of The Nasties: Why don't you look in the mirror and find out.

Movie Connections:

References Easy Rider (1969)

Soundtrack:

Crash! Boom! Bang!

Huge disappointment

I cannot begin to describe how awful this movie is. I watched the first Neverending Story when I was 7 or 8 or so, it came out in 1984, the year I was born, and I was absolutely fascinated with it. A few years later I had the pleasure of watching the second one, and although not as good as the first one, I have to say it is one of the better movie sequels I have seen (the people who comment on it give it too harsh criticism) It was still as imaginative and beautiful as the first one, and kept all the main characters. I saw the third one in the movie rental part of our grocery store when I was 14, and I got exited. I immediately rented it and brought it home and popped it in our VCR (you remember VCR's don't you?). It was not much longer after that that I was popping it out again. NES3, for lack of a better term,... sucks. The storyline was as unimaginative and vapid as you could hope for, it takes place in the real world, and not(as the title would have you believe)in Fantasia, and I get the feeling that it is because creating a fantasy world was a little out of their budget. This movie has "low budget" written all over it. The childlike empress isn't even blond! they get some brunette chick who looks nothing like her to play the role. After the fart jokes and potty humor commenced, I just couldn't take it any longer. My advice is don't wast your time and ruin your childhood memories with this piece of refuse.