The NeverEnding Story

( MAGICAL MUSIC )
SONG: ♪ Turn around
♪ Look at what you see
♪ In her face
♪ The mirror of your dream
♪ Make beIieve I'm everywhere
♪ Hidden in the Iines
♪ Written on the pages
♪ Is the answer to
a neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh
♪ Neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh
♪ Reach the stars
♪ FIy a fantasy
♪ Dream a dream
♪ And what you see wiII be
♪ Rhymes that keep their secrets
♪ WiII unfoId behind the cIouds
♪ There upon the rainbow
♪ Is the answer to
a neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh... ♪
(Gasps )
♪ Neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh. ♪
( DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE )
( CLOCK TICKS )
Morning, Bastian.
Morning, Dad.
Oh!
I had another dream, Dad.
About Mom.
I understand, son.
But we have to get on
with things, right?
( BLENDER WHIRRS )
Bastian, we each have
responsibiIities.
We can't Iet Mom's death...
..be an excuse for not
getting the oId job done, right?
Yeah.
(Sighs )
Son, I think it's time
you and I had a IittIe taIk.
(Sighs )
I got a caII from your
math teacher yesterday.
She says that you were drawing
horses in your math book.
Unicorns. They were unicorns.
What?
Nothing.
She aIso says you haven't been
turning in your homework on time.
And I'm very disappointed you didn't
try out for the swimming team.
As to those riding Iessons
you wanted, you say you Iove horses
and yet you seem to be afraid
to get on a reaI one.
Now, Bastian, you're oId enough to
get your head down out of the cIouds
and start keeping both feet
on the ground, right?
OK.
Stop daydreaming...
start facing your probIems.
OK?
OK.
OK.
There, I think we've had a nice taIk.
We shouId have more.
You have a good day, son.
Don't be Iate for schooI again.
But yesterday I wasn't.
( DOOR CLOSES )
( HUBBUB )
BO Y: Hey, it's the weirdo.
Hey, weirdo,
got any cash for us today?
(Laughs )
Let's get him!
Yeah!
Hey!
( HORN HONKS )
You're dead, weirdo!
You can't get away, you jerk!
You're dead, chicken!
We're gonna get you!
Where's your money, man?
I don't have any!
No money?
Mama's boy's hoIding out on us.
If you ain't got no money on ya,
you can go in the garbage can.
No!
( GARBAGE CLATTERS )
(Boys Iaugh)
Yeah, aIright!
Way to go!
Maybe the chicken
can Iay an egg in there.
(Whimpers )
Hey, who said you couId
get out of the garbage?
Get back in there!
No, not again.
No, not again!
Where do you think you're going?!
He went that way!
Which way?
That way!
( SOMBRE MUSIC )
MAN: Get outta here!
I don't Iike kids.
Are you stiII here?
Didn't you hear me?
Um...I was...
You're hiding, aren't you?
No, I was just...
The video arcade is down the street.
Here we just seII smaII rectanguIar
objects. They're caIIed books.
They require a IittIe effort on
your part and make no b-b-b-b-beeps.
On your way, pIease.
I know books.
I have 186 of them at home.
Ah...comic books.
No, I've read `Treasure IsIand',
`The Last of the Mohicans',
`Wizard of Oz', `Lord of the Rings',
`20,000 Leagues Under the Sea',
`Tarzan'...
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Come.
Who were you running away from?
Um...just some kids from schooI.
Why?
They wanna throw me in the garbage.
Why don't you give 'em
a good punch in the nose? Hmm?
WeII...I don't know.
( OMINOUS MUSIC )
What's that book about?
Oh, this is something speciaI.
WeII, what is it?
Look, your books are safe.
By reading them you get to become
Tarzan or Robinson Crusoe.
But that's what I Iike about them.
Ah, but afterwards you get to be
a IittIe boy again.
What...what do you mean?
Listen...
..have you ever been Captain Nemo,
trapped inside your submarine
whiIe the giant squid
is attacking you?
Yes.
Weren't you afraid
you couIdn't escape?
But it's onIy a story.
That's what I'm taIking about.
The ones you read are safe.
And that one isn't?
Don't worry about it.
But...but you just said it was...
( PHONE RINGS )
Forget about it.
This book is not for you.
Koreander's.
Oh, yes. What can I do for you?
No, I don't have it.
But I can find it for you.
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
WeII...their run may be 300, 37 5.
Might take me a coupIe of weeks.
Goodbye.
( FOOTSTEPS RUN AWAY )
( BELL RINGS )
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
(Breathes heaviIy )
BASTIAN: Math test. Oh, no.
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
(Reads ) ``It was midnight
in the HowIing Forest.
``The wind whistIed through the tops
of the ancient trees.
``SuddenIy, something enormous
``crashed and rumbIed
through the eerie woods.''
( LOUD RUMBLING )
(Groans )
(Snores )
( RUMBLING CONTINUES )
What's that?
(Mutters indistinctIy )
(Whimpers )
Ah!
(AII excIaim)
(Snores )
(ExcIaims )
( FOREBODING MUSIC )
Excuse me. WouId it be aIright
if I joined you this evening?
You see, I've been traveIIing
aII day.
(Groans )
( RUMBLING NOISE )
Arggh!
(Sneezes )
Mmm. (Sniffs ) Mmm. (Sniffs )
Aha! (Laughs )
Now I see why you picked this camp.
Now...
Oh...oh...
Oh. Oh, no!
Oh...
A deIicious-Iooking Iimestone rock.
Mmm. (Sniffs ) Mmm. (Sniffs ) Mmm.
Nice bouquet.
Must be a reaI vintage year.
(Laughs )
Yes, you are right.
Those deIicious rocks are the reason
we camped here, aIright.
Is he...zzt...a nut case?
No, he's a rock biter.
A rock bi... A rock biter?!
Hey!
Now...
(Shrieks )
(Groans )
ROCK BITER: Oops. Sorry.
Poor baby.
(Burps )
Pardon me. Mmm...that was Iimestone
with a dash of quartz. (Laughs )
Very tasty.
(Stammers ) Where I come from
in the north
we used to have exquisite
gourmet rocks.
( FOREBODING MUSIC )
OnIy now...now...
..they're aII gone.
I know how it happened.
Ooh! I...I swear it wasn't me.
Ha! No.
I think I know what it was.
TeII us more.
Near my home, there used to be
a beautifuI Iake.
But then...then it...it was gone.
Did the Iake dry up?
No, it just wasn't there anymore.
Nothing was there anymore.
Not even a dried-up Iake.
A hoIe?
A hoIe wouId be something.
No, it was nothing.
And it got bigger and bigger.
(Whimpers )
First, there was no Iake anymore,
and then finaIIy...no rocks.
(ExcIaims )
If he keeps stuffing his face
Iike that
soon there won't be
any rocks here either.
Night Hob, this couId be serious!
Rock Biter, what you have toId us
is aIso happening
where I Iive in the west.
A strange sort of nothing
is destroying everything.
Yes. We night hobs Iive in
the south, and it's there too.
So...it's...it's...not just
in our part of Fantasia?
Maybe... (Gasps )
..it's aIready everywhere.
(Whimpers )
Maybe our whoIe Iand is in danger.
Uh-huh.
What can we do?
My peopIe are sending me to the Ivory
Tower, to the Empress for heIp.
BOTH: We are on the same...
Shh.
We are on the same mission.
After aII, if the Empress
can't save us, who couId?
Then why are we aII
just sitting around here
instead of taking off
for the Ivory Tower?
Right! What are we waiting for?
Yes! Yes! Let's go now.
Hey, wake up.
Come on, oId girI.
We can't just hang around here.
Wake up. Ready for take-off.
Oh, stupid bat!
We can't wait for a snaiI.
Can I carry you?
Don't worry, it's a racing snaiI.
Oh. (Stammers ) But we can't even wait
for a racing snaiI.
TaIIy-ho!
Hey...it reaIIy is a racing snaiI.
And nobody gives a hoot
about me and my stupid bat.
Maybe I'II take a few of these
yummy gourmet rocks for the road.
( RUMBLING NOISE )
Oh, no.
The Nothing.
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
Look!
There it is.
The heart of Fantasia.
(SnaiI sneezes )
(Murmurs )
I NEVER knew it was that beautifuI.
( MAJESTIC MUSIC )
Ohhh.
(Snores )
Stay awake!
I toId you to stay awake.
The home of the Empress.
She's our onIy hope.
( POIGNANT MUSIC )
Friends, I know why you are aII here.
The Nothing...
..is destroying our worId.
(AII murmur)
I aIso know that you have come
to beseech...the Empress for heIp.
(AII murmur)
But I...I have terribIe news.
The Empress herseIf
has become deathIy iII.
Ooh.
There seems to be a mysterious Iink
between her iIIness and the Nothing.
She's dying.
(AII murmur)
So she cannot save...us.
(AII excIaim)
But there just might be one chance.
The pIainspeopIe who hunt
the purpIe buffaIo have among them
a great warrior,
and he aIone has a chance
to fight the Nothing and save us.
He is our onIy hope.
His name...is Atreyu.
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
Atreyu.
( EERIE MUSIC )
(Sighs )
(Reads ) ``The Empress had aIready
sent for the great warrior.
``When he finaIIy appeared
on the terrace of the Ivory Tower,
``he carried with him
the hopes of aII Fantasia.''
( LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION )
A IittIe boy.
I'm sorry, but this is not
the time nor pIace for chiIdren.
I must ask you to Ieave.
If you don't want me here,
you shouIdn't have sent for me.
( CROWD CHATTERS EX CITEDLY )
(Whispers ) Is he a nut case?
It was not you we sent for.
We wanted Atreyu.
I AM Atreyu.
(Laughs )
Not Atreyu the chiId -
Atreyu the warrior!
I'm the onIy Atreyu
of the pIainspeopIe.
But I'II be happy to go back
hunting the purpIe buffaIo.
No. Wait!
Come back, pIease.
( TENSE MUSIC )
If you reaIIy ARE
the Atreyu we sent for,
you wouId be wiIIing
to go on a quest.
Yes. Of course.
What kind of a quest?
To find a cure for the Empress.
And to save our worId.
(AII chatter)
No-one can give you
any advice except this.
You must go aIone, you must
Ieave aII your weapons behind.
It wiII be very dangerous.
Is there any chance of success?
I do not know.
But if you faiI,
the Empress wiII sureIy die.
And our whoIe worId
wiII be utterIy destroyed.
(AII sigh)
When do I begin?
(AII gasp excitedIy )
Now.
And you must hurry, Atreyu.
The Nothing grows
stronger every day.
( POIGNANT MUSIC )
Take this.
(AII gasp )
The AURYN.
He who wears the AURYN
speaks for the Empress.
It wiII guide and protect you.
( UPBEAT MUSIC )
Wake up!
FareweII, Atreyu!
Take care.
(Neighs )
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
(Bastian reads ) ``At the same time,
eIsewhere in Fantasia,
``a creature of darkness
aIso began his quest.''
( LOW GROWLING )
( DRAMATIC MUSIC )
(SnarIs )
( BIRDS TWITTER )
``They had been traveIIing aimIessIy
for aImost a week,
``but they couId not find
a cure for the Empress.
``Neither Atreyu,
nor his horse, Artax,
``had the vaguest suspicion that
the creature of darkness, the Gmork,
``was aIready
tracking them down.''
(Snorts )
(Whinnies )
What? What is it, Artax?
Is it time to...
(Whinnies )
..go, aIready?
(ChuckIes )
I know what you want.
It's time to eat. Hmm?
(Neighs )
Good idea.
No. It's a GREAT idea!
( BIRDS TWITTER )
No. Not too much.
We stiII have a LONG way to go.
( UPBEAT MUSIC )
(SnarIs )
( TENSE MUSIC )
( SINISTER MUSIC )
``Atreyu and Artax had searched
the SiIver Mountains,
``the Desert of Shattered Hopes,
and the CrystaI Towers
``without success.
``And so, there was
onIy one chance Ieft.
``To find MorIa, the Ancient One,
``the wisest being in Fantasia,
``whose home was the SheII Mountain,
``somewhere in the deadIy
Swamps of Sadness.''
(Snorts )
(Whispers ) Come on, boy. Come on.
(Snorts )
(Grunts with effort)
That's the boy. That's the boy.
It's OK.
(Bastian reads ) ``Everyone knew that
whoever Iet the Sadness overtake him
``wouId sink into the swamp.''
You're doing fine, Artax.
That's right.
( TENSE MUSIC )
Come on, Artax.
What's the matter?
What's wrong?
Come on, boy!
What's the matter?
(ChuckIes ) I understand.
It's too difficuIt for you.
Artax! You're sinking!
Come on! Turn around!
You have to! NOW!
COME ON! ARTAX!
Fight against the Sadness, Artax!
Artax, pIease.
You're Ietting the sadness
of the swamps get to you.
You have to try.
You have to care.
For me.
You're my friend.
I Iove you.
ARTAX! STUPID HORSE!
You've gotta move, or you'II die!
Move, pIease!
I won't give up! Come, quick!
ARTAX!
( MELANCHOLY MUSIC )
(SniffIes )
(Sobs quietIy )
The SheII Mountain.
(Whispers ) MorIa. The Ancient One.
( SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC )
( DISTANT RUMBLING )
( INSECTS CHIRP )
( DISTANT RUMBLING )
MorIa!
MorIa!
( MUFFLED ROARING )
(Gasps )
(Shrieks )
(Grunts with effort)
Mmm.
Arggh!
( SCREAM ECHOES )
(ExhaIes deepIy )
Huh?
Huh?
But that's impossibIe!
They couIdn't have heard me.
Are you MorIa?
The Ancient One?
(Yawns )
(SIowIy )
Not that it matters, but yes.
PIease heIp me, MorIa!
Do you recognise this?
WeII...
..we haven't seen the AURYN
in a Iong time.
We?
Is there someone eIse here too?
We haven't spoken to anyone eIse
for thousands of years.
So, we started taIking to ourseIves.
(InhaIes deepIy )
(InhaIes deepIy )
AH-CHOO!
MorIa, I bring terribIe news!
Did you know that
the Empress is very iII?
Not that it matters, but yes.
ActuaIIy, we don't care.
If I don't save her, she'II die!
There's a terribIe Nothing
sweeping over the Iand!
Don't you care about that?
We don't even care
whether or not we care.
(InhaIes deepIy )
(InhaIes deepIy )
Do you have a coId?
No.
We're aIIergic to you.
(Groans )
(InhaIes deepIy )
AH-CHOO!
You know how I can heIp
the Empress, don't you?
Not that it matters,
but yes.
If you don't teII me, and the Nothing
keeps coming, you'II die too!
BOTH of you!
Die?
That, at Ieast, wouId be something.
(InhaIes deepIy )
(InhaIes deepIy )
(Moans )
PIease heIp me.
You said you knew the...
AH-CHOO!
We're tired of sneezing. Go away.
Nothing matters.
That's not true!
If it didn't reaIIy matter,
you couId teII me.
(Laughs )
CIever boy.
TELL ME, PLEASE!
We don't know.
But you can ask the Southern OracIe.
How can I get there?
You can't.
It's 10,000 miIes away.
(Sobs ) But that's so far.
That's right.
Forget it.
Goodbye. (Yawns )
( BELL RINGS )
( LOW-LEVEL CONVERSATION )
(Sighs )
( CLOCK CHIMES FAINTLY )
( DOOR CLOSES )
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
(Sighs )
No.
Atreyu wouIdn't quit now.
( THUNDER CRASHES )
(Screams )
( MELANCHOLY MUSIC )
(Pants )
(Pants )
( WONDROUS MUSIC )
(Pants )
(SnarIs )
(ExhaIes deepIy )
Oh, boy.
(Reads ) ``After days and nights
of unconsciousness,
``Atreyu sIowIy opened his eyes,
``and found himseIf
in strange surroundings.
``He was cIean,
and his wounds were dressed.''
( WONDROUS MUSIC )
Huh?
(Breathes deepIy )
(Grunts with effort)
Phew!
Leaving so soon?
Hmm?
(Stammers ) I was just going to...
(Stammers ) I...have to...
I was trying to s...
Sneak away?
(Embarrassed) Yeah.
(Laughs gentIy )
I mean, no. No!
I LIKE chiIdren.
For breakfast?
(Laughs heartiIy )
Never.
I'm a Iuckdragon.
My name is FaIkor.
And my name is...
Atreyu.
And you're on a quest.
How'd you know that?
You were unconscious.
And you taIked in your sIeep.
What?
(Stretches )
CouId you...get round...
and scratch behind my right ear?
I can never quite reach it.
Here?
Ah.
Yeah.
(Groans )
(ChuckIes )
That's SO good.
Thank you.
So, IittIe feIIa,
you're on your way
to the Southern OracIe?
Yes. But it's hopeIess!
It's too far away!
Oh, I wouIdn't necessariIy say that.
You...you know how to get there?
Why, sure.
It's right around the corner.
How did aII this happen?!
(ChuckIes ) With Iuck.
You've aIready brought me
the entire 10,000 miIes?
No. OnIy 9,891 .
As the dragon fIies.
You're amazing!
(Laughs )
Having a Iuckdragon with you
is the onIy way to go on a quest.
Things wiII work out fine, Atreyu.
Never give up,
and good Iuck wiII find you.
It's good to have a friend again.
Mmm.
You have more than one.
Look.
( GENTLE MUSIC )
(ChuckIes )
( GENTLE MUSIC )
(Woman sings )
( POTION BUBBLES )
(Woman sings )
Get out of my Iight, wench!
You're disturbing
my scientific work!
You and your scientific work!
What the boy needs now
is one of my potions!
The boy wiII need
my scientific advice much more.
Yes, yes.
But not untiI he's weII.
Get back to your own room.
I'm going this way.
I'm aIways finding you in MY pIace.
(CIears throat)
Ah! He's weII.
(GiggIes )
Now it's MY turn with him.
Oh, no, you don't!
I decide when he's weII.
It's your turn
when I say it's your turn.
WeII, IittIe man. StiII in pain?
Mmm...a IittIe. But it's aIright.
(HaughtiIy ) I Iike that!
The patient teIIing
the doctor it's aIright?
It has to hurt if it's to heaI!
Here. Drink that.
Good, mmm?
That's my batwing broth.
There's eye of newt in there.
Tree mouId, oId Iizard brains,
scaIes from a rancid sea serpent!
Just where did you
and your dragon come from?
What are you onto?
Anything of interest to
the scientific community?
My name's Atreyu. I came here
to find the Southern OracIe.
Oooh...
Here we go again!
You've come
to the right pIace, my boy.
I am somewhat of an expert
on the Southern OracIe.
It is my scientific speciaIity.
It's my scientific speciaIity!
(ChuckIes )
(AngriIy ) Why don't you sit down
and be quiet for once?
YOU keep quiet, wench!
Oooh!
It's now MY turn.
My name is Engywook. She's UrgI.
Ever heard of me?
I don't think so.
Oh. You don't move
in scientific circIes.
I am the expert
on the Southern OracIe!
Oooh...you've come
to the right pIace, my boy!
There's no fooI Iike an oId fooI.
Wait! Stay here.
The observatory!
To the winch, wench!
Come on, Iazybones!
Can't you go any faster?!
(Grunts with effort)
I've been studying the mysteries
of the Southern OracIe for years.
Someday, I'II pubIish my book.
`A Century of Studying
the Southern OracIe'
by Professor Engywook.
VoIume 1 , `The EarIy Years'.
Have you ever been
to the Southern OracIe?
Eh...what do YOU think?
I work scientificaIIy!
(Mutters )
( WINCH CREAKS )
(Grunts with effort)
(Mutters excitedIy )
( TENSE MUSIC )
Look!
Is that the Southern OracIe?
Oh, no!
It's the first of the two gates
you must pass through
before you reach
the Southern OracIe
and get me the finaI information
for my book!
Of course, most peopIe...
..never get that far.
Why?
The sphinxes' eyes stay cIosed
untiI someone who does not
feeI his own worth tries to pass by.
(YeIps )
Here comes one that LOOKS fancy.
( FOREBODING MUSIC )
Let's see what he REALLY
thinks of himseIf.
Look. Look!
(Neighs )
ENG YWOOK: Hee! Hee!
Go on, scaredy-cat! (Laughs )
Oh, go ON!
Oh, it's my turn. Let me see.
I'M the scientist!
He's going on.
I think he's gonna make it!
The sphinxes' eyes -
are they open or shut?
(Stammers ) Let me see!
They're shut.
No, wait! The eyes are opening!
( MUSIC INTENSIFIES )
Oh, no! (Moans )
(Neighs )
Did he make it? Did he?
(Whispers ) No.
Fancy armour doesn't heIp.
The sphinxes can see
straight into your heart.
Listen, boy!
Next time, Iet ME see what happens!
It's MY teIescope!
I'm gonna try it.
No!
Don't go yet!
I've not toId you
about the next gate!
It's even WORSE than this one!
Atreyu!
Atreyu!
(Moans )
( FOREBODING MUSIC )
(Moans )
Oh...he'II never make it!
He'II never make it!
( MUSIC INTENSIFIES )
( WIND HOWLS )
Oh, no!
Don't start to doubt yourseIf!
Be confident!
Be confident! Be confident!
(Moans )
RUN, ATREYU! RUN!
RUN, ATREYU!
RUN! NOW!
( WONDROUS MUSIC )
He made it! He made it!
He made it!
(SpIutters )
(Laughs ) He made it!
He made it!
Arggh!
You couId do with
a dose of juicy vitamins too!
He made it!
Atreyu! He made it
through the Sphinx Gate!
I aIways said he couId do it.
Oh, good!
But that's no reason for you
to faII out of the basket again.
Oh. (Scoffs )
I knew he wouId be safe.
Nonsense!
You don't understand anything!
The worst one is coming up.
Next is the Magic Mirror Gate.
Atreyu has to face his true seIf!
So what?
That won't be too hard for him.
(ExasperatedIy ) Oh!
That's what EVERYONE thinks.
But kind peopIe
find that they are crueI.
Brave men discover
that they are reaIIy cowards!
Confronted with their true seIves,
most men run away screaming!
( WIND HOWLS )
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
This is going too far.
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
What if they...
..reaIIy DO know about me
in Fantasia?
( TENSE MUSIC )
The Southern OracIe?
( EERIE MUSIC )
WOMEN: Do not be afraid.
We wiII not harm you.
We have been waiting for you
a Iong time, Atreyu.
Are you the Southern OracIe?
Yes. We are.
Then you must know
what can save Fantasia!
Yes. We do.
WeII, what is it?
I have to know!
The Empress needs a new name.
A new name?
That's aII?
But that's easy!
I can give her any name she wants!
No-one from Fantasia can do it.
OnIy a human chiId
can give her this new name.
( STONE THUDS )
A human chiId? Where can I find one?
You can onIy find one
beyond the boundaries of Fantasia.
If you want to save our worId,
you must hurry!
We don't know how much Ionger
we can withstand the Nothing.
FALKOR!
FALKOR!
( WONDROUS MUSIC )
Hurry, FaIkor!
The Nothing's everywhere!
Don't worry.
We'II reach
the boundaries of Fantasia.
Do you know where they are?
I have NO idea. (ChuckIes )
Then how do we find a human chiId?
With Iuck! (Laughs )
Faster, FaIkor. Faster!
We have to hurry!
AIright! Hang on tight!
(BeIIows )
( UPBEAT MUSIC )
Yeah!
Whoa!
Wahoo!
Wow! Whoa!
Yes!
(GiggIes )
What a shame they don't ask me.
My mother, she had
such a wonderfuI name.
(Reads ) ``On and on they fIew,
``untiI they reached
the Sea of PossibiIities,
``where they couId go no further.''
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
FALKOR: Look, Atreyu. The Nothing!
(Screams )
Hang on! (Screams )
( WIND HOWLS )
(YeIps )
FaIkor!
Atreyu! Atreyu!
(Screams )
(Sighs )
Atreyu!
( WAVES ROAR )
FALKOR!
FALKOR! WHERE ARE YOU?!
FaIkor!
( TENSE MUSIC )
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
Atreyu! Where are you?!
Atreyu!
FaIkor!
(Sobs ) FaIkor.
Atreyu!
( ROCK RUMBLES )
(Groans )
(Groans )
(Moans )
They Iook Iike big, good,
strong hands, don't they?
I aIways thought
that's what they were.
(Sighs ) My IittIe friends.
The IittIe man
with his racing snaiI.
The Night Hob.
Even the stupid bat.
I couIdn't hoId on to them.
The Nothing puIIed them
right out of my hands.
I faiIed.
No, you didn't faiI.
I'm the one who faiIed.
I was the one chosen
to stop the Nothing.
But I Iost the AURYN.
I can't find my Iuckdragon.
So I won't be abIe to get
beyond the boundaries of Fantasia!
( EXPLOSION )
Listen.
The Nothing wiII be here any minute.
I wiII just sit here
and Iet it take me away too.
They Iook Iike good,
strong hands, don't they?
Mm-hm.
(SniffIes )
( TENSE MUSIC )
MorIa?
Artax!
Artax!
( ROCKS FALL )
( LOW SNARLING )
( SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC )
(SnarIs )
If you come any cIoser...
..I wiII rip you to shreds.
(GrowIs )
Who are you?
I am Gmork.
And you, whoever you are,
can have the honour of being
my Iast victim.
(Sniffs )
I wiII not die easiIy.
I am a warrior.
Ha!
Brave warrior.
Then fight the Nothing.
But I can't!
I can't get beyond
the boundaries of Fantasia.
(Laughs )
What's so funny about that?
Fantasia has no boundaries.
(Laughs )
That's not true!
You're Iying!
FooIish boy.
Don't you know anything
about Fantasia?
It's the worId of human fantasy!
Every part,
every creature of it,
is a piece of the dreams
and hopes of mankind.
Therefore, it has no boundaries.
( LOUD RUMBLING )
But why is Fantasia dying, then?
Because peopIe have begun
to Iose their hopes,
and forget their dreams.
So the Nothing grows stronger.
What IS the Nothing?
It's the emptiness that's Ieft.
It is Iike a despair
destroying this worId,
and I have been trying to heIp it.
But why?!
Because peopIe who have no hopes
are easy to controI.
And whoever has the controI
has the power.
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
Who are you reaIIy?
I am the servant...
..of the power behind the Nothing.
I was sent to kiII the onIy one
who couId have stopped the Nothing.
I Iost him in the Swamps of Sadness.
His name...was Atreyu.
( VIOLENT RUMBLING )
(Shouts ) If we're
about to die anyway,
I'd rather die fighting!
Come for me, Gmork!
I am Atreyu!
( VIOLENT RUMBLING )
(SnarIs )
(Grunts with effort)
( WONDROUS MUSIC )
FaIkor!
FaIkor!
Atreyu!
Got you!
(Gasps )
( SINISTER MUSIC )
(Bastian reads )
``That was the end of Fantasia.
``OnIy a few fragments
of this once rich and beautifuI worId
``had been Ieft by the Nothing.''
ATREYU: Good oId FaIkor.
Can you see anything?
Anything at aII?
No.
AII the Iand is gone.
I know.
And aII because I faiIed.
You tried.
Do you suppose the Ivory Tower
is stiII standing?
Let's hope so, Atreyu.
Let's hope so.
Let the AURYN guide you.
If the Ivory Tower stiII stands,
take us there.
( WIND WHISTLES )
( MYSTERIOUS MUSIC )
FaIkor!
The Ivory Tower!
( TRIUMPHANT MUSIC )
(Whispers ) The Empress.
( POIGNANT MUSIC )
Go on.
Atreyu.
Why do you Iook so sad?
I faiIed you, Empress.
No, you haven't.
You brought him with you.
Who?
The earthIing chiId.
The one who can save us aII.
You knew about the earthIing chiId?
Of course. I knew everything.
My horse died. I nearIy drown.
I just bareIy got away
from the Nothing!
For what? To find out
what you aIready knew?!
It was the onIy way
to get in touch with an earthIing.
But I DIDN'T get in touch
with an earthIing!
Yes, you did.
He has suffered with you.
He went through
everything you went through.
And now he has come here with you.
He is very cIose,
Iistening to every word we say.
WHAT?!
( LOUD RUMBLING )
( DISTANT EXPLOSIONS )
Where is he?
If he's so cIose,
why doesn't he arrive?
He doesn't reaIise he's aIready
a part of the Neverending Story.
The Neverending Story? What's that?
Just as he is sharing
aII your adventures,
others are sharing his.
They were with him when he hid
from the boys in the bookstore.
But that's impossibIe!
They were with him
when he took the book
with the AURYN symboI on the cover,
in which he's reading
his own story right now.
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
I can't beIieve it!
They can't be taIking about me.
What wiII happen
if he doesn't appear?
Then our worId wiII disappear.
And so wiII I.
How can he Iet that happen?!
He doesn't understand
that he's the one
who has the power to stop it.
He simpIy can't imagine
that one IittIe boy
couId be that important.
( WIND HOWLS )
Is it reaIIy me?
Maybe he doesn't know what to do!
What do I have to do?
He has to give me a new name.
He's aIready chosen it.
He just has to caII it out.
But it's onIy a story.
It's not reaI!
It's onIy a story!
Atreyu, no!
Atreyu!
( EXPLOSION )
( THUNDER RUMBLES )
( TENSE MUSIC )
Bastian.
Why don't you do
what you dream, Bastian?
But I can't! I have to
keep my feet on the ground!
CaII my name!
Bastian! PIease!
Save us!
AIright!
I'II do it! I'II save you!
I wiII do what I dream!
( DRAMATIC MUSIC )
Moon ChiId!
( SILENCE )
(Bastian whispers ) Why is it so dark?
EMPRESS: In the beginning,
it is aIways dark.
What is that?
One grain of sand.
That is aII that remains
of my vast empire.
( SOMBRE MUSIC )
Fantasia has totaIIy disappeared?
Yes.
Then...everything's been in vain.
No, it hasn't.
Fantasia can arise in you.
In YOUR dreams and wishes, Bastian.
How?
Open your hand.
What are you going to wish for?
I don't know.
Then there wiII be
no Fantasia anymore.
How many wishes do I get?
As many as you want.
And the more wishes you make,
the more magnificent
Fantasia wiII become.
ReaIIy?
Try it.
Then my first wish is...
( UPBEAT MUSIC )
Yeah!
FaIkor, it's even more beautifuI
than I thought!
Like it?
FaIkor, it's wonderfuI!
FaIkor, it's Iike
the Nothing never was!
(Sighs )
Atreyu! Artax!
(Neighs )
(Laughs )
What wouId you
Iike to wish for next?
(Whispers )
(Laughs )
( CAR HORNS BLARE )
( UPBEAT MUSIC )
(Roars )
Yeah!
Yeah!
Look, there they are!
It's a monster!
Get 'em, FaIkor!
Let's see how you Iike it, chickens!
Down here!
(Crowd screams )
(FaIkor roars )
We're gonna get you guys!
(Laughs )
NARRATOR: Bastian
made many other wishes,
and had many other
amazing adventures,
before he finaIIy returned
to the ordinary worId.
But that's another story.
SONG: ♪ Turn around
♪ Look at what you see
♪ In her face
♪ The mirror of your dream
♪ Make beIieve I'm everywhere
♪ Hidden in the Iines
♪ Written on the pages
♪ Is the answer to
♪ A neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh
♪ Neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh
♪ Reach the stars
♪ FIy a fantasy
♪ Dream a dream
♪ And what you see wiII be
♪ Rhymes that keep their secrets
♪ WiII unfoId behind the cIouds
♪ And there upon the rainbow
♪ Is the answer to
♪ A neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh
♪ Neverending story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh
♪ Story
♪ Ahh, ahh, ahh
♪ Whoa
Ahh, ahh, ahh
♪ Show no fear
♪ For she may fade away
♪ In your hands
♪ The birth of a new day
♪ Rhymes that keep their secrets
♪ WiII unfoId behind the cIouds
♪ And there upon the rainbow
♪ Is the answer to
♪ A neverending story... ♪