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46-497: Fish ( Noah Hathaway ) has been recently released from prison where he was serving time for his part in a diamond heist. He refused to give the authorities any information on his partners in crime nor reveal to them the location of the stolen diamonds. In order to locate and divide the stolen diamonds, crime boss Duke ( Tony Todd ) invited Fish to dinner along with the rest of the gang, including his closest ally Crow ( Mark Hamill ), Max (Andy Mackenzie) and Francis ( James Duval ). The meal

92-881: A Muay Thai boxer , and learned American Kenpo from Dr. Jerry Erickson. Hathaway spent some of his time at the Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California competing in supersport motorcycle racing, and designing and riding "chopper" motorcycles. He was on tour with WizardWorld Conventions and appeared at the Chicago and Philadelphia shows in 2011. He appeared at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Sydney, Australia in June 2012. The NeverEnding Story (film) The NeverEnding Story ( German : Die unendliche Geschichte )

138-587: A teen idol in Europe. Hathaway was born in Los Angeles , California . He began appearing in commercials at age three, and later starred in several TV films and series , including an episode of Family Ties , episode 4 of season 4 called Designated Hitter. At the age of six he appeared in Battlestar Galactica , portraying Boxey, for which he received a nomination in the first Young Artist Awards . He

184-561: A 1984 review in The New York Times . Canby's criticism charged that parts of the film sounded like 'The Pre-Teenager's Guide to Existentialism'. He further criticized the "tacky" special effects and that the construction of the dragon looked like an impractical bathmat. Colin Greenland reviewed The NeverEnding Story for Imagine magazine and thought that the film and its story were clumsily edited. Wins: Nominations: The film

230-484: A much-loved kids [ sic ] adventure." Metacritic gives the film a score of 46 out of 100 based on reviews from 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4 stars and praised its visual effects, saying that "an entirely new world has been created" because of them, a comment echoed by Variety . Ebert's co-host Gene Siskel said that

276-632: A second hiatus as an actor, Hathaway returned in 2011 for the films Mondo Holocausto! as Ruggero Margheriti, and Sushi Girl as Fish. In 2016, Hathaway reprised his role from The NeverEnding Story for a Spotify commercial celebrating the 1980s. Hathaway attended school at Lycée Français de Los Angeles . He moved into dance instruction, teaching advanced jazz and street dance until an injury forced him to quit in 1989 at age eighteen. Trained in martial arts, Hathaway would later earn black belts in Tang Soo Do and Shotokan Karate , and also competed as

322-549: A similar amount in the United States—only a modest sum in the American market, which director Wolfgang Petersen ascribed to the film's European sensibilities. The film has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 84% based on reviews from 49 critics, with an average rating of 7/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "A magical journey about the power of a young boy's imagination to save a dying fantasy land, The NeverEnding Story remains

368-408: Is sushi , served on the naked body of a woman , the titular Sushi Girl ( Cortney Palm ), who must remain motionless and silent for the duration of the meal. When Fish tells the others that he doesn't have the diamonds, they do not believe him. He is tied up, with Max and Crow taking turns torturing him. Duke instructs Francis to take a turn as well, but he refuses. Francis goes to the bathroom and it

414-403: Is a 1984 fantasy film , co-written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen (in his first English-language film), based on the 1979 novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende . It was produced by Bernd Eichinger and Dieter Giessler, and stars Noah Hathaway , Barret Oliver , Tami Stronach , Patricia Hayes , Sydney Bromley , Gerald McRaney and Moses Gunn , with Alan Oppenheimer providing

460-407: Is chased by bullies, and escapes by hiding in a bookstore. He meets the owner, Carl Conrad Coreander , and Bastian's interest in books leads him to ask about the one Mr. Coreander is reading, The Neverending Story , but he advises against reading it. With his curiosity piqued, Bastian secretly takes the book. Arriving at school late, Bastian hides in the building's attic to read. The book describes

506-502: Is no listening device. Despite this, Francis is shot by Duke. After more arguing the remaining three eventually draw their guns on one another and shooting breaks out. Only Duke survives. He returns to the Sushi Girl, who has remained silent and motionless all this time. Duke tells her that she is to be his 'consolation prize'. He eats a piece of fugu from her body and promptly succumbs to paralysis, whereupon she sits upright and tells him

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552-416: Is revealed to the camera that he is wearing a listening device. The sequences of torture are intercut with flashbacks to the heist, culminating in the gang being run off the road by another car, with Duke shooting the driver in order to escape. Eventually Max loses control and begins to beat Fish, killing him. Max, Crow and Duke begin to argue about who was responsible for Fish's death. Francis comes back from

598-513: Is the lone extra feature presented. There is also a lavish 2003 European version, which is a two-disc special edition with packaging shaped like the book from the film, and containing both the North American and German releases of the film. Various extras, such as a 45-minute documentary, music video, and galleries, are presented on the second disc. There is no English audio for the German version of

644-530: Is thus without boundaries, while the Nothing is a manifestation of the loss of hopes and dreams. Gmork lunges at Atreyu who slays him with an improvised weapon as the Nothing begins consuming the ruins. Falkor manages to retrieve Auryn and rescue Atreyu. Later only small fragments of Fantasia remain in a starey void. Fearing that they have failed, they come upon the Ivory Tower intact. Inside, Atreyu reports he failed

690-458: The Billboard Hot ;100 . The song has been covered by Armonite , The Birthday Massacre , Creamy , Dragonland , Kenji Haga , New Found Glory , Echo Image , and Scooter . This Limahl song, along with other "techno-pop" treatments to the soundtrack, is not present in the German version of the film, which features Doldinger's orchestral score exclusively. An official soundtrack album

736-758: The Bavaria Studios in Munich , with the street scenes and the school interior in the real world shot in Vancouver , Canada (the Gastown Vancouver Steam Clock is in the scene where the three bullies are chased down Cambie Street past the steam clock at the intersection of Water Street and then on down Blood Alley), and the beach where Atreyu falls, which was filmed at Playa de Mónsul in San José , Almería , Spain . The film score of The NeverEnding Story

782-512: The United States . The film performed very well at the box office, grossing US$ 100 million worldwide against a production budget of DM 60 million (approximately US$ 25–27 million at the time). Almost 5 million people saw it in Germany, a number rarely achieved by German productions, resulting in a gross of about US$ 20 million, making it the highest-grossing German film at the time. It grossed

828-548: The Czech Republic and Slovakia. The first Blu-ray release is a region-free Dutch edition on 24 March 2007. Warner released a region-A Blu-ray edition of the film in March 2010. The disc includes a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track, which marks the first time a 5.1 surround track has been included in a US home-video version of the film. No special features or theatrical trailer are included. German releases feature

874-636: The Empress, but she assures him that he has brought to her a human child who has been following his quest. She explains that Bastian has been following Atreyu's adventures.. He has become a part of the story they are all sharing in. As the Nothing begins to destroy the Tower, Atreyu is knocked unconscious. The Empress pleads with Bastian to call out her new name in order to save Fantasia. Filled with doubt, Bastian declines to believe any of it could be happening. After she implores him directly to call out her new name, he runs to

920-525: The Southern Oracle, ten thousand miles distant. Gmork closes in as an exhausted Atreyu begins to sink into the swamp before being saved by the Luck Dragon Falkor , who takes him to the home of Urgl and Engywook, two gnomes who live near the gates to the Southern Oracle. Atreyu just manages to make it through the first deadly gate but at the second gate, a mirror reveals an image of Bastian reading

966-432: The bathroom, and wants to leave, accusing Duke of arranging this dinner in order to kill them all, and thus wrap up loose ends. Duke, in turn, accuses Francis of being a spy for the police. The others demand that Francis unbutton his shirt and prove that he is not wearing a wire. Francis responds by insulting Duke and taunting Max. Max finally loses control and assaults Francis, tearing open his shirt, thus revealing that there

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1012-546: The book. Atreyu eventually meets the Southern Oracle, who tells him that the only way to save the Empress is to find a human child who lives beyond the boundaries of Fantasia to give her a new name. In flight, Atreyu is knocked from Falkor's back by the Nothing, losing the Auryn in the process. He wakes on the shore of some abandoned ancient ruins, where he finds several murals depicting his adventure, including one of Gmork, who explains that Fantasia represents humanity's imagination and

1058-402: The character to ride a horse expertly, fly on the back of a dragon, struggle through a swamp, clamber over rocks and fight a ferocious wolf-vampire. Hathaway observed: Well, what it was... Wolfgang Petersen was notorious for his actors doing their own stunts. His actors are always getting hurt, because he wanted....Audiences are very savvy, you can cut away and show the back of somebody and show

1104-705: The film a positive review; the average rating is 5.9/10. Variety stated that " Sushi Girl makes a strong impression with a lurid, finely twisted plot, but its excessive cruelty leaves a foul aftertaste," and the Toronto Star gave it two stars out of four and described it as being overly derivative of the work of Quentin Tarantino . Film Threat was more forgiving, likewise identifying it as being derivative but stating that due to "the power of great performances, Sushi Girl had me hooked from beginning to end, and I can’t wait to see it again." HorrorMovies.ca's review praised

1150-531: The film's on-going popularity, as clients regularly requested tattoos of the AURYN amulet his character wore, in the film. He claims to have given fifteen different clients AURYN amulet tattoos in three weeks. In 1986, Hathaway starred in Troll , as Harry Potter Jr. and in the television movie Casebusters , as Jamie. Hathaway did not return to acting until 1994, in the film To Die, to Sleep , in his first adult role. After

1196-521: The film's style, calling particular attention to the torture scenes, which it called "memorable." Noah Hathaway Noah Leslie Hathaway (born November 13, 1971) is an American actor and a former teen idol . He is best known for his roles as Atreyu in the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story and for portraying Boxey on the original television series Battlestar Galactica . His work in The NeverEnding Story made him particularly popular as

1242-497: The film. This edition has gone out of print. The standard single-disc edition is also available for the region-2 market. A Dutch import has also appeared on the Internet in various places, which not only contains the North American release of the film, but also includes a remastered DTS surround sound track, which is not found in either the German or the region-1 releases. In 2008, Czech- and Slovak-language DVD versions appeared in

1288-590: The first half of the book, so it does not convey the message of the title as portrayed in the novel. The second half of the book was then used as a rough basis for the second film, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990). The third film, The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994), has an original plot not based on the book. Bastian Balthazar Bux is a shy boy who lives with his widowed father. One morning, Bastian's father tells his son of his concern after hearing he daydreams in school and tells Bastian he needs to stop. On his way to school, Bastian

1334-432: The fugu was purposely prepared leaving the toxins intact. A final flashback reveals that she was present at the heist's aftermath; it was her husband whom Duke shot, and she who recovered the diamonds after the bag was ripped open. She explains that she used her newfound riches to arrange this night and take her revenge upon the gang, and then she shoots Duke fatally and departs. The production team behind Sushi Girl raised

1380-694: The money for the world premiere via crowdfunding site Kickstarter and the film debuted at TCL Chinese Theatre on November 27, 2012. The film has been played at a range of festivals, including Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival in 2012 and Melbourne's Supanova Pop Culture Expo in 2013. The film enjoyed a limited theatrical run in February 2013 following its VOD premiere in November 2012, and has subsequently been released on DVD, Blu-ray and digital platforms. Sushi Girl has received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reports that four of seven critics gave

1426-467: The more nuanced details of the book" rather than remake the original film by Petersen. In 2011, producer Kathleen Kennedy said that problems securing the rights to the story may mean that a second adaptation is "not meant to be". In September 2022, a bidding war for the film and TV rights of The NeverEnding Story between studios and streamers had emerged. In March 2024, Michael Ende Productions, in association with See-Saw Films , announced plans for

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1472-571: The original Klaus Doldinger soundtrack with the original English audio track. An 30th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray was released in October 2014, which duplicates the DTS surround track of its predecessor. Originally described as a "newly" remastered version of the film, Warner released a statement indicating that "the only remastered version is The NeverEnding Story II ", while not elaborating further on this current US release. The 30th Anniversary Edition contains

1518-448: The original theatrical trailer, a commentary track by director Wolfgang Petersen, documentaries and interviews from both 1984 and 2014, and a German-language/English-subtitled feature detailing the digital restoration process of the film. In 2009, Warner Bros. , The Kennedy/Marshall Company and Leonardo DiCaprio 's Appian Way Productions were in the early stages of creating another adaptation of Ende's novel. They intended to "examine

1564-503: The quest. As Atreyu sets out, A wolf -like being named Gmork is sent to kill Atreyu. Atreyu's quest leads him to seek the advice of Morla, the Ancient One, in the Swamps of Sadness. While making their way through the swamp, Atreyu's horse Artax is overcome by the sadness and sinks into the swamp, leaving Atreyu to continue alone. Morla doesn't have the answers he seeks; but directs Atreyu to

1610-409: The real world to chase down the school bullies. The film narrates that Bastian had many more wishes and adventures before returning to the ordinary world but that is another story. Author Michael Ende was initially happy about his book being turned into a film. Ende worked with Wolfgang Petersen as a script advisor and was paid $ 50,000 for the rights to his book. Ende claimed that Petersen later rewrote

1656-434: The script without consulting him, and that this adaptation deviated so far from his book that he requested that production either be halted or the film's title be changed. When the producers did neither, he sued them and subsequently lost the case. Ende called the film a "gigantic melodrama of kitsch, commerce, plush, and plastic" ( German : Ein gigantisches Melodram aus Kitsch, Kommerz, Plüsch und Plastik ). Helmut Dietl

1702-442: The special effects and art direction were cheap-looking and that Falkor the luckdragon resembled a cheap toy. He also referred to Noah Hathaway as a "dullard" and said that the film was "much too long". Ebert pointed out that the film was only 90 minutes. Joshua Tyler of CinemaBlend called the film one of a few true masterpieces in the fantasy genre. Vincent Canby panned the film as a "graceless, humorless fantasy for children" in

1748-438: The stuntman doing their stunt. And everybody knows that, so he wants his actors to do as much as they can for the realism of the movie. Accidents happen and actors aren't stuntmen. That's why they have stuntmen, because if someone gets hurt, they're "expendable". And some of the times, they're just more careful.... I just ended up paying. Hathaway has said that, during the time he worked as a tattoo artist, he could see for himself

1794-539: The voices of Falkor , Gmork , and others . It follows a boy who finds a magical book that tells of a young warrior who is given the task of stopping the Nothing, a dark force, from engulfing the wonderland world of Fantasia. At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film produced outside the United States or the Soviet Union . It is the first in The NeverEnding Story film series . It adapts only

1840-435: The window of the attic and calls out her new name: "Moonchild". The Empress presents Bastian with a grain of sand, the last remnant of Fantasia. The Empress tells him that he has the power to bring Fantasia back with his imagination. Bastian re-creates Fantasia and flies on Falkor's back to see the land and its inhabitants restored, including Atreyu and Artax. When Falkor asks what his next wish will be, Bastian brings Falkor to

1886-428: The world of Fantasia, a fantasy realm that is slowly being destroyed by a malevolent force called "The Nothing". Messengers are heading to the Ivory Tower to seek help from The Childlike Empress . To their dismay, they learn that she has fallen ill. The young warrior Atreyu is tasked with discovering a cure for her illness in order to save Fantasia. Atreyu is given an amulet called Auryn that can guide and protect him in

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1932-432: Was cast as Atreyu in the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story . He received his second Young Artist Awards nomination and won the award for Best Younger Actor in the 12th Annual Saturn Awards . For the role Hathaway performed his own stunts, leading to a few near-injuries; German director Wolfgang Petersen said: I sought a good-looking boy of athletic build with the quality of fierce determination. The role requires

1978-621: Was composed by Klaus Doldinger of the German jazz group Passport . The theme song of the English version of the film was composed by Giorgio Moroder , with lyrics by Keith Forsey , and performed by Christopher "Limahl" Hamill , once the lead singer of Kajagoogoo , and Beth Anderson . Released as a single in 1984, it peaked at No. 4 on the UK singles chart, No. 6 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and No. 17 on

2024-409: Was originally attached to direct the film, but later dropped out and was replaced with Wolfgang Petersen. The film only covers the first half of the book. German producer Bernd Eichinger saw his children reading the book, and they urged him to make a film out of it. He was reluctant to adapt the book, but agreed to do so and acquired the rights to the book. The bulk of the film was shot at Stage 1 of

2070-399: Was released by Warner Bros. on LaserDisc with a digital stereo soundtrack in 1985. A widescreen Laserdisc was released on 28 August 1991; no special features were included. The region-1 DVD was first released in 2001 by Warner Bros , containing only the North American release of the film. The only audio option is a 2.0 stereo mix in either English or Spanish. The theatrical trailer

2116-471: Was released featuring Doldinger's score and Moroder's theme tune. Moroder also rescored several scenes for the version released outside Germany. The track listing (Doldinger is responsible for everything from track 6 onwards) is as follows: In Germany, an album featuring Doldinger's score was released. The film was released on 6 April 1984 in West Germany ( Die unendliche Geschichte ) and on 20 July in

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