I have been thinking about this a lot, but does any one think that Wolfgang Peterson should do a George Lucas and remaster The Never Ending Story with improved effects, like some of the the back ground matte paintings and blue screen stuff? Obviously not as extreme as what George done ( eg, Gmork pounced first) , but enough to improve it a bit visually

I firmly believe that if anyone tries to “re-imagine” this movie, they’ll be tarred and feathered in public.

the lady that played the Child Like Empress has aged gracefully.

Tami Stronach replied to a comment I made here on KZfaq, and having The Childlike Empress respond to me was one of the most magical moments of my life!

As a kid I couldn't get enough of this movie, and as an Adult I still think it's better than most Hollywood movies.

I'm a 39 year old bearded guy and this brings back memories. I'm not crying.. you're crying.

"... It's EVERYTHING that he comes back from fantasia, into the "real"world" ... BEAUTIFUL!!!!

My favourite film ever as a child!!! I’m now in my 50’s 🥰😍

Artax drowning in the swamps of sadness still makes me cry so hard. I will never get over that.

"ARRRTAAX!!! NOOOO!!" still gives me chills. Won't lie...first time as a kid, I was weeping inconsolably.

I still can't believe this movie was made 35 years ago!!!! Absolutely incredible.★★★★★

This will always be one of the best fantasy films ever and a special effects masterpiece

The first time I let my daughters watched this I had the biggest epiphany. The look on their faces and the emotion that came through was the same look I must have had on my face and in that moment I was my parents looking at myself as I looked at my daughters. There was no time there was only everything all at once. A never ending moment where every thought,dream,action could be.

As a kid it was one of my favorite. I just wanted to get lost in a book and fly away to new adventures, above the clouds. 42y’s old and still do. Every time I watch it, it feels like the first time

The horse scene killed me as a kid and it still makes me cry.

This movie has the power to take you away. If you love fantasy you love this movie.

The memories of this movie still lingered in my mind...i loved the movie...i was 18 years old before and i am 60 now but the movie still in my mind...HOPE IT WILL BE RE LEASE AGAIN IN THIS MILLENIAL TIME ...

I miss this kind of creativity. .

I was born in 2008 and i still grew up with this film.My mom showed me because she said its her childhood movie

I'm a 90s baby but I grew up with this film and I can still see it's influence on modern films.

This IS my favorite fantasy child/adult movie of all time! Everything about this movie was wonderful!Thanks for uploading this!

I grew up in a nightmare and this was not only my escape but my hope. It still holds number one in my heart.

This movie indeed is forever engraved in my Heart, I'm 49 now and Still Brings my Inner child out Alive by watching this amazing video of the making. ❤🙏 Truly One of a kind, hard work from everyone beautiful and God Bless You All 🙏💖

the one thing that will always make me tear up is that the acting horse thought it was going to die 😭

At 49 years old this film reminded me to fight the darkness and live my dreams. The soundtrack is great too!

An amazing masterpiece. This is when movie making was movie making. One of 2 masterpieces. The other of course was The Dark Crystal.Witch took 5 years to make. Jim Henson at his best....

This shows why you cant make documentaries with many modern CGI-movies. "So, here you can see a bunch of people sitting at PCs" . Practical Effects will alway beat CGI. We, as humans can "feel" it. I wished Barret Oliver and Noah Hathaway would also have been interviewed like Tami Stronach. I always had a crush for the latter, when watching the movie I was the same age. By the way, if the Documentary is from 2014, she must have been 42 at the time of filming. Incredible, she looks better than most woman in her twenties. A natural beauty indeed and her acting as childlike empress was really perfect.

I was just 8 I remember that the first time in my life where I felt love, and tears came in my eyes.. Thank you Mr. PETERSEN You give us the magic childhood of the 80s 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thankyou Wolfgang Petersen. And Tammy you are so very beautiful and still are. Love you The Never-Ending Story.

This is Brilliant I have loved the Neverending Story since I was a kid.The Film came out in 1984 the year before I was born as I was born in 1985.This Film Should be Treasured

Something about this movie truly transported me to another world. Over the years since, I often compared movies to this one. Why don't they feel as real? Why did NS scare me so? Why does it have an amazing feeling to it? I realize it is partly because they didn't have CGI back then. This movie is magic because of that imo. The beauty of the 80s is encapsulated within this timeless gem.

"We are all part of a neverending story. And even the smallest of us can grab the pen and write the next chapter." (Michael Ende) 😊

Honor, care, empathy, entegrity, adventure, Hope, honesty, heart..... We saw GOOD overcome EVIL. That right there is the rare thing today.

The Neverending Story Part 1 movie ending was perfect!! I was a 12 year old boy when I first seen it and of course at the time had bullys messing with me at my school in New York City. To see the bullys get trashed literally made me feel great! I remember jumping around at that part yelling "ya muthafu**as take that!!" I am a 41 year old retired marine 6'4" 240 lbs with kids now and I was over the moon happy to see my kids have the same reaction as me at 12 years of age. I truly love this movie!!!!!

This movie is a masterpiece.

I watched and rewatched again and again on Beta-Max as a child. I loved this movie so much, and it will hold a special place in my heart forever 💜

I saw this movie in the theater when I was just 5 years old. And had the privilege of seeing it again in the theater for a special showing. I own it on Blu-ray. It is my all time favorite movie.

I grew up loving this movie, thankyou Wolfgang Petersen

This movie is on par with lord of the rings and starwars definitely one of the best fantasy movies ever made

I bought this movie a couple of weeks ago and watched it tonight. One of my all time favorite movies.

SOOOOOOO 1st: big clap for this masterpiece 2nd : WHERE'S THE FREAKIN WOLF WHO TRAUMATISE ME THROUGH AN ENTIRE CHILDHOOD ?!

I truly enjoyed watching this documentary. This is my favorite kid movie still, at age 40. The effects and the costumes still work even in our advanced filmography age. Thank you for posting it.

The Neverending Story and Dark Crystal are in my opinion as far as film are staples for the Fantasy genre.

One of the best movies of all time!!🥰

Thank God it was made. U guys are the true heroes 😎❤😎❤😎❤😎

Mit diesem Film bin ich aufgewachsen. War einer meiner Lieblingsfilme. Seither bin ich ein großer Fantasy-Fan.

Too bad that the boys who portrayed Bastian and Atreyu did not participate in this documentary.

I grew up with this recorded in vhs. Taped off of T.V and with Ridley Scott's Legend after it. Thanks, Mum x

Such talent involved in this film, in front of and behind the camera. Dreams come to life right in front of our eyes.

I loved this movie as a kid I was 6 years old when it came out and went to the drive in movies to watch it then I had the VHS of it and wore the tape out. It was great I loved the Luck Dragon he was so cute I wanted one after seeing that movie

Well I was smiling throughout the whole documentary

"Many things we just couldnt do" Well we are now in the world of Netflix. Make this closer to the book and make it a multi- season thing.

The film was awesome because today you can tell there was zero CGI and thus, the effects were so much better by building real sets - when you see Noah Hathaway going between the giant Sphinx you realize those are real 60 foot tall sculptures.

This is an epic. Moonchild is still cute. In the story there is this wonderful moment that I wish had made it into the film, where he wishes for the moment to last forever, and it does. Its so beautiful.

If you want to get back your childhood for a time, watch that movie.

The Neverending Story will always be one of my most favorite childhood movies I have ever seen. It still gets me to this day and I’m 40. Still love it. No CGI, and still more real than some CGI movies today. I would love to see a reboot using today’s technology, but would it be as good as the original? That’s a good question.

...such a amazing movie, i love all the actors!!!

Tami grows more tremendously as a superior being and I still love her from this day forward 🥰😇

In my Top three, if not number one (pure nostalgic value) movie ever. Absolute classic. I think it really portrays that pre- internet, pre- cgi productions of yesteryear. 80's. Perfect 80's.

This movie is so magical and memorable. I can’t believe how much work went into making it. One of my childhood favorites!

30 years??? I just watched this movie on 7th May 2022, and what I thought my son with this movie is amazing!!! watch it now you are 40 and more, amazing!!!

This movie holds up so well, just rewatched it on netflix and i was blown away. I never realized how deep it was when i was a kid.

The puppetry was spectacular. Atreyu is a name that I couldn't forget. I was about 8 years old when I saw this in cinema. A classic movie indeed.

I was 9 when The Never-ending Story came out and I've watched it multiple times including just recently on Netflix. It'll never get old because it's such an uplifting & magical experience!

Don't let the nothing ruin the children's minds and hearts.the "Nothing" means in my opinion when children stop imagining. So Let children Imagine and be creative

I remember the first time I saw the "Swamp of Sadness" scene when Artax, the horse, was sinking and Noah and Barrett were crying. I wanted to reach out to the screen and take them both into my arms to comfort them. I still get a huge lump in my throat when I see that scene.

im 43 and this movie still has a deep place in my heart. Still in love with the empress, my childhood crush.

A technical marvel should have won an Oscar for special effects.

when i went to see this in the theater for the 30th anniversary they showed this documentary before the movie started so it was great to see how each scene was filmed and brought to life. obviously being an equestrian myself seeing how the Welsh Pony was trained and the swamps of sadness was filmed was awesome!!

Story of my life! I read the book at the age of Bastian... and the story never ends.

I'll admit, I saw the Movie first, which inspired me to read the Book, which really IS a Neverending story, it doesn't just stop where this movie ends. Truly IS a magical movie, it was produced at a time when the incredible digital effects we have today were not created yet, so they really had to think how to tell the story with what they had available at the time. The Actors really fit their roles, and told the story with strong emotions, and really dragged you into the tale. What a great movie, and for a while the Title score was my theme song for Life.

I bet a lot of you 80'S kid are having a warm feeling right now only we can understand ;) I am with you !

This movie is Classic. When that horse died i was devastated. I can watch this movie 10 times in a row

I'm still not convinced that the horse wasn't stressed out with that scene.. and I am pretty sure it wouldn't be allowed to happen today. As much as I loved the film, that scene always haunted me and as I grew up, I was sure that the horse would not have been happy in that situation, no matter how 'used to it' it became.

I think this and Das Boot are the best German films ever made. Most of the people working on those two movies where the same, especially Doldinger with his amazing, amazing soundtracks. What a genius!

My family LOVES THIS MOVIE!!! My son grew up on this movie and just a few days ago..my son introduced this magical movie to his 6 year old daughter…she just adored it!!! Yes magical imaginative minds are what’s truly missing today with kids…this is a big hit in our family…thank goodness the movie was made thank you! The song is one of my all time favorites …

I saw the german version in Cinema as a kid. From that moment is one of my all time favorites.

THIS WAS ALWAYS BEEN MY VERY OWN DREAM..MY FAVOURITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!TIMELESS!!

still one of the best movies , ever filmed. so much fantasy and heart in it.

I absolutely love this book. It’s full of magic and wisdom. Michael Ende created something really unique end everytime I read the book it really touches me. I know that it may be a nice movie if you see it on its own, without a book. But to see it after having read the book…it just breaks my heart and I can feel Michael Endes heart break as well. I don’t mind scenes getting cut off or bad cgi or anything like that but this film didn’t understand at all the spirit and meaning of this book. Every scene I see captures a completely different feeling than the book was trying to give. I feel like the directors didn’t even read the book much less understand it. If they say, it wasn’t possible to realise the fantasy in a film, that’s just not true, they just had a lack of creativity. There are puppet shows that convey the story much more closely. I am really sorry for all those poor people that saw this film bevor reading the book. You’ve been disseized of something really magical and beautiful.

This movie is 100x better than todays efforts because it dealt with intense issues like sadness, fear, terror, courage, loneliness and more. Movies these days are not bold or brave enough to take us on a Journey that tests our every emotion and awakens our every sense before giving us a finale of hope and triumph.

masterpiece of a movie. i'm gonna forget the sequel ever existed though

Wow, such a great movie. I don't think they can do such things today when everything is CGI. There's a reason why Jurassic Park was filmed with animatronics for some scenes - you can feel the difference in the emotional connection between the characters and the creatures. But Tami was really great in this movie. A fantastic movie.

Ich war mit 16 years in the Bavaria Studios in Munich!!! 😂❤❤❤!!! Das Boot wurde dort gedreht!!! ❤❤❤!!! I am Michael Matthias Frohn Mühlstroh und Jesus Christus!!! Overwehlming und Wunderschön und Wunderbar!!! Buy me , Wolfgang!!! Tue Gutes!!! Make my day!!! Thank you for this Movie!!!

This came out when i was 5 and EVERYONE, including the teachers, were raving on about it at school all that year. We used to rollplay it at recess, i used to WISH i was the childlike empress (fyi she's from Iran, so cool) and marry Atreyu🤣. Seriously its bloody captivating. My favourite scene is when Atreyu firsts visits the Ivory tower. Just look at the coatumes in that scene. AMAZING. The other scene is the last one, where the bullies see him and run away. I just love it. The music, especially the scene where Atreyu runs past the sphinx, is really what makes this movie sensational. It will forever be my favourite childhood movie besides the Dark Crystal

Just met Noah Hathaway at a convention. One of the nicest gentlemen I've ever met! He spoke of his time doing this movie and said that once the puppet of the G'mork was launched at him and knocked him out cold for fifteen minutes!

The concept behind the movie is incredible.

I first saw this movie on TV when I was twelve years old (in 1995). I got a huge crush on Atreyu. I fell in love with the whole movie too :).

The movie would not have been what it was without the perfect casting of the three leads, and the stellar performances they delivered. They were all empowered, but vulnerable as well. It pleases me that while none of them remained actors, they didn't have any of the issues child stars often do. It saddens me that Michael Ende never came to appreciate this magical film that he helped give birth to for what it was.

Anyone else shed a tear when they showed the scene with Artax in the swamp of sadness?

This movie had a huge impact on me at the age of 6 and is definitely my favorite childhood movie.

i always LOVED this movie. I saw it when i was like 7 or so when it was aired on HBO, and i've loved it since then. I'm 36 now, and LOVE the book too

Artax’s death still devastates me. And Atreyu was the love of my life when I was 7

Watched this yesterday and enjoyed. Tami looked amazing, and still is tbh. I think it would now be 34 years since. So hard to believe.

Artax's scene is still one of the saddest scenes in film history. Being a HUGE animal and dog lover, I usually skip over that scene because I don't feel like crying.

This is the movie of my life, because it gave me the strength to carry on.

The Empress is still beautiful. Long live The Empress! *Moonchild*

This is how movies should be done. Proper animatronics and makeup. It's harder to do but it's much more believable. Please don't be lazy and do a 2 hour blue screen movie, like Avatar.

So wonderful, the whole team is incredible, much respect and admiration! I love watching these documentaries, after watching The Dark Cristal series on Netflix the fever is back again, I wanna watch all behind the scenes, buy all books, collectibles, lol! This is one of the most important films in my life, I still love it! You can tell Wolfgang is such a sweet soul and that is definitely imprinted in the movie

Now I understand why they won’t remake this because it will not have great Inspiration as this one ☝️