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The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1990)

PG  |   |  Adventure, Drama, Family  |  8 February 1991 (USA)
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A young boy with a distant father enters a world of make-believe and magic through a portal within an antique book.

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Bastian's Mother
Christopher Burton ...
Tri Face (as Chris Burton)
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Once again, Bastian is transported to the world of Fantasia which he recently managed to save from destruction. However, the land is now being destroyed by an evil sorceress, Xayide, so he must join up with Atreyu and face the Emptiness once more. Written by Graeme Roy <gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk>

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Begin an all new adventure as a young boy returns to a world of wonder on the wings of his imagination.


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8 February 1991 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

La historia sin fin II  »

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$36,000,000 (estimated)

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$17,373,527 (USA)
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Jonathan Brandis previously guest-starred in the 1990 TV series "The Flash"(episode titled "Child's Play") in which John Wesley Shipp, who played his father in "The NeverEnding Story II," was then starring in. See more »

Goofs

The first time Nimbly is looking at one of Bastian's lost memories the first time, the liquid container on the Memory Machine is half full at the start of the scene, but at the end of this scene, the liquid container is much fuller. See more »

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Trainer: [Bastian won't jump off the high diving board] What's the matter?
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Followed by The Neverending Story III (1994) See more »

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Dreams We Dream
Composed by Giorgio Moroder
Sung by Joe Milner
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6 March 2002 | by (Cyberspace) – See all my reviews

I am a fan of The Neverending Story the book. This movie did not live up to my expectations at all (when I saw it again recently)

The movie covers part of the book's story, with Bastian meeting Xayide. Although part of it is followed closely, Nimbly did NOT work for Xayide, there was no Memory ball thing (AURYN made Bastian lose his memories on its own) and the end was a cheesy replacement for the Fountain of Life.

In the original story, there was much more substance.

And the thing that annoys me most: If Bastian met the Childlike Empress in the last movie, why did she appear to him in this one? If they had only researched the story better, they would have discovered that you can only meet the Empress ONCE. No matter how many times you meet her, she wil have no memory of you ever meeting her previously.


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