Description
Tales from The Neverending Story DVD 2002 / The Fantasy Ride Continues.. / Directed by Adam Weismann / Starring: Mark Rendall, Tyler Hynes / Episode 9 & 13: Badge of Courage, Ressurection
UPC 8717662551406
REGION 2 PAL DVD
MADE IN NETHERLANDS
AUDIO: English 2.0
SUBTITLES: English
Runtime: 189 minutes (2 episodes)
English Summary:
Tales from the Neverending Story is a one season-only TV series that is loosely based on Michael Ende's novel The Neverending Story, produced (in Montreal, Quebec, Canada during December 2000-August 2002) and distributed by Muse Entertainment, and aired on HBO in 2002. It was aired as 4 two-hour television movies in the US and as a TV series of 13 one-hour episodes in the UK. The first two television movies were released on DVD and VHS in 2002, followed by a complete series box set in 2004.
Departing from the canon of the 1979 novel The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, the overall story in the series explored the origin story of how Bastian discovers Fantasia from an even greater point of divergence from Michael Ende's novel than the 1984 and 1990 Warner Brothers films had previously depicted.
Events from the novel occur out of order, and specific plot points are reversed between characters. For example; In the novel and films, it is Bastian who enters the world of Fantasia, but here it is Atreyu who enters our world. The concept of Yin and yang is introduced by altering the nature of the Childlike Empress's relationship with Xayide. In the series they are sisters with opposing ideologies. The Old Man of Wandering Mountain also takes on a larger role in the series becoming a mentor of sorts to Atreyu in much the same way as Karl Konrad Koreander is for Bastian.
Dutch Summary:
Tales from the Neverending Story is een Amerikaanse televisieserie, losjes gebaseerd op het boek het oneindige verhaal van Michael Ende. De serie liep 1 seizoen van 13 afleveringen. Deze afleveringen zijn tevens samengevoegd tot vier televisiefilms van elk twee uur.
De serie werd geproduceerd in Montreal, Canada, en gedistribueerd door Muse Entertainment.
De serie hanteert een andere verhaallijn en continuïteit dan de verfilmingen van Michael Ende’s boek. Zo toont de serie wederom hoe Bastian Bux voor het eerst Fantasia ontdekt, maar op een heel andere manier dan in het boek of de films van Warner Brothers.
De serie gebruikt veel plotelementen uit het boek, maar vertelt deze in een andere volgorde dan dat ze in het boek worden behandeld. Tevens brengt de serie een groot aantal veranderingen aan in het verhaal. Zo komt Atreyu in de serie naar de echte wereld, en wordt het concept van yin en yang geïntroduceerd als verklaring voor de verhouding tussen de keizerin en de tovenares Xayide. Zij blijken in de serie namelijk elkaars zussen te zijn.
EPISODES ON DVD:
- Badge of Courage
- Resurrection
Cast / Rollen:
- Mark Rendall as Bastian Balthazar Bux
- Greg Kramer as Rip Rowdy
- Noël Burton as Michael Bux
- Emma Campbell as April
- John Dunn-Hill as koreander
- Sally Taylor-Isherwood as Yonie
- Audrey Gardiner as Childlike Empress
- Tyler Hynes as Atreyu
- Victoria Sanchez as Xayide
- Johnny Griffin as Connor
- Jane Wheeler as Laura Bux
- Robert Crooks as Tartus
- Stéfanie Buxton as Fly Girl
- Emma Taylor-Isherwood as Olano
- Edward Yankie as Mr. Blank
- Amanda Tilson as Little Girl/Nanda
- Stefano Faustini as Lucas
- Brittany Drisdelle as Fallon
- Valérie Chiniara as Marley
| Starring | Mark Rendall Tyler Hynes |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 (television movies' version) / 13[1] (list of episodes) |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO |
| Original release | October 1, 2001 – January 1, 2002 |
