The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Barret Oliver: Bastian
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Quotes
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Bastian : Why is it so dark?
The Childlike Empress : In the beginning, it is always dark.
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The Childlike Empress : Bastian. Why don't you do what you dream, Bastian?
Bastian : But I can't, I have to keep my feet on the ground!
The Childlike Empress : Call my name. Bastian, please! Save us!
Bastian : All right! I'll do it! I'll save you! I will do what I dream!
[Climbs to the window and yells out in the storm:]
Bastian : MOONCHILD!
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Atreyu : What will happen if he doesn't appear?
The Childlike Empress : [sadly] Then our world will disappear - and so will I.
Atreyu : How could he let that happen?
The Childlike Empress : He doesn't understand that he's the one who has the power to stop it. He simply can't imagine that one little boy could be that important.
Bastian : Is it really me?
Atreyu : Maybe he doesn't know what he has to do!
Bastian : [shouts] What DO I have to do?
The Childlike Empress : He has to give me a new name. He's already chosen it. He just has to call it out.
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Bastian : How many wishes do I get?
The Childlike Empress : As many as you want. And the more wishes you make, the more magnificent Fantasia will become.
Bastian : Really?
The Childlike Empress : Try it.
Bastian : My first wish is...
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The Childlike Empress : It was the only way to get in touch with an earthling.
Atreyu : But I didn't get in touch with an earthling!
The Childlike Empress : 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 close... listening to every word, we say.
Bastian : [as he is reading, Bastian can't believe it] *What*?
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Mr. Koreander : Your books are safe. While you're reading them, you get to become Tarzan or Robinson Crusoe.
Bastian : But that's what I like about 'em.
Mr. Koreander : Ahh, but afterwards you get to be a little boy again.
Bastian : Wh-what do you mean?
Mr. Koreander : Listen. Have you ever been Captain Nemo, trapped inside your submarine while the giant squid is attacking you?
Bastian : Yes.
Mr. Koreander : Weren't you afraid you couldn't escape?
Bastian : But it's only a story.
Mr. Koreander : That's what I'm talking about. The ones you read are safe.
Bastian : And that one isn't?
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Bastian's Father : I got a call from your math teacher, yesterday. She says that you were drawing horses in your math book.
Bastian : Unicorns. They were unicorns.
Bastian's Father : What?
Bastian : Nothing.
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Bastian : What is that?
The Childlike Empress : One grain of sand. It is all that remains of my vast empire.
Bastian : Fantasia has totally disappeared?
The Childlike Empress : Yes.
Bastian : Then, everything's been in vain.
The Childlike Empress : No, it hasn't. Fantasia can arise anew, from your dreams and wishes, Bastian.
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Bastian : I know books, I have 186 of them at home.
Mr. Koreander : Ah, comic books.
Bastian : No, I've read Treasure Island, The Last of the Mohicans, Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Tarzan.
Mr. Koreander : Whoa whoa whoa, who were you running from?
Bastian : Just some kids from school.
Mr. Koreander : Why?
Bastian : They wanted to throw me in the garbage.
Mr. Koreander : Why don't you give them a good punch in the nose, hm?
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Bastian's Father : Good morning, Bastian.
Bastian : [trying to get the lid off of a jar] Morning, Dad. I had another dream, Dad, about Mom.
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Mr. Koreander : [Bastian enters Mr. Koreander's bookstore, where he takes refuge from the bullies] Get out of here! I don't like kids!
Mr. Koreander : [Bastian makes his way past the stacks of books, where he finds Mr. Koreander] Are you still here? Did you hear what I said, boy?
Bastian : [stammers nervously]
Mr. Koreander : You're hiding, aren't you? The video arcade is down the street. Here, we just sell small, rectangular objects: they're called "books". They require a little effort on your part and make no bee-bee-bee-bee-beeps. On your way!
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[extended German cut]
Atreyu : [shouts furiously] What will happen if he doesn't appear?
The Childlike Empress : [sadly] Then our world will disappear... and so will I.
Atreyu : How could he let that happen?
The Childlike Empress : He doesn't understand that he's the one who has the power to stop it. He simply can't imagine that one little boy could be that important.
Bastian : Is it really me? How could I make any difference?
Atreyu : Maybe he doesn't know what he has to do!
Bastian : WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO!
The Childlike Empress : He has to give me a new name.
Atreyu : [fearfully] What if he doesn't come up with the right name!
The Childlike Empress : He's already chosen it. He just has to call it out.
Atreyu : [loses it] WHERE IS HE! WHY ISN'T HE HERE!
The Childlike Empress : He still does not have the confidence.
Bastian : But it's only a story! It's not real, it's only a story!
[the Nothing rumbles the room making Atreyu scream and die]
Bastian : ATREYU, NO!
The Childlike Empress : Atreyu!
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Bastian : No, not again. No, not again!
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[first lines]
Bastian's Father : Morning, Bastian.
Bastian : [trying to get the lid off of a jar] Morning, Dad. I had another dream, Dad, about Mom.
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Atreyu : If he's so close why doesn't he arrive?
The Childlike Empress : He doesn't realise he's already part of The Neverending Story.
Atreyu : The Neverending Story what's that?
The Childlike Empress : Just as he is sharing your adventures others are sharing his. They were with him when he hid from the boys in the bookstore.
Bastian : But that's impossible!
The Childlike Empress : They were with him when he took the book with the Auryn symbol on the cover in which he's reading his own story right now.
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[extended German cut]
The Childlike Empress : [tearfully] Don't you have the courage... to save us?
[Bastian and the Empress look at each other]
The Childlike Empress : Bastian!
Bastian : [desperately] I wish I could!
The Childlike Empress : Why don't you do what you dream, Bastian?
Bastian : But I can't, I have to keep my feet on the ground!
The Childlike Empress : Call my name. Please! Call my name!
